Women in figure skating, like in every other industry, are expected to conform to an unrealistic standard of beauty. Unhealthy habits are often encouraged to promote a thin frame, and young girls idealize a skewed definition of ‘fit.’
I’ve been told I’m really bad at flirting.
I definitely dress based on my mood.
I have this platform that I’ve worked hard for, but now I want to make use of it.
My proficiency with ballet was on a steep decline the more I skated.
There’s no easy way to the top of anything, but it’s a lot of hard work and I feel maybe I have the confidence in that recipe, or the confidence in myself.
What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.
You’re never going to regret working out or being active. You might regret not doing it, you might regret pressing that snooze button, but you’ll never regret getting physically active.
When we’re choreographing, we’re on the ice five or six hours a day. The setting for your skin is just horrendous – the stress and the competition makeup and the training itself.
I do feel different whether I’m in the gym or on the ice when I have a cute outfit on. I think most girls can relate – you carry yourself differently.
I was so lucky. I grew up with an incredibly strong grandmother, mother and sister. All three, independent, fierce, clever women who were hard workers, had goals and visions for themselves, and were really ambitious. And, they didn’t apologize for those goals.
To be held back by fear is to miss out on challenging yourself in different ways.
Being out with an injury is always a tough thing, and coming back, you’re never sure where you might fit in.
I’ve learned a lot about pain management.
Given my travels, I’ve learned to be more open and feel much more comfortable experimenting with food.
I’ve learned a lot about pain management.
When I’m not on the ice, I do interval work on the bike or the elliptical, trying to mimic a four-minute routine. But it doesn’t come close.
I’m very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.
School for me has always been a really great balance with the skating.
Let’s face it, there’s just different access that young boys have to sport and teams than girls.
I can get very quiet and internalize things.
When I am home on a weekend, you can bet I am relaxing in sweats!
You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don’t want to do it, because you’re so satisfied with your own determination and grit.
Everyone has those insecurities, everyone doubts themselves but it’s how we handle that as humans and as people and how we support one another and how we really embrace the things that make us unique.
Ultimately, and I can appreciate this as I get older, those quirks and those differences are what I find so attractive about other people, that’s what I think being beautiful is.
Sometimes you forget how good it feels to just move, to express, to make different shapes, and let your body be free.
I have a muscular build and I’ve learned to embrace that because it’s makes me strong, giving me speed and power on the ice. It’s a different kind of femininity – one that doesn’t fit the norm.
We’re so excited to skate in a Canadian market.
I think the way you present yourself to the world, whatever kind of task you’re tackling, is really important.
What we portray on the ice is really important to us, and we love getting into character and telling a story.
Part of the attraction to golf may be that it’s just a score on the sheet and there’s not much you can do about it.
I always love rosy cheeks, so I am all about blush.
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