Archive for March, 2009

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Skyline Middle School students don’t need to take a class field trip to their roller rink. Throw a few cones down, and they have a rink in the school’s gymnasium.

It’s a hit with the kids, and the 45-minute gym period gives them a pretty good workout.

“It’s so much fun. It’s good exercise and it’s a good way to play with your friends,” says seventh-grader Jasmyn Arrington.

“It is a good workout. You can go at your own pace, but you got to make sure you don’t run into people around you,” says seventh-grader Jack Humphrey.

The rollerskating program has been done by Harrisonburg City Public Schools for the last ten years.

Thanks to www.whsv.com!

How cool is this!!

I came across a picture that I thought I would share of an inline skate “of the future” by designer Pouyan Mokhtarani.

What do you think?

I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up I loved roller skating. The last thing on my mind, however, was the health benefits of skating. I came across these health tid bits and thought it would be perfect to share…

-Studies have shown that roller skating provides a complete aerobic workout and involves all of the body’s muscles, especially the heart.

-Roller skating is equivalent to jogging in terms of health benefits-caloric consumption, reduction of body fat, and leg strength development.

-Roller skating is recognized and recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) as an aerobic fitness sport.

-Just one hour of moderate roller skating burns 330 calories for a 143-pound person.  If that same person roller skates vigorously, he or she will burn up to 590 calories in an hour.

-The number of calories burned per hour while skating at 6 mph is 350 and 600 while skating at 10 mph.

-According to a study conducted at the University of Massachusetts, skating causes less than 50 percent of the impact shock to joints compared to running.

-If someone roller skates one day, bicycles another, and swims or runs on another, the person will be getting all the fitness benefits that aerobics can offer.

-According to Dr. Carl Foster, associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, skating as a form of exercise is as beneficial as running or cycling. (Information from International Inline Skating Association website)

-During a 30-minute period, on the average, skating at a steady, comfortable rate expends 285 calories and produces a heart rate of 148 beats per minute.

(Information from International Inline Skating Association & Roller Skating Association)