Thanks Purple Sparkly, for the exercises.
I was looking for training which would push my strength to its limits - which the ShapeFit site doesn't really do.
My boots have high heels - like many ice dance boots. (Enough that they hurt my ankles when they were new. Klingbeil took the heels down maybe a 1/4" at my request (they are now 2" - 2-1/4" - I forget), but they are still pretty high for me, high enough that I think exercises need to be oriented towards that configuration to be much help.
Yes, doing exercises in my skates and blades was a dumb idea. Bad for blades as well as boots, even with guards.
I could do exercises while facing downhill on a ramp. That's not the same foot configuration as in skates, because skates also bend the feet up near the balls, but it's closer.
Ballet is not in my personal future. That is not the way I am designed to move, by body type, flexibility, or personal image. It would be a little better if I took lessons aimed at at guys like me, but that would have to be privates and is very expensive.
BTW, I been taught by at least one coach that ice dancers should twist and bend ankles, to enhance edges. My boots are cut down in back, and do not limit my ankles' range of motion in any direction, though they slow motion down.
But freestyle skaters don't twist the ankle at all when they enter or exit a spin or rotational jump? Is the limitation deliberate, or is that just because of the boots' stiffness?