Friday, August 20, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Do squat but do it right
Most don't know squat about squat. See and learn like I had to. Don't ruin your good knees. The key is to extend your arms way out front to balance the right squat.
Be safe.
Bench bridge
great exercise for the hamstrings, which can help balance out those overdeveloped skier quads.
Ribbon
Your legs, hips, and lower back are doing all of the work here... your arms really aren’t doing any work at all...they are just the connector between your body and the external weight.
remember to initiate from the hips and shoulder
Snatch-sprawl burpee
your heart rate will be through the roof like you just ran a 100-meter sprint...so excellent for strengthening your heart!
remember feeling of your heart in your throat... well, this will get you prepared.
1-Legged Romanian Deadlifts
Since skiing is such a quad-dominant activity, we really need this exercise to help keep the hamstrings in appropriate strength ratio with the quads.
Ultimate ski exercise. If you must, do this one and funny jumps and prisoner's squat..
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
You quit because you are older...
I met a Canadian from Squamish, British Columbia on the 2nd day of Haute Route. He used to telemark and now he parallels. Well, I don't want to just rely on parallel turns. It is too much fun to miss.
Yes, if you parallel ski, you are missing something; telemark turns. I do parallel turns but the most enjoyable ski experience is telemark turns. It makes me feel I am in a luge going fast and stable in big forever arcs. When doing a good carve, centrical force makes the telemark stance so natural.
This is the site for stretches and conditