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This Olympic Figure Skater's Workout Video On Instagram Will Have Your Jaw On The Ground

While it looks like magic on the ice, there's a *lot* of hard work going on behind the scenes.

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• Olympic figure skater Ashley Cain gets in a super hard workout in a new Instagram video posted by the Olympics' official account.
• From box jumps to weight ball slams, the skater crushes the intense circuits.
• Late last year, Ashley shared that she's working with Zero Limits Performance off-ice to prep for her routines.

Olympic figure skater Ashley Cain has definitely mastered her moves on the ice. and at the gym. The athlete, 28, shared one of her intense off-ice workouts via the Olympics' Instagram page, and to put it simply, her strength and endurance are totally mind-blowing. Ashley wasted no time running her fans through one of her strength and cardio sessions, all while rocking a Barbie-pink Free People Righteous Onesie.

"Flexing more than just skates! A figure skater’s off-ice training 🏃‍♀️," the video's caption reads. And let me be the first to tell you that this skater is definitely *not* messing around. The people watching the video on Instagram got busy cheered Ashley on in the comments.

"That’s WILD," one person wrote. "The box jump with one leg after some hurdles. That alone was impressive," another commented. A third just left tons of fire emojis.

While figure skating is a Winter Olympics sport (with the next games will be taking place in Milan, Italy, in 2026), Ashley is already training super hard. While skaters certainly make their routines look completely effortless on ice, its clear that they put in a ton of work behind the scenes to strengthen their glutes, core, legs. and everything else. Those double axels don't just magically happen!

The Instagram video starts off with Ashley knocking out a series of hurdle jumps (including spins), followed by some seriously fast sprints. Next, she moves into some alternating single-leg box jumps (yes, on just one leg), which works on her lower-body strength and balance.

After the cardio segments, Ashley transitions into weight work, starting with some trap bar weighted squats before moving on to alternating jumping lunges with side twists, with a weighted barbell added in to work her obliques.

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The video then jumps to Ashley back on a turf floor holding a medicine ball doing twisting wall slams, all while balancing on one leg. (Talk about core, arm and leg strength!).

To top off this wildly challenging workout, Ashley gets back into more cardio and leg work—she is a skater, after all—with *more* box jumps. These aren't your everyday box jumps, though. Each time she lands, Ashley does a full spin on the ground (mimicking her spins on the ice!). For her finisher? Some diagonal jumps out on the turf while holding a weighted ball overhead to challenge her balance. I'm tired just watching this video.

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Ashley previously shared that she has teamed up with Zero Limits Performance this winter to help her train for the 2026 Winter Olympics. And from the looks of it, I'd say training is going really well.

Everyone is cheering you on, Ashley!! Crushing it!

Emily Shiffer has worked as a writer for 10 years, covering everything from health and wellness to entertainment and celebrities. Her work has been featured in Women's Health, Runner's World, PEOPLE, and more. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina.

Nikki Haley’s pretend slavery ‘gaffe’ told us what this election is about

Voters will decide the unresolved question of the civil war: do we move backwards, or forwards toward true democracy?

N ikki Haley’s difficulty articulating the cause of the civil war – the war that began in her home state of South Carolina – has put that issue in the headlines just days before the first votes are cast in the Republican nomination contest. While Haley was caught trying to be too clever by half in refusing to name slavery as the cause of the nation’s bloodiest conflict, the controversy has had the unintended effect of framing what is facing the country’s voters in 2024.

This year’s election is, in fact, a continuation of the unresolved question of the civil war era: will the country continue to move towards fostering a multiracial democracy, or will it aggressively reject its growing diversity and attempt to make America white again?

Haley’s entire career has consisted of trying to walk the tightest of tightropes. She is a woman of color operating in a political party whose driving forces are white racial resentment and misogyny (and, increasingly, homophobia and transphobia). On the one hand, she is eagerly embraced as a high-profile party symbol who serves as a strong rebuttal to accusations of racism and sexism (“See, we’re not racist and sexist, we have a woman of color as our governor!”). On the other hand, white racial resentment serves as fuel for the Trump movement to the extent that no presidential candidate can hope to win the nomination without bending a knee to the Confederate cause.

This high-wire act was most prominently on display in 2015, when a white man who had proudly posed with pictures of the Confederate flag walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in South Carolina, declared, “You rape our women. And you’re taking over our country. And you have to go,” and proceeded to murder nine Black people. That tragedy was too much even for most defenders of the Confederate flag, and Haley and the state’s political leadership begrudgingly capitulated to years-long demands to stop flying that flag over the state capitol.

