NB: This activity should not be the very start of your training: skaters should be a little bit warmed up first. You can also use this activity at another time than warm-up!

Skaters divide into pairs of 2 skaters. Of those pairs, one will be skating laps, the other will be doing exercises inside the laps. (Tip: you can make the laps smaller/bigger to adapt this drill to skater level)

Skaters skate 5 laps, then 4, then 3, then 2, then 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, thus making a (reverse) "pyramid". While their partner is skating, the skater in the middle does a specific exercise. (NB: make sure the exercises you assign are suitable to perform on-skates for your skaters!)

An example of exercises you could do is:

• 5 laps: squats
• 4 laps: leg lifts (switch sides at 2 laps)
• 3 laps: penguin crunches
• 2 laps: roll-out lunges (switch legs at 1 lap)
• 1 lap: plank on elbows

It is recommended to tell skaters to change skating directions about halfway through the drill.

Skaters should:

• be warmed-up and ready to train after this drill
• improve their form and fitness: be able to do better and/or more reps of these exercises in the same time