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Is ice skating an effctive exercise to form a good body figure?

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Dr. Jimmy Bowen answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Body form: Primarily a lower body and aerobic activity with loss off upper body mass if it is the only exercise that you do...Similar to running. Supplement this exercise with upper body resistance training and core exercise for optimizing "body form".

Answered 3/17/2013

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