Snow skiing & snowboard season
is officially upon us! It’s time to tune
and sharpen your boards as well as your fitness, if you want maximize your
potential for fun while minimizing your risk for injury. Make no mistake: downhill alpine riding is
very high-intensity and very demanding physically, and will test every measure
of your fitness. Trust me, you don’t want
to roll up to the slopes on day one of the season totally out of shape and
collapse into oxygen debt just getting all your gear on, suffer from low-back
spasms on the morning of day two, or worse yet, rupture a knee ligament on your
“last run” of the day. So take
precaution and action now! Pay your dues
in these next few weeks leading up to your first trip to the slopes and not
only will you avoid injury but you’ll actually be fit enough to enjoy riding
the mountain, instead of just suffering through a half day on the slopes, just
to make it to the lodge and start downing beers by lunch. Fellas we indeed have to earn that post-ski
beer and it will taste so much better!
And even if you are in good shape right now with a respectable fitness
level, it still will make your mountain experience more rewarding if you add
some sport-specific exercises into your routine that mimic the movements and
intensity level of riding the bumps, carving the groomers, or hucking your
favorite cliff.
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| This article was originally written by me and published in the NOV '13 issue of Four EL magazine |