The current conundrum is important not just because of Haley, who is emerging as Trump’s strongest competitor in the Republican field, but because of what it reveals about politics in this country in general and in the Republican party in particular.

Boiled down to its essence, much of the country – and most of the Republican voters – are still fighting the cause of the civil war in ways both literal and figurative. The active and organized resistance to removing Confederate statues led a mob of white nationalists to march through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 chanting “Jews will not replace us”; one Hitler-loving member of the crowd gunned his car into a group of counterprotesters, killing a woman, Heather Heyer, who had come to stand for racial tolerance and peace. That was the protest of which then president Trump observed: “There are good people on both sides.”

While it is fairly widely accepted now that Trump has a stranglehold on the Republican party, many have forgotten what propelled him to his current position of seemingly unshakable dominance. In the month before launching his presidential bid in June of 2015, Trump was largely seen as a joke and languished in the polls with support from just 4% of his party. After he staked out his position as defender of white people and demonizer of Mexican immigrants (“they’re rapists, they’re murderers”), he zoomed to the top of the polls and has never looked back.

For all the talk of the Trump phenomenon being unprecedented, the truth is that he is not the first political leader to ride a wave of white racial resentment to high levels of political influence and power. In the 1960s, when Trump was in his 20s, the nation watched the Alabama governor, George Wallace, proudly proclaim “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” in his 1963 inauguration speech (delivered from the same spot where Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, took office).

Six months later, Wallace physically stood at the door of the University of Alabama auditorium to block the desegregation of Alabama’s colleges and universities. That defiant embrace of white supremacy boosted Wallace’s national standing to the extent that he launched a presidential campaign in 1968 that attracted millions of voters.

George Wallace blocks the entrance to the University of Alabama, turning back a federal officer attempting to enroll two Black students, on 11 June 1963. Photograph: AP

Wallace’s presidential bid was preceded by that of Strom Thurmond, who held the same office that Haley later did – governor of South Carolina. In 1948, after President Harry Truman had the temerity to urge Congress to outlaw lynching Black people, Thurmond joined forces with his fellow southern governors to create the Dixiecrat party and ran for president on a platform unapologetically stating that “We stand for the segregation of the races.” Thurmond’s third-party bid won four states outright: Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and, oh look!, South Carolina.

The centrality of white racial resentment to American politics is longstanding and explains the panic that caused Haley to become so tongue-tied. As the former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, until Wednesday Haley’s competitor for the anti-Trump mantle, explained in the wake of Haley’s comments: “If she is unwilling to stand up and say that slavery is what caused the civil war … what’s going to happen when she has to stand up against forces in our own party who want to drag this country deeper and deeper into anger and division?”

If the size and power of the constituency that will brook no retreat on the cause of the Confederacy is so large that a leading presidential candidate can’t even state the simple fact that the civil war was about slavery, then the stakes in 2024 should be crystal clear. One party is propelled and dominated by voters who, essentially, want America to be a white country. On the other side is an incumbent president who just last week specifically namechecked and denounced “the poison of white supremacy” in a speech delivered from the pulpit of the same church where parishioners were murdered in 2015.

The good news is that the portion of the population that wants America to be a white nation is not the majority of people. (That’s why the Confederates had to secede in the first place, after failing to win popular support at the polls.) The challenge for those who know why the civil war started and who want to continue the journey towards multiracial democracy is to organize, inspire and galvanize that majority in the upcoming elections.

To do that, we need to do what Nikki Haley can’t or won’t – state clearly why the civil war started, declare our determination to finish the job of reconstructing this nation and do everything we can to ensure massive voter turnout in November.

• Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color, and author of Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority and How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good

Chris Christie questions Nikki Haley's ability and desire to beat Donald Trump

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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie speaks at a town hall campaign event at Mitchell Hill BBQ Grill and Brew, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

ROCHESTER, N.H. – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday rejected the idea that ending his presidential bid would help Republican rival Nikki Haley defeat Donald Trump, questioning both her desire and ability to do so.

While other candidates were in Iowa ahead of next week’s caucus, Christie was in a barbecue restaurant in New Hampshire, where he has staked nearly his entire campaign. He warned that If Trump wins the New Hampshire primary for a third time on Jan. 23, he’ll become the GOP nominee, despite the next contest coming in Haley’s home state of South Carolina.

