Body By Derby: Capital City Hooligans

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 Capital City Hooligans. More pictures can be found at Cory's website. Get future updates on Facebook by following ClayMan Photography.

From Left: Dago Whomp, So Pretty, Fancy Pants, Captain SlaMerica, G.I. Mojoe, Impale Ale, Loophole, Doctor WhoA, WildStyle

 

	Name	Dago Whomp
	Age	26
	Children	None
	Height	5' 4"
	Weight	172
	Weight before derby	195
	Started	July 2012
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 Hours a week
	Other Workout	I try to do Cross Fit once a week. Our local gym offers free trial sessions on Saturday mornings. I also use my (limited) home workout equipment at least twice a week to supplement in the winter. But when it's warm enough, I use a local park to do hill sprints, and other endurance I'm not able to do while home.
	Diet	Trying to eat as many natural foods as I can make for myself. I try to keep myself from going out to eat to limit extra calorie intake. I've also limited how much beer I drink in recent months which has left me feeling leaner, but I certainly won't curb my drinking at any after-parties.
	Laps in 5 minutes	30 Laps in 5 min
	Previous Athletic Experience	I did lots of of athletic stuff as a kid, but when high school came around I just lost that edge, which disappointed me. When I got my first desk job in my mid-twenties, I began to let myself go more than I was happy with. That's when I started looking for something to bring my competitive edge back. Soon after that, I just became another incredibly happy victim of roller derby.

 

Name	So Pretty
Age	35
Children	None
Height	5'7" ish
Weight	162
Weight before derby	148
Started	February 2012
Key Position	Jammer
Practice time per week	3 to 6
Other Workout	I utilize weight training four or five days a week. I run 4 miles, three times a week before my weight lifting sessions, or road biking (30-40 miles) in place of running.. I've had to cut back my cardio though, because I can't keep muscle bulk on my body if I do too much. Training sessions last about 2 hours. I also Jam Skate whenever possible!
Diet	I try not to drink soda ( I love soda, it's like crack). I'm older now and I just have to be more careful what goes in my diet. I try to stay away from junk food and fast food, and only cook fresh vegetables. I started taking Genesis Pure vitamin supplements and noticed a drastic increase in my health. I also use whey-protein and creatine post workouts. I've been able to carry more muscle since significantly increasing the amount of protein in my diet.
Laps in 5 minutes	Lets just say I'm not the fastest lap skater, lol.
Previous Athletic Experience	I enjoy a very active lifestyle and am avid runner and road bicyclist. I have played rugby for 14 years and attended college on a soccer scholarship, After being cut from the university's team; I picked up rugby and never looked back. I used to kickbox and do MMA, and really had a a lot of fun with those too. My only two real passions in life are dance and roller skating, I think roller skating is just an extension of dance. I am a Jam Skater and competed from 2003-2007, on any given weekend of the week you can find me at the roller jamming and shuffling to the music. I LOVE dance. My parents placed me in ballet classes when I was six (I was asked to not return, as I was a destraction to others) I've studied tap, hop-hop, blallet and ballroom and I specialize in Salsa. I've taught latin ballroom on and off for about last six years.

 

 

	Name	Fancy Pants
	Age	25
	Children	None
	Height	5'7"
	Weight	160
	Weight before derby	155
	Started	May 2013
	Key Position	Jammer
	Practice time per week	3 Hours
	Other Workout	Crossfit Weight training Speed skating Running A little but of yoga
	Diet	No actual diet plan but I do try to eat as healthy as possible.
	Laps in 5 minutes	31 Laps in 5 Min
	Previous Athletic Experience	I played soccer when I was really young. I trained for martial arts in jr high and high school. I was too cool for team sports in high school :) I have always had a fairly athletic build and I have been working out off and on since jr high. Derby actually gives me a reason to go to the gym now, I have never trained or conditioned myself as hard as I do now and it is all for derby. I love it!

