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AWESOME MISTY FLIP
from How To Inline Skate on 21 May 2017

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Pull-Ups & Chin-Ups for Explosive Skating
from How To Inline Skate on 15 May 2017

Pull ups and chin ups I do whenever I’m out skating in the park

Does it make me a better skater? I believe it does, yes

Here are my thoughs

1# Sprinters are strong

I’m sure you’ve seen these like super muscular sprinters

So if big muscles are good for runners, they should be for skaters too, right?

At least for explosive skating with lots of spints,

I think a strong upper body really make you faster

… For marathons I’m not sure if this applies though, does it?

Anyway don’t forget, the arm swing is really important when you skate

… especially when accelerating and going uphill

#2 Falling

More muscles and stronger bones will help prevent serious injury, right?

I think so … to some extent

Just keep in mind that falling is mostly about how you fall

so being strong is not enough .. far from ..

But what I try to say is if you do fall and you wear protection,

you try to make the fall as soft as possible, divert energy away your wrists, and so on, and so on,

at least being stronger gives better odds at avoiding injury

#3 Balance

I always emphasize my monkey arms

Your arms and upper body are extremely important for balance

and a bit more muscular and explosive arms should help you keep your balance better

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So these are at least my thoughts, maybe something I left out or something you don’t agree with

… let us know in the comments

Anyway, a little bit of upper body strength doesn’t hurt, right?

And here’s how I train

Here I do chin ups. This means underhand grip

But I also do pullups with an overhand grip

I also like to alternate how wide the grip is

Sometimes I pull myself up slowly, or let go down slowly

or hold a fixed position.

I don’t really have a fixed schedule .. I just try different things

Oh yea … dip bars are also good

But if you’re not quite strong enough yet

feel free to be creative …

There are plenty of channels on youtube dedicated to just pull ups, so

I recommend you watch those to get some more tips

TRISKATES vs 4-WHEEL SKATES – Which Are Better?
from How To Inline Skate on 10 May 2017

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3 wheels or 4 wheels? What is better?

Let’s begin with triskates.

They should have the best of both worlds, right?

– Large wheels for speed

– And short frame for maneuverability

Ordinary 4 wheel skates, however, cannot have both

Either you have large wheels for speed but then the frame has to be long just to fit all four wheels

Or you go for a short frame but then you need smaller wheels

Okay, this was quite basic theory but how do they compare in real life?

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First time on triskates I ended up with mixed feelings

They were maneuverabile and all that, which was great,

but the speed was not as promised

My new 110mm triskates felt basically like my old rollerblades with 84mm wheels …

I’ve later experimented with different wheels and better bearings

and now my triskate setup is – yea – now it’s really good

So what I did is I put extremely hard race wheels on my triskates

and the speed just beace insane

I believe the reason is that I were too heavy for the original wheels

You see, when you only have three wheels, your weight is divided by three wheels, so each wheels must carry a larger load

I am quite heavy, 84 kg – that’s 185 pounds … yea I’m big boned

and I believe the original wheels just gave in too much

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Apart from this there also are some other issues to keep in mind

Really big wheels are fast indeed but it takes some time to gain speed

This is especially true for 110 and 125mm

With small wheels like 80mm you have a lot more of this snappiness, aggressiveness,

and this is something I really like about my Rollerblade Twisters

Of course, you can always put small wheels on triskates too

I actually tried it and I really enjoyed it

A bonus with such small wheels is less weight, and that’s a huge argument in favor of triskates

Unfortunately on the market there are not many small wheel trisaktes to choose from

You can do like me and replace the originals but still the frame is a bit too high then

But 100mm wheels are common and that’s anyway a good tradeoff

110 I personally don’t like that much – for the same reason – heavier and less snappy

but that’s just my kind of skating

125 is another popular choice but I haven’t tried it myself

What I’ve been told however is that they are excellent for maintaining speed

but your skating style must be a bit slower and more fluid

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It looks like speed skaters also prefer triskates more and more

Speed skates have big wheels, obviously, but also a long frame cause that makes them even faster

What’s interesting is that on those long frames you could just as well fit four wheels but

as mentioned, they mostly prefer just three

What’s the reason? I guess, less weight, but I’m not a speed skater

To any speed skaters watching this; it would be interesting to hear your thought in the comments below

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Finally I’d like to add that I don’t really prefer one kind over the other.

