Recommendations: 1200 Dur, 50-90 Spd
Vary your skating speed from slow to very fast and back to slow. If you can, skate on surfaces of different levels of difficulty such as hills. During the very intense speed skating, you may be gasping for breath. However you should space periods of moderate or low intense skating (on level ground), you should be able to speak normally (without gasping).
Step 2
Glide on your right skate. Push off with your left foot. If you are using figure skates, you push off with your toe picks. If you are using hockey skates, push off with the inside edge of your blade. During the very intense skating, you may be gasping for breath. However you should space periods of moderate or low intense skating, you should be able to speak normally (without gasping).
Step 3
Glide on your left skate. Push off with your right foot. If you are using figure skates, you push off with your toe picks. If you are using hockey skates, push off with the inside edge of your blade. During the very intense skating, you may be gasping for breath. However you should space periods of moderate or low intense skating, you should be able to speak normally (without gasping).