 

 

	Name	Captain SlaMerica
	Age	24
	Children	None
	Height	6 foot
	Weight	298
	Weight before derby	315
	Started	August 2012
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 hours
	Other Workout	Yes
	Diet	I'd like to...
	Laps in 5 minutes	26.5 in 5
	Previous Athletic Experience	Football 7 years, tennis 2 years, baseball 3 years

 

 

	Name	G. I. Mojoe
	Age	33
	Children	2
	Height	6’1”
	Weight	264
	Weight before derby	285
	Started	Sept of 2012
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 hours
	Other Workout	I do no weight workouts at home
	Diet	I just watch calorie intake with an app I have and that's about it
	Laps in 5 minutes	I was happy as could be when I finally hit 27 in 5
	Previous Athletic Experience	High school football

 

 

	Name	Impale Ale
	Age	27
	Children	None
	Height	5'10"
	Weight	190
	Weight before derby	180
	Started	January 2013
	Key Position	Offensive & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 or 6 depending on the weather (one practice venue is basically outside)
	Other Workout	In addition to practicing with my team, the Capital City Hooligans, I coach the Prairieland Punishers 2 days a week. So most of the year I'm on skates 4 or 5 days a week for derby. I also get a really good workout from aggressive quad skating (skatepark bowls and halfpipes) which me and my girlfriend, Bambi Bloodlust, do a lot. And maybe if I somehow find any extra time, I'll toss in some other training doing things like T-25, trail skating, gym (cardio & weights).
	Diet	Not really. I try to eat fairly healthy. Bambi is a vegetarian so my meat consumption has drop drastically over the last 6 years. We also try to incorporate as many super foods into our meals as possible.
	Laps in 5 minutes	33 1/2 laps in 5 minutes
	Previous Athletic Experience	I played hockey pretty much my whole life until I started playing derby. On top of that I try to go snowboarding as much as possible. In high school I went multiple times per week. A few times my friends and I would even fill up the bed of my dads pick-up truck with zamboni shavings from a local ice rink so that we could snowboard in the summer.

 

 

	Name	Loophole
	Age	22
	Children	None
	Height	5'6''
	Weight	117
	Weight before derby	115
	Started	February 20th 2012
	Key Position	Jammer
	Practice time per week	3 Hours
	Other Workout
	Diet	My special Diet is Mainly Mountain Dew and Junk food.
	Laps in 5 minutes	34 laps in 5 minutes
	Previous Athletic Experience	I used to do Capoeira a Brazilian Martial arts, usually known as Dance fighting.

 

 

	Name	Doctor WhoA
	Age	39
	Children	2
	Height	5'4"
	Weight	170
	Weight before derby	185
	Started	February 2012
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 Hours
	Other Workout	Other than having to deal with an 8 year old girl, and a 7 year old boy with ADHD, I try to work out when I can, but it is few and far between. Derby is the most workout type excercise that I am able to get during the week.
	Diet	No
	Laps in 5 minutes	30 Laps in 5 Min
	Previous Athletic Experience	Not much. goofed around in High School, and played some intramural sports in college, but nothing coordinated or official.

 

 

	Name	Wildstyle
	Age	28
	Children	None
	Height	5'10"
	Weight	162
	Weight before derby	148
	Started	August 2010
	Key Position	Jammer, Offensive & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	3 Hours
	Other Workout	I lift 2-3 times a week for about an hour. Mostly a 5x5 of squat / deadlift / bench / overhead press. I do approximately zero cardio and still somehow don't get tired blocking every other jam. Who knows.
	Diet	I'm gluten free (bad stuff happens when I eat wheat-based things) so I cook for myself a lot. It's mostly meat, vegetables, milk, fruit, and protein powder. Oh, and I go through at least a gallon of ice cream a week. Somehow it's incredibly hard for me to gain weight since my metabolism is stupid. TLDR: I'm a gluten-free garbage can.
	Laps in 5 minutes	34 laps in 5 minutes
	Previous Athletic Experience	I've been rollerblading off and on since I was eight, I used to be a skate park rat. I played pick up roller hockey too. Otherwise, I played videogames when I was little.