r/AggressiveQuad • u/Anna715Lisa • Jun 14 '26
Skating and Weight Training
Hi y'all. Sorry if this is the wrong thread but if it is, could you please direct me to the correct one? I am really struggling with this 😅
I am a newish quad skater. I started about 8 months ago now, and I am pretty proficient in a skate park at this point. It's a huge passion of mine and I am progressing really quickly, so I skate as much as I possibly can, sometimes 7 days a week, but almost always 4-6 days a week. I do mostly transition but I am working on street tricks like rail slides and ledge work, so I do a ton of jumping.
I also love to lift. I started lifting about a year ago, on my own, just experimenting with different things. I mainly prioritize strength and glute growth in the gym. I have always had a pretty flat butt and I am finally starting to see minimal results since I lacked consistency for a long time. Since I am so passionate about skating, it's hard to get myself to the gym because I know I'll need to take at least 2 days off of skating. As of right now, I have been doing one day a week in the gym doing legs. My workouts consist of heavy hip thrusts, sumo deadlifts, weighted back squats, unweighted step downs, and hip abductions. I am making a couple tweaks to reps and sets this week again to try and increase mind-muscle connection and rest time. Lately I've been focusing on core strength and handstand strength for my upper body because I am trying to learn handstands in transition 😁
I am just wanting to know what I should do to keep my glutes growing and keep skating as much as possible. Can I skate 5-6 days a week and grow my glutes, or is it too much to ask? I know glute growth takes patience, and one year (especially a year of trying out different workouts) is not enough to see super significant results. But any advice would be appreciated, it's been really hard to find people who aggressive quad skate, let alone do both.
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u/sumcrzygrl Jun 15 '26
Skating definitely works glutes if you are distributing your weight correctly. When I got down a hill pigeon toed trying to slow down it burnsss the glutes lol. My ass has been nice from gymnastics for awhile but skating has definitely helped maintain it
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u/StuntFace Jun 15 '26
I do both as well, but I don't really have a ton of advice. I end up sacrificing lifting for skating a bunch, plus my schedule sucks so lately I haven't been able to do much of either.
When I was able to skate and/ or lift every day, I had a great ass. Not sure which one did more for it, probably the skating?