Body By Derby is a figure study of active derby athletes to show the different body types of active skaters and the physical effects derby has on the players. This entry features skaters from Vette City Roller Derby. More pictures can be found at Cory's website. Get future updates on Facebook by following The Rollergirl Project.
From Left: Lil ' Nitro, Rhumble Bee, Vi-vicious, BrickHouse, Shell Shock, Murderface, Rembrat, StitcHer Up, Serial Kilner, Merslaydes Benz, and Kitty Cataclysm
 | Name | Lil ' Nitro |
| Age | 43 | |
| Children | 4 kids: 10 yrs, 17 yrs, 20 yrs, & 22 yrs old | |
| Height | 5' 7” | |
| Weight | 120 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 112 lbs | |
| Started | 2009 | |
| Key Position | Jammer, Offensive & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | Try .. All of the above.. Like to work out with my own body weight .. So pushups Pull ups hand stands... Lunges squats .do a lot of walking I'm a sonic car hop so I skate a lot at work too... | |
| Diet | Not really like to eat alot .... Always trying to gain weight actually. I do try to eat healthy though. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 32 laps in 5 minutes (I believe) | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | High School cross country team . Track and field .. Basketball team. I've always loved sports I'm a pretty competitive person... I just love being involved in roller derby ! I believe it's put me in the best shape of my life. |
 | Name | Rhumble Bee |
| Age | 25 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 8'' | |
| Weight | 145 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 140 lbs | |
| Started | September 2012 | |
| Key Position | Jammer & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | I run 2 to 3 times a week on non derby days, I also do lift weights. | |
| Diet | I try and eat consistently and make healthy choices when cooking at home. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 32 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Horse jumping for 7 years |
 | Name | Vi-vicious |
| Age | 40 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 2" | |
| Weight | 180 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 151 lbs | |
| Started | 2 years in NRG Rec league, and 1 year with Vette City Roller Girls. | |
| Key Position | Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | I do Cardio 3 times a week at our local YMCA. And I try to skate outdoors at least 2 times a week, not so much in the cold weather now. But, I have found a new love in weight training. And I try to switch up cardio as much as possible and do some row machine, elliptical, and treadmill, so I get a nice rounded workout. | |
| Diet | I have a specific diet in my head, but I do not always follow it. I need to buckle down more when it come to food. But, on practice and bout days, I make sure I eat more carbs so my body has fuel for the upcoming day. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 29.5 laps in 5 minutes, when all the stars are aligned. | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Softball for about 8 years, and I have run 4 1/2 marathons, but for me roller derby is my one true love. |
 | Name | BrickHouse |
| Age | 34 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 9" | |
| Weight | 140 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 130 lbs | |
| Started | January 2010 | |
| Key Position | Jammer | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | CrossFit | |
| Diet | I have followed the Paleo diet in the past, and saw great results. I am currently trying to restrict my wheat and sugar intake. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 33 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Does marching band count? Basically, I had very little athletic experience before derby. |
 | Name | Shell Shock |
| Age | 23 | |
| Children | 1 tiny Bird child, 3 years old. | |
| Height | 5' 6.5" | |
| Weight | 170-175 lbs (varies) | |
| Weight before derby | 160-165 lbs | |
| Started | March 2013 | |
| Key Position | Offensive & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | I'm the president of Chicks in Bowls Kentucky Chapter, so I do a lot of aggressive quad skating in local skateparks. I also skateboard, but I'm not as accomplished in that as I am on quads. I weight lift and run, though not as much as I would like to. I do a lot of hiking and field work for non-derby stuff, as well. | |
| Diet | More or less Primal, but pizza is my true love, so I make exceptions for it. I drink heaps of tea (unsweetened) and coffee (black). | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | No clue; 32 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Years and years of competitive swimming, track and field, cross country. All in high school and before that. Now it's derby and self-motivated athletics. |
 | Name | Murderface |
| Age | 31 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 8" | |
| Weight | 146 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 130 lbs | |
| Started | 2009 | |
| Key Position | Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | Cardio and weights | |
| Diet | None | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 30 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Track team in middle school |
 | Name | Rembrat |
| Age | 42 | |
| Children | No bio kids but two super cool step kids ages 21 and 19. | |
| Height | 5' 4” if I stretch | |
| Weight | 135 lbs - but proportioned way differently. | |
| Weight before derby | 135 lbs | |
| Started | 2009 | |
| Key Position | Jammer & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 5 – 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | I do a lot of stretching. | |
| Diet | I am gluten avoidant. I don't eat things that used to have 4 legs. I grew up with Southern California hippy parents so I was trained to eat healthy - lots of salads & fruit, not a lot of meat, low sugar and fat. I still do most of that but I have a wicked sweet tooth, so I fell off the no sugar wagon a long time ago. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 31 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Team sports have always been super important to me, I've played them since I was 8. Soccer most of my life - grade school through a traveling women's team post college. A year of field hockey at a girls grammar school in London. (I wasn't good.) Pick up girls street roller hockey in college where the boys would ref for us until they got tired at us yelling at them about penalties. The sport that kicked my ass the most was rowing crew for a year D1 at the college level. We didn't have a lightweight team so I had to gain 20 pounds of muscle to row because I didn't want to *lose* weight to be a cox. |
 | Name | StitcHer Up |
| Age | 29 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 5" | |
| Weight | 138 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 117 lbs | |
| Started | September 2012 | |
| Key Position | Jammer | |
| Practice time per week | 6 - 7 hours per week | |
| Other Workout | I do some yoga. | |
| Diet | I eat just about everything! When I was in grad school I hardly ate anything because of stress. Derby made me strong again and my appetite has come back. Now that I've graduated I try to eat well, but I don't really deny myself much. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 32 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | None! The closest thing I've ever done is show choir. |
 | Name | Serial Kilner |
| Age | 25 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 8 1/2" | |
| Weight | 160 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 250 lbs | |
| Started | March 2014 | |
| Key Position | Offensive & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 6+ hours | |
| Other Workout | I enjoy staying active, I want to try every type of activity. I will do squats or other exercises just to fill time. | |
| Diet | I am a pescetarian, but I love pretty much all food. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 29 laps in 5 minutes, though I haven't tried recently | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | I played basketball, ultimate Frisbee, and jogged throughout high school and into college. But I had not found my sport until Derby. |
 | Name | Merslaydes Benz |
| Age | 28 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 4'' | |
| Weight | 155 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 145 lbs | |
| Started | 2009 - Season 1 : ) | |
| Key Position | Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | I used to run long distance until I injured my PCL last season. I haven't been able to run since then, but I can skate (and skating is more important anyways : ) ) Currently I weight train 3 days a week. | |
| Diet | I eat what a want. Basically a steady stream of candy. | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 28 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | I played field hockey from high school through college. I needed a team sport after college ... thank goodness for roller derby! |
 | Name | Kitty Cataclysm |
| Age | 26 | |
| Children | None | |
| Height | 5' 9" | |
| Weight | 155 lbs | |
| Weight before derby | 150 lbs | |
| Started | August 2009 | |
| Key Position | Jammer, Offensive & Defensive Blocker | |
| Practice time per week | 7 hours | |
| Other Workout | Crossfit, Mountain Biking | |
| Diet | Plan meals around paleo/primal guidelines, eat things I shouldn't regularly | |
| Laps in 5 minutes | 31 to 32 laps in 5 minutes | |
| Previous Athletic Experience | Essentially none |
