Articles by theskidoc

The 3 Most Overrated Exercises For Skiing Pistol squats Banded Lateral Walks Russian Twists There you go. I gave you the take home message right away. If you wanted to stop reading this article you can. I just answered the only question you asked yourself upon clicking the title, “what does...

A review of the mechanisms behind shoulder dislocations in skiing, why it's so common for skiers to suffer the same injury, and exercises to rehab the shoulder and lower the risk of another episode. The highlights: *The shoulder joint is inherently unstable and is vulnerable to dislocations...

Welcome back to this ongoing series of “Are you doing what you should to be physically ready for winter?” To get caught up you can read the earlier articles for the months of June and July. Let’s talk about where we are now. It is a little past the halfway point of August which means we are in...

It wasn’t until high school when I understood how important strength and conditioning was to improving ski performance. My interest grew from frustration with middling competitive results. Having believed that physical fitness improved the probability of athletic success I set out to be in...

At the intersection of strength and skiing is predominantly the core and lower half of the body. But, what about the upper body (i.e shoulders, chest, upper back, arms)? Why does this part of the body receive less love and what are the best upper body exercises? One reason is empirical: at face...

I wrote a previous article in June asking NS if they were doing what they should to be physically prepared for Winter 20-21? Fortunately, despite COVID-19 closing gyms virtually in every state, the main goals of strength and conditioning for the month of June was developing your aerobic base and...

I wrote a recent article discussing the 3 most common mechanisms of ACL injury while skiing and how having that knowledge can possibly help to reduce the risk of ACL injury. There was great discussion following that article. People justly criticized the article for its lack of strong research to...

The most common traumatically injured body part in skiing is the knee-representing 35% of all body parts injured. The most common knee injury, as well as overall injury in skiing, is an ACL injury-representing 15% of all skiing related injuries. Even a mild ACL sprain from skiing causes the...

Unfortunately no one ended the ski season the way they wanted to. The abrupt ending, as a result, has created an unprecedented high stoke level leading up to the 2020-21 winter season. And by November, you will probably be red-lining to get back onto snow. But, are you physically prepared for...