Sunday, January 4, 2015

Body By Derby: Vette City Roller Derby

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.

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From Left: Lil ' Nitro, Rhumble Bee, Vi-vicious, BrickHouse, Shell Shock, Murderface, Rembrat, StitcHer Up, Serial Kilner, Merslaydes Benz, and Kitty Cataclysm

 

 

BBD-9176 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.

 

BBD-9053 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

 

BBD-9026 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.

 

BBD-9071 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.

 

BBD-8875 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.

 

BBD-8755 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

 

BBD-9203 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.

 

BBD-9148 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.

 

BBD-8991 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.

 

BBD-9261 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!

 

BBD-8825 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

 

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