Maksim Chmerkovskiy Dotes on DWTS Partner Meryl Davis: 'I'm Having a Blast With Her'

Today is the day that Meryl Davis will hit the ballroom floor, not the ice, with pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy on Dancing With The Stars.

Maks, 34, sat down with People mag to chat about training with the 27-year-old Olympic ice dancer.

“I noticed that I’m not nervous and I’m not stressing out, like I usually would be,” he shared about the new partnership with Meryl. “I’ve got somebody who is at the top of their game � not a retired athlete with aches and pains and certain physical issues. She is in great shape. She’s in great spirits. I got somebody who doesn’t need to prove herself to anyone…[she's] a normal person. She is so funny, friendly, hard working and physically capable. She’s not dramatic. She’s not ‘too Hollywood.’ I don’t have to tolerate her every rehearsal. I like working with her. I don’t have to suck it up like, ‘Maks � this is the job. Do your job.’ I am just enjoying the time I spend with her.”

And about that training schedule? It’s packed!

“We’ll be on the road and I will be literally training her in between their shows [for Stars on Ice] and then flying back to L.A. every Sunday night for Monday’s show and probably flying out on Tuesday mornings to wherever the next show stop is.”

WILL YOU BE WATCHING Dancing With The Stars tonight?