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Kristen Piché
- Jun 9, 2020
Anywhere Skater Warm-Up
We created this warm-up for figure skaters to use before any fitness or practice session, anywhere - whether you're doing an at-home...

Kristen Piché
- Sep 3, 2018
Perform at Your Best By Choice Rather Than By Chance
Popular sport psychology states 4 characteristics of a successful athlete: Physical ability Physical training Mental training...

Kristen Piché
- Oct 6, 2017
Create More Best Moments
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk Knowing some of the behaviours and actions that brought you to your best moments will allow you to create...

Kristen Piché
- Sep 11, 2017
Skating in Spotlights
All photos by Chris Robart If you’ve ever been in Toronto near the end of summer, you’ve likely heard of the Canadian National Exhibition...

Kristen Piché
- May 4, 2017
Goal Setting is Not About Pursuing Happiness
Most of us are familiar with “the pursuit of happiness" from numerous films, books, and songs that have adopted this phrase as their...

Kristen Piché
- Feb 8, 2017
Slow Down, Your Time is NOW
Do you ever feel like you have so many things on the go at once that it becomes overwhelming to make sure that you’re giving enough...

Kristen Piché
- Jan 22, 2017
How To Handle Competition Jitters
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk *I wrote this article for Figure Skater Fitness Magazine, published: January 2016 issue. Everyone...

Kristen Piché
- Jan 3, 2017
3 Tricks to Help You Stick to Your Goals in 2017
Personally I love the concept of new years resolutions, after all it’s goal setting. The only problem with new years resolutions is that...

Kristen Piché
- Dec 5, 2016
Inside Figure Skater Fitness
As a member of the figure skating community you’re probably already, in some way, familiar with Figure Skater Fitness (FSF) Magazine....

Kristen Piché
- Nov 8, 2016
3 Hard Truths in Every Quest for a Goal
About three months ago I set a new goal to run my first half marathon race at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October...

Kristen Piché
- Sep 5, 2016
Summer Endings: Olympia Sports Camp
As the summer comes to a close I could not feel more grateful for the experiences I had over the past couple of months. I took on some...

Kristen Piché
- Aug 1, 2016
Skating, School, Family & Fun - Set Goals In Various Areas For The Biggest Impact
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk Do you set goals in various areas of your life, such as skating, school, family and fun? Maybe you’ve only...

Kristen Piché
- Jul 4, 2016
The Effect Of Creating A Vision Board
A vision or dream board is a visual representation of your goals. The idea is based on attracting the things you want into reality. This...

Kristen Piché
- May 3, 2016
The Gremlin Of Comparison
Have you ever fallen down the comparison hole? …Say you’re browsing on Instagram and see an unbelievably cool picture of your friend’s...

Kristen Piché
- Apr 4, 2016
It's End Of Season - Invigorate and Revitalize Your Goals
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk Spring is here! (sort-of) In Toronto we haven't quite said goodbye cold, goodbye snow, goodbye heavy...

Kristen Piché
- Mar 7, 2016
Your “Why?” - An Important Step In Goal Setting
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk Why do you want to achieve the things that you want to achieve? This might sound like a redundant question...

Kristen Piché
- Feb 1, 2016
You Don't Have To Suffer To Succeed
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk Achieving your goals means all consuming, tireless work, suffering, and delaying gratification in order to...

Kristen Piché
- Oct 23, 2015
Dealing With Roadblocks: Interview With Cassandra Bilsborough
Photo Credit: Stephan Potopnyk For better or worse, no matter how much you dream, plan, and set goals, sometimes things just don’t go the...

Kristen Piché
- Aug 9, 2015
The Truth About Goals
When we talk about goals we often focus on the goal itself, the end result that we’re looking for. We talk about doing great things,...

Kristen Piché
- Mar 22, 2015
Do Your Friends Inspire You?
Do your friends make you laugh? Can they sit with you when you need a good cry? Can they also call you out when you’re playing the victim...