What do you do to "Re-charge" for the next day?

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.Steezy-McGee.

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Aspen/Snowmass opened this week and I've been skiing almost every day since then, but every day I find myself significantly more tired than the last.

Is there anything you guys do after skiing to "re-charge the batteries" so you feel fresh for the next day?

Let me know!
 
I like to eat good, something like pasta n veggies or something. I try not to stay up too late, Mary usually helps with that. I also like to take hot showers and stretch before I hit the hay.
 
I know the feel, PC opened last Saturday and I haven't missed a day. I have been taking naps throughout the day and it seems to help a little
 
Sleep a lot, drink a lot of water, take a lot of ibuprofen, and steam. Find the sauna, every ski resort has one, and stretch in there.
 
do that weird thing where you close your eyes and your body shuts down.

when you open them again you feel rested , it's like magic
 
I usually exercise for bit, maybe go on a run.

Eat a dinner full of starch. ex: pasta

Go to bed early and get some good sleep.

Stretch after I wake up.

Eat a good breakfast with lots of protein.

Hit the slopes.
 
Stretch before and after to help with soreness and staying loose.

Eat carbs, pasta dinners are probably one of the best ways to go. Drink water and eat as healthy as possible. Taking vitamins would help as well.

Also good sleep habits are really important. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take a day off to just chill.
 
13241951:Mingg said:
Stretch before and after to help with soreness and staying loose.

Eat carbs, pasta dinners are probably one of the best ways to go. Drink water and eat as healthy as possible. Taking vitamins would help as well.

Also good sleep habits are really important. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take a day off to just chill.
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Are you supposed to stretch before skiing? I know for running and most sports you aren't since it is actually bad to stretch before the exercise and it is recommended to do light cardio or something to loosen you up, but that isn't really practical with skiing.

So should I stretch before or what? Usually I just take a few easy runs when I first get on the hill, but I doubt that actually does much.
 
13241965:Grendels said:
Are you supposed to stretch before skiing? I know for running and most sports you aren't since it is actually bad to stretch before the exercise and it is recommended to do light cardio or something to loosen you up, but that isn't really practical with skiing.

So should I stretch before or what? Usually I just take a few easy runs when I first get on the hill, but I doubt that actually does much.
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Static stretching before sports is fine. People(not the researchers) misinterpreted a study and it has since become a wives tale. a combination of an active warmup and static stretching is what you should be doing.

the study im referring to had its subjects static stretch cold, and then Immediately perform ballistic movements. This doesnt occur in the real world. people have a few minutes between when they finish stretching to when they need to be explosive to allow their muscles to return to normal length.
 
13241965:Grendels said:
Are you supposed to stretch before skiing? I know for running and most sports you aren't since it is actually bad to stretch before the exercise and it is recommended to do light cardio or something to loosen you up, but that isn't really practical with skiing.

So should I stretch before or what? Usually I just take a few easy runs when I first get on the hill, but I doubt that actually does much.
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Ehh, I don't think thats true, there's also a big difference between dynamic stretching (leg swings, stretches where you move), and static stretching (just touching your toes or something - stretching without movement). I've always heard its best to do some dynamic stretching and light cardio before exercise and then light cardio and static stretching after.

I generally do a warmup (lame I know), consisting of some leg swings, a short run in my ski boots (gets my legs working), and then a couple mellow warm-up runs of just various size turns. This gets my muscles warmed up and nice and loose.

After skiing I drink a shitload of water and try to stretch out immediately after. I use a foam roller as well. Sometimes I'll put some ice on my knees or whatever. I find another really important thing with stretching is to stretch your whole body - go nuts, stretch everything. A lot of knee pain is caused by tension in other parts of your body, if your ankles or calves are tight they'll pull on your knees.

I have a chronic knee condition that's caused me a lot of pain over the past few years but making sure I do a legit warmup and cool down, and stretch every day, has really helped me.
 
I looked for an answer to this for a while for kiteboarding. Like skiing, it has its own season when it's windy, and you generally want to get out every time it's possible because you have no idea when it'll be windy again. Kind of like chasing pow days, I guess.

I never found anything that really worked. I read something about fatty foods/drinks helping your muscles recover faster, they recommended drinking chocolate milk. I don't know how much I believe it, taking a day or two off and letting your body recover seems like the best option.
 
Protein and TONS of water. The suggestion for water at elevation over 9,000 is a gallon a day, it helps you not fatigue.
 
I try to keep the "ski all day, party all night" mentality in check. Sleeping 10 hours a night does wonders for fatigue during the day
 
13241951:Mingg said:
Stretch before and after to help with soreness and staying loose.

Eat carbs, pasta dinners are probably one of the best ways to go. Drink water and eat as healthy as possible. Taking vitamins would help as well.

Also good sleep habits are really important. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take a day off to just chill.
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i know i like to stay loose
 
Try to stretch before and after skiing, eat well, drink lots of water, take some vitamins and magnesium and sleep well.
 
I know it sounds weird, but if you just kneel in the snow for around five minutes and then let your legs warm up after that, it is supposed to remove all of the Lactic acid in your legs that might have built up throughout the day. I've been doing this and my legs have yet to be sore this season.
 
