Roller skating with the kids

GTOgirl1969

So my daughters talked me into taking them roller skating today. I haven't been in about 6 months, kind of rusty here:ohwell: I was on a competitive speed skating team when I was younger, I shouldn't be this bad at it!!:grumble:

Is roller skating a good workout? I figure I'm going to be doing it for at least two hours. If I can stay on my wheels and off my rear end, it'll be a good day:laugh:

GTOgirl1969

So my daughters talked me into taking them roller skating today. I haven't been in about 6 months, kind of rusty here:ohwell: I was on a competitive speed skating team when I was younger, I shouldn't be this bad at it!!:grumble:

Is roller skating a good workout? I figure I'm going to be doing it for at least two hours. If I can stay on my wheels and off my rear end, it'll be a good day:laugh:

bricker06

i too went skating recently. i looked up roller skating for 2 hours was 1800 cals burned. i had the same question. somone told me to check ice skating less thn 9 miles per hour for a more accurate calculation. turns out i burned 800 cals in 1 1/2 hours. hope that helps.

neome90

Sounds great! I love skating myself. Both roller and ice. hope you all have a great time.

sgtinvincible

I would say that it's great exercise, at least until my clumsy butt fell and broke a hip or something. :laugh:

peej76

I can't wait to get my rollerskates out of the shed, you should get a pretty good workout, I'm not sure how many calories but I would think it would be lots!!

GTOgirl1969

well we are back...I skated for a little over an hour, until I busted my a*s HARD:sad:
But I won the speed race...I was running circles around people half my age!!:bigsmile:

Annabel_Lee13

Skating is great! I went last weekend after 6 years and I was suprised I could still do it!