Palmer Middlecauf Qualifies for Nationals

This month's featured client is Palmer Middlecauf.  I've had the privilege of working with Palmer for about 3 years, starting off at his house in Kenosha when he was around 10 years old.  Palmer is a competitive figure skater.  These past 6 months or so, he has put forth more effort than I have ever seen from him and has a new determination that is great to work with and see.  His hard work is paying off and it shows in his strength, his posture and his on ice performance.  Palmer competed this past weekend and he and his partner qualified for Nationals.  He has come a long way since we first started out and it is always awesome to watch younger athletes adapt and grow both with their bodies/training and as people as they mature.  He is now a teenager and since he has a great base of patterning and structural adaptations under him, he will be able to push to awesome levels with his off ice training and will become unstoppable on the ice.  I can't wait to watch.  Congratulations to Palmer.  Keep up all of the hard work and you will go far!! Get ready to dominate Nationals.  

Here is a video of one the dance performances that he and his partner did.  One thing that I can definitely notice in these performances compared to some of his earlier stuff is the great improvement he has in hip and pelvic control and also his overall posture, especially up top. He is beginning to own his movement, which is a huge deal.  This has shown both in the weight room and on the ice.  I have an article I put together on off ice training for figure skating and will post that soon so stay tuned.