13241751:Daski said:
Sleep a lot, drink a lot of water, take a lot of ibuprofen, and steam. Find the sauna, every ski resort has one, and stretch in there.
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Oh yeah, its not like someone is going to need a room key or more likely pay a 50+ dollar day pass to use the steam room at an expensive ski resort....

Agree though steam rooms are lovely and really help your muscles.

I like naps after skiing. Particularly if you are going to get hammered that night.
 
13241995:panojibber. said:
Ehh, I don't think thats true, there's also a big difference between dynamic stretching (leg swings, stretches where you move), and static stretching (just touching your toes or something - stretching without movement). I've always heard its best to do some dynamic stretching and light cardio before exercise and then light cardio and static stretching after.

I generally do a warmup (lame I know), consisting of some leg swings, a short run in my ski boots (gets my legs working), and then a couple mellow warm-up runs of just various size turns. This gets my muscles warmed up and nice and loose.

After skiing I drink a shitload of water and try to stretch out immediately after. I use a foam roller as well. Sometimes I'll put some ice on my knees or whatever. I find another really important thing with stretching is to stretch your whole body - go nuts, stretch everything. A lot of knee pain is caused by tension in other parts of your body, if your ankles or calves are tight they'll pull on your knees.

I have a chronic knee condition that's caused me a lot of pain over the past few years but making sure I do a legit warmup and cool down, and stretch every day, has really helped me.
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Nothing lame about warming up or stretching well before and after. I don't care what the hip science says; my legs feel way better after static stretching.

When it's day after day, I really do try to sleep. It's amazing how linked my sleep cycles are to computer access--when sleeping out in the snow, twelve hour nights aren't uncommon.
 
13242215:nhskier1414 said:
I know it sounds weird, but if you just kneel in the snow for around five minutes and then let your legs warm up after that, it is supposed to remove all of the Lactic acid in your legs that might have built up throughout the day. I've been doing this and my legs have yet to be sore this season.
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I don't know how to tell you this but lactic acid does not exist in the human body.
 
13242239:Piste.Off said:
I don't know how to tell you this but lactic acid does not exist in the human body.
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It definitely does. It builds up in your muscles because of anaerobic respiration.
 
13242239:Piste.Off said:
I don't know how to tell you this but lactic acid does not exist in the human body.
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I don't know how to tell you this, but you are wrong... don't try to knock on someone if you don't know your shit
 
hot epsom salt bath while just chilling or watching ski edits.

eat something fresh and healthy there is this amazing recipe i have for this salad thing it is so good

its lemon juice, lime zest, beans, corn, red and yellow bell peppers, cherry tomatoes cut in halves and some avocado omfg its so good and you can take pitas and put it in there and sometimes i make chicken and have it in a pita with that .... holy shit its so amazing .

but yeah sleep and epsom salt bath and good food is always great for me.
 
13242239:Piste.Off said:
I don't know how to tell you this but lactic acid does not exist in the human body.
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It most certainly does. There is a huge body of knowledge devoted to understanding how our bodies produce and metabolize L-lactate.
 
13242741:Dr.DickButt said:
It most certainly does. There is a huge body of knowledge devoted to understanding how our bodies produce and metabolize L-lactate.
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Not that anybody gives a shit, but he probably was making the point that lactate exists in the body, not lactic acid (which has a pKa of 3.8). Its trivia, except that people mistake the creation of 'lactic acid'/lactate for causing muscle soreness, when in reality lactate acts as a buffer for acids produced elsewhere (glycolysis and ETC, primarily)

To answer OP. Eat protein, sleep, don't get hammered. Or stay out late and have fun then just suck it up the next day.
 
Get nice and wasted the night before, upon waking up hungover procede to get baked with your morning coffee and cigs. Food is unnecessary. Prime mental state achieved... works for tests at school too...
 
crossfit. i pretty much just outburn the burn and confuse my body. gotta do at least 450 reps of butterfly pull ups, and 10,000 air squats before you start to see any benefit tho
 
Get on gear. A properly planned cycle will help your recovery ability tremendously as well as injury proofing your body, increasing strength and endurance, boosting your mood, and make you feel like the fucking man.
 
13242270:Mingg said:
It definitely does. It builds up in your muscles because of anaerobic respiration.
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Lactate is a product of anaerobic respiration, not lactic acid. Acid, H+, is a byproduct of the breakdown of ATP to ADP through ATPase. Your muscles use a lactate/H+ cotransporter system. This means whenever lactate leaves your muscles, H+ goes in. Its true that there is a correlation between lactate production and H+ build up but it is not causation. About a decade ago a researcher published a paper with a graph showing as lactate rose in muscles, so did acid, this has been wildly misinterpreted since.

The body has a ph of about 7.3-7.4. Lactic acid exists at a ph of about 3.5. You will be very very dead if your body's ph ever drops below 6.9ish.
 
My favorite thing I learned from Johnny D was the term "drink it blue". Basically, when the forecast is complete shit, go out and party, have fun and ultimately it'll be bluebird when you're feeling so damn hungover.
 
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