It’s easy to focus just on the differences, but really it’s not that big a difference anyway

I actually had a lot of fun wearing a triskate on one foot and a regular 4-wheel skate on the other

.. and yea … it doesn’t feel as weird as it may look like

However, I do believe triskates is the future but the future is not quite here yet

As mentioned, my first triskates disappointed me a bit and I believe that’s because I’m too heavy for three wheels

I’d really like the producers to address this concern, and at least debunk my claim if they think I’m wrong

But overall I don’t really can go wrong by choosing one or the other

The differences are not that big after all

Alright, that’s all. I’m JP Jay. Thanks for watching and subscribe for updates!

How to Correctly Fall on Inline Skates – Beginner’s Guide #3
from How To Inline Skate on 2 May 2017

Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYy1V52-ztnrwJeKMoGq-lcAICgcPVqZZ
0:05 Good fall (arms absorb much, roll on back)
0:21 Fall with distributing energy
0:54 Faceplant
1:38 Rules of falling (head, joints, bones, skin)
1:50 My worst fall (scratched helmet, bloody hands and knees)
3:05 Always wear protection?
3:45 Learn to fall
4:21 Wear jeans and long sleeves
4:35 Don’t panic
5:03 The usual fall
6:04 The physics lesson
8:58 Summary
9:25 Learn from aggressive skate videos

HOW NOT TO FALL – First Time on Inline Skates – Beginner’s Guide #2
from How To Inline Skate on 27 Apr 2017

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Playlist – Beginner’s Guide to Inline Skating

First time on inline skates?

No need to fall like this! I’ll teach you how.

#1 HIGH-FRICTION SURFACE

Find a soft high-friction surface. A playground with a rubber a surface is perfect.

Try to stand up with skates on and get used to the feeling.

Hmm, I think you got it now.

By the way, you can also practice on grass.

#2 FLAT SAFE AREA

Now you’re ready for the real thing – asphalt and concrete.

Find a car free spot. It can be an empty parking lot or somewhere in the local park.

But I warn you. It must be completely flat! Even the smallest gradient will cause your skates to roll

#3 GETTING UP

Okay, time to get up

…

There are two clues to getting this right. First your balance point should be above your skates, else they’ll just shoot out to the side.

Second, keep the skates at an angle to one another.

#4 THE HEEL LOCK

With the skates heel to heel like this, like in a V or a T, you won’t need to fear one skate just suddenly rolling away.

Or … toe to toe works too, I guess.

#5 THE PELVIS

I bet you didn’t know this but your pelvis is essential for a good balance.

Too much in front, in medical terms – posterior pelvic tilt, or too much back – called anterior pelvis tilt

… and you’ll find it hard to balance on skates.

What you need is a nice old-fashioned straight body posture.

#6 THE KNEE BEND

At least, this applies to your upper body. It’s always good to bend your knees.

It lowers your balance point, makes it easier to recover if you’re about to lose balance.

And as your skating improves, a knee bend will make you faster as well.

#6 THE ARMS

Keep your arms in front like this. I like to think of my arms as monkey arms. It really helps me keep balance.

So basically, if you listened to my advice, you’ll want a good old fashioned straight pelvis and spine, a frog’s legs, and the arms of an orangutan.

#7 THE LEADING SKATE

Keep one skate slightly in front of the other. This gives a wider base of balance.

#8 FALLING FORWARD

Alright, no matter what you do, you can never completely remove the risk of falling.

So better learn how to fall safely.

The clue is to distribute the fall over both your knees and your wrists and maybe elbows too.

So first I land on my knees but I don’t want them to take the entire impact, so I keep falling forward and let the arms absorb the rest of the energy.

#9 FALLING BACKWARD

Backward falls can be extremely painful, especailly if your land on your tail bone.

But normally when I lose balance backward, one arm and one leg shoot up to compensate

while the other arm goes behind to catch the fall while the entire body rotates.

So in the end I normally either fall on my ass, and surprisingly that’s not painful at all.

… I guess that’s where the pelvis kicks in…

Or I just rotate completely and absorb the fall with my knees and arms.

But this is all instinct.

#10 SAFETY GEAR

Knee pads, wrist guards and elbow pads are often sold in bundles. And they can be very cheaep too.

And even the cheapest ones do offer good protection but one concern is that knee pads are usually very small.

They protect the knee cap but you still risk scraping the skin of your shin.

Therefore I recommend you consider buying some larger knee pads.

The helmet can be either a skate helmet or a bicycle helmet.

Just make sure it’s the hard foam EPS kind. I know all helmets in Europe have to be of this kind,

but in the US I recommend you stay clear of soft foam skate helmets.

One more thing – EPS helmets can only take one impact, so if you fall on your head once or simply just drop the

helmet by accident, you better buy a new one.