“If he wins here, don’t expect South Carolina to save us, it’s not going to happen,” he said. “So you all are the ones who are going to make the call here.”

While Trump remains the frontrunner, a CNN/UNH poll conducted in New Hampshire this week suggested that Haley, the former South Carolina governor and former United Nations ambassador, could be approaching Trump’s top spot in the state. About 4 in 10 likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire choose Trump, while about one-third pick Haley. The poll found Christie trailing behind both candidates at 12% and indicated that about two-thirds of Christie supporters would select Haley as their top alternative to Christie.

At Tuesday’s town hall event, Greg Leach, 49, of Dover, told Christie that he wants his vote to count, and asked him about the need to unify around one anti-Trump candidate.

“I would be happy to get out of the way for someone who is actually running against Donald Trump,” Christie answered.

Haley isn’t that someone, he argued, noting her support for pardoning Trump if any of his criminal trials end in conviction and her refusal to rule out becoming his running mate if asked.

“Why do we think she’d beat him? She’s not trying to beat him,” said Christie.

“Let’s say I dropped out of the race right now and I supported Nikki Haley. And then three months from now, four months from now, when you’re ready to go to the convention, she comes out as his vice president. What will I look like? What will all the people who supported her at my behest look like?”

Christie repeated that he will remain in the race as long as he sees a path to the nomination, and that he won’t make an endorsement based on politics like he did when he backed Trump eight years ago.

“I’m not going to make the same mistake again,” he said. “Can’t do it.”

Before the event began, Leach said he was leaning toward Christie but was considering Haley. Afterward, he said he was leaning toward Haley.

“I really want to vote for Christie but strategically, at this point I feel like Nikki Haley is the way to go,” said Leach.

Leach said he voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 general election and will do so again if it's a Trump vs. Biden rematch, though he hopes it won’t come to that. He said he's interested in seeing what happens in Iowa but wonders if Christie should drop out sooner rather than later.

“I don’t want it to be too late and have Trump end up winning because people waited too long,” he said.

A spokesperson for Haley's PAC said Christie claims to talk tough but remains in “the same position today as he was the last time he ran for President.”

“It’s time for voters to tell Christie what we all know, which is that his campaign isn’t stopping anyone and frankly, it’s helping Trump, whom he proudly endorsed in 2016 and supposedly opposes in 2024,” said Brittany Yanick.

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Apart from her regular videos, Nikki also collaborates with other famous magicians and illusionists, creating unique and memorable content. These collaborations not only showcase the different styles and techniques of each magician, but also provide viewers with a diverse range of tricks and performances to enjoy. Overall, Nikki Magic Videos is a must-watch channel for anyone interested in magic or illusions. Whether you're a beginner looking to learn some simple tricks, or an experienced magician wanting to be inspired by innovative performances, Nikki's videos are sure to entertain and amaze. With her talent, charisma, and passion for magic, Nikki has truly created something magical on YouTube..

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Name: Emma

Rating: 1/5 stars

Review: I watched a couple of Nikki's magic videos and I was thoroughly disappointed. Her tricks were so obvious and poorly executed that it ruined the whole experience for me. It felt like she was just going through the motions and didn't put any effort into making her tricks believable or interesting. Honestly, I could have watched better magic tricks on a children's TV show. I wouldn't recommend wasting your time on her videos if you're looking for mind-blowing magic.

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Name: Jason

Rating: 2/5 stars

Review: Nikki's magic videos were underwhelming to say the least. While she seemed to have some basic understanding of the tricks she attempted, her execution and presentation were lacking. It felt like she was trying too hard to appear mysterious and ended up coming off as disorganized. Her explanations were often rushed and difficult to follow, leaving me frustrated rather than entertained. Overall, I was hoping for more impressive and polished magic, but unfortunately, Nikki's videos fell short of my expectations.

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Name: Sarah

Rating: 2.5/5 stars

Review: I have to admit, Nikki's magic videos were somewhat intriguing initially. However, the novelty quickly wore off as I realized that her tricks were repetitive and lacked originality. It felt like she was recycling the same few tricks over and over, without bringing anything new or exciting to the table. Additionally, her explanations were often confusing and didn't provide enough clarity for viewers to understand the mechanics behind the tricks. While her enthusiasm is admirable, I found myself ultimately disappointed by the lackluster content of her videos.

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