| In figure skating, music is part of the routine, and it helps | | | | athlete, every figure skater knows. |
| us capture the essence and the flow of the art. If | | | | With all this grueling pain, agony, and the setbacks that |
| done correctly it can wow the judges and the crowd, | | | | come with injury due to the fact that you are working |
| creating an emotional moment that no one will ever | | | | under extreme conditions and asking your body to do |
| forget. And boy does it look good on video and TV. | | | | things that human bodies were never designed for, it is |
| Still, figure skaters make it look easy in competition, but | | | | amazing how many great Olympic figure skaters |
| it is far from an easy sport. It takes years and years | | | | come from the United States and take top billing and |
| of training and practice to operate at that precision | | | | gold medals and bring them back home. |
| level. It takes strong legs and strong muscles, the kind | | | | Getting through those years of practice isn't easy, but |
| of normal people don't even know exist. | | | | training to music can help. When a figure skater is in |
| Of course, every figure skater knows they exist, | | | | the zone they float across the ice as their bodies flow |
| because they ache after every practice and | | | | in perfect harmony with the music, it is a real and alive |
| sometimes when you go to bed at night your legs | | | | human sculpture in motion, dancing to the music and |
| shake and you get muscle cramps and wake out of a | | | | skating across the perfect ice. Gosh, I wish you could |
| deep sleep screaming and grabbing your leg, trying to | | | | understand the emotion, the feelings, the energy, the |
| bend your toes back to stop your calf muscles from | | | | crowds, the judges, the training, and of course the |
| ripping off the bone. That's something that the fans | | | | music. Please consider all this. |
| have ever seen and don't understand. But every | | | | |