Skiing isn’t just about legs. Planks with attitude help strengthen core and the muscles in your shoulders, elbows and wrists stabilising your body.
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All of us want to get through the ski-season, and indeed life, without suffering pain or injury. It makes sense to spend time focussed on our strength, balance and flexibility. Try Single Leg Squats.
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As knees give out. And you can’t ski without knees. Dead leg lifts strengthen hamstrings to support your knee ligaments and protect your joints.
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Try Wall Sits with a Modification to avoid a trip to A&E whilst on a skiing holiday. It makes sense for all of us to spend a little time focused on our strength, balance and flexibility.
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Two physios from Loft41 share their recommended ski fitness; a five exercise regime, with the team from Tirol. You don’t need any special equipment, but you have to embrace the ‘Super Sets’ approach.
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A couple of years ago I wrote about Klaus Obermeyer, a man aged 95, oo old to ski, but who was still skiing every day. Now, I’ve just discovered a Klaus trump-card, 101-year-old George Jedenhoff, surely he is too old to ski.
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I’ve just read an article by Erica Suter on how to perfect the perfect lunge. Not only does she explain how to perfect a lunge, but also explores several variations of lunge to really put your body to work.
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Whether you are heading for the charming resorts of the Austrian Tirol, the gnarly off piste of the French Alps or anywhere where snow if falling, getting a bit better prepared, by doing this ski workout, can do no harm. What are you waiting for? Give me ten!
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My out-take: Use spare moments of your day to exercise – like exercising whilst you are cleaning your teeth. Keep active – ski and do yoga every day. Eat a nutritionally balanced diet – veggie mountain food options for me.
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You may have booked your ski holiday. And you are thinking about new ski gear and getting yourself ski fit
