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.

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