Do you work out?

McLS

McLS

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alright so ski season is coming up (slowly, but it is) and I was wondering if any of you do some serious or not so serious workout to be at the top of your form on the mountain and what is it you do.

I know theres been multiple threads on "best ski workout" but i'm curious to see how many of you actually get off ns and go out exercise :)

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Btw i meant working out for the sole purpose of skiing, doing situps just for a 6pack doesn't count
 
not solely for skiing, but I do train legs and ride my bike to and from the gym(about 4km from home to the gym) so I guess it count's?
 
i see that as your 2000th post you chose to share your great knowledge about ski season preparation with the world. Thank you sir!
 
After a season ending injury a couple of seasons back (torn pcl, partly torn acl and both meniscus messed up in right knee, doctors refused surgery, fuckers. Can't do any sports without heavy training) combined with an earlier compression injury to the spine I realized that skiing needs a lot of strength to prevent injuries. More than climbing, biking and similar activities gives you. Started to train a lot with my own bodyweight (twice a day) and everything worked out fine, except for really bumpy skiing like freeride comps. Started lifting heavy (normally do 5 reps for 5 sets, focus on the big 3), not a single trouble in the world.

Invest in your future skiing, go to the gym.
 
I hit the gym and work mostly on glam muscles because I'm a vain whore. Once fall rolls around i start incorporating leg routines in preparation for ski season.
 
would you guys say that legs working out is the most important? My knees get pretty fucked anyway, don't think theres anyway to stop that...
 
Legs and core. Try compound excercises on stability ball, balance boards, standing on one leg to strengthen the stabiliers in your legs. I used to teach a winter sports and conditioning

Coach. Feel free to pm me with any questions, be happy to help uou with a routine. Peace
 
Pretty much this . Spend some time at the gym , it really does prevent injuries. Most learn the hard way but if you are proactive and get lifting now ( all muscle groups ) you will be more apt to be injurious free, you know excluding slamming into a farkin tree or something. Don't just focus on one group , they are all important. Big lifts recruit your stabilizers as well and i would focus on some power moves more than some balance ball bullshit. Knees are common injuries and so are shoulders so keep that in mind,

Get swole
 
As a CPT, I'd agree and disagree... If you don't have much experience in the gym then power lifting is the easiest way to get hurt before the season starts. There's a lot of benefit from the balance bullshit for skiers, sometimes you've got to check your ego at the door.
 
Always.

You're looking to strengthen your fail points (knees, angles, legs, core) when preparing for skiing. Strengthen, not bulk up. That means you need to incorporate endurance training, and the "bitch" workouts with high reps and virtually no weight.
 
Thats where the everyday activities like biking, running, team sports etc comes in to play. Lifting heavy will make you strong, using that strength every day will give you muscles more stamina. That is, of course, if your training involves more things than just hitting the gym

Powerlifting combined with endurance training (such as the things above) made my knee with almost no natural support more stable than anyone thought was possible. That being said, one-sided training isn't very effective if you like sports where you need both strength and stamina.
 
I used to do pretty much only bodyweight, with a lot of moves I learned from the gymnastics class I took for two years, which were good. But I have a visible left-right muscle imbalance now because of my right side dominance, so I'm planning to fix that at the gym as soon as I'm back on solid foods in a couple weeks. As I get more into it, I'm looking to work out basically everything, because it helps with everything in life.

Something else you guys should do is incorporate stretching. Every time I work out, I do splits/flexor stretches--another thing I learned from tumbling class. Since I started doing that, I haven't had even the slightest groin tweak.
 
I mean I have always played soccer, but it is a great way to get in shape cause of all the running. And It builds leg strength. And tramp/slackline doesnt really get you in shape but it helps with air awareness a lot.
 
Lol there is no such thing as a compound exercise on stability balls or anything else you listed. Compound exercises are like deadlifts, squats, bench, bb rows, bb overhead press etc
 
I lift everyday with the football team at my highschool which works a lot of my body. But skiing and catching in baseball as pretty much ended my knees.
 
Tramp/slackline helps your balance more than you think, and when you gain balance then you are gaining strength. The main thing to prep on for ski season is balance(if you can't do anything else/don't want to).
 
Show me a video of someone deadlifting or squatting on a balance board. That's just asking for an injury
 
If you go hard on a tramp it actually gives you a pretty decent workout...I can break a hard sweat after just continuously bouncing for 5 minutes. I know that's not super aerobic, but it definitely definitely definitely builds leg muscle endurance and gets the blood flowing.
 
Use common sense, I'm not saying do it with heavy weights. If you can't do a squat or a light deadliftt on a balance board, oh well then... Feel free to look up ski training videos on your own
 
I work out so i can KO OP when i punch him in the temple instead of just getting him a little bit dizzy. Today was a legs day, though.
 
i've been injured and i'm really out of shape so i've started to run every or every other day.i run to a park about 15 minutes away, smoke a joint and run a slightly longer run back; it's quite nice actually
 
That's actually a really good exercise. Not for beginners or people who tend to put on too much weights though. I do thing sinilar to this after squats (alternating between high bar and low bar) every third day.

Balance training is good training for the knees
 
Slacklining doesnt do a whole lot, but when i got my tramp in 7th grade i was 150. Now im a sophmore and i am 142. Anyway i do alot of rowing in the fall and spring, it really builds up quad strength and core strength. I cant do alot of sports that involve running, cause my knees are mangled.
 
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