u/ApplesandBananazzz

Hey everyone! I’ve been in LTS since March and I’m in adult 5-6. I’ve enjoyed it so far mostly for the social aspect and getting to know different coaches / tips.

This one coach who I worked with before I’ve been working with more and she’s made things really click for me so I decided to do biweekly privates with her. I’d say my complaints around LTS is they don’t take testing seriously IMO and we don’t exactly drill skills, it’s different each time and coaches rotate monthly. I have really liked the group / social dynamic and getting to know other people at the rink and coaches too. Sometimes I get anxiety bc there’s a lot of people and not a ton of 1:1 attention (it really depends on the day). So I looked at the finances and it seems to be the same in cost if I get my rinks membership pass + weekly private coaching vs my LTS package (6 class/publics) + biweekly privates.

I’ve been going back-and-forth on it, but just wondering if there’s any advice or common experiences for when you switched over? Thank you!

Hi Everyone! I’ve had sleep issues since I was young. I’ve had a hard time falling asleep and occasional insomnia, but I feel like I’ve worked on my sleep hygiene and sleeping with my boyfriend as well has been a huge positive thing for me that helps a lot. Recently I’m going to sleep earlier (which is good) I’m a night owl and tying to combat that. I go to sleep from 11pm-12am and on work days I’m up between 8-9am.

I used to be able to completely reset on the weekends I feel like I’m so exhausted from the week that I would just use it to sleep in. My boyfriend and I moved in a couple months ago and lately, he has his alarm going off really early because he’s a morning person lol and it wakes me up and I literally can’t fall back asleep like I just toss and turn and I’m so exhausted like I need sleep so bad but I feel like I can’t sleep in and I have no idea what’s going on and I don’t know the solution. I recently got magnesium to start taking again.

Would love any advice if possible! I sleep with a sleep mask and a really cold room too. Thank you in advance!

Hey everyone! I’m in LTS Level 5 currently, 4 months into relearning skating after I quit at 18 - we’ve been doing lots of backward crossovers and I’m having some trouble staying on my outside edge. Usually when I pump my leg on the circle falls in and goes to an inside edge instead of remaining on the outside. This has been making the backward crossovers harder & my toe pick drags etc. my coach has caught it a few times that I really have to lean in to that outside edge but it feels really odd and scary 🥲 it’s almost like I’m on that edge and once I pump i lose it and my foot comes in. I’m newly breaking in my skates (freestyles) and I do feel like my right foot comes in a little but I also think this could be an edge/strength thing? Not too sure tho.

I’ve been getting more discouraged lately, I’m a perfectionist and pretty hard on myself lol. I feel like when I used to skate growing up these cues were no brainers then and now edges are so difficult especially the more technical the skill. Thank you in advance for any advice! If any of you have had off ice that help with this, I’d love to know what you do for that!