Winter's Ultimate Hack: Skate Throughout the Winter Season

Forget about bad weather and snow. With this simple tip, you can skate all year round. So, what's the secret? The answer is ice skates.

Many inline skates sit at home during winter, dreaming about spring, when they can get you back on the street doing what they love.

Ice skating and inline skating are very similar, and transitioning from asphalt to ice doesn't take long.

Perfect Your Technique

There are a few differences between ice skating and inline skating, and it takes a little time to adjust from one to the other.

That being said, there are also many similarities, and many hybrid ice skates like the Roces Icy 3 are basically fitness inline skates with blades instead of wheels.

However, there are still many "inline" techniques you can practice on your ice skates. Some of the most popular are forward strides, crossovers, backward skating, and backward crossovers.

Maintain Your Fitness

An added benefit of moving from asphalt to ice is that you keep yourself in shape. Ice skating activates the same muscles as inline skating, including the muscles in your upper back, quads, arms, abs, glutes, hamstrings, and thighs.

The same goes for cardio training, where skating, whether on ice or asphalt, produces a heart rate of at least 148 beats per minute, making it an ideal aerobic exercise equivalent to running.

It's also proven that regular exercise reduces stress. Remember, skating is a fun activity to do with others, so get out there.

Family Fun on Ice

It's not only adults who can benefit from skating year-round. Roces has created The Roces Jokey, which comes both as an inline skate and as an ice skate in blue and pink colors.

This means that your little ones can do what they love all year long with the same boot they are used to skating with. What better way to spend a weekend than at your local ice rink, skating together with the whole family?

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