Red Kirkby has always been a pretty good skater. Although while some might put this down to talent the Kirkby family does not believe in innate ability to be good at something. Instead the reason that he is a proficient skater is because he spent hours and hours and hours in both indoor and outdoor rinks skating with his dad Rx from a really young age. From as early as he can remember he has been on skates and in combination with some top notch coaching from both hockey coaches and dedicated skating coaches he has become one of the best skaters in the entire league. Early in his career he did a lot of strength work to get his power and explosiveness up but now as he enters his later years he instead prefers to focus on rehab like cryo chambers or yoga as he finds that it takes longer for his legs and body in general to recover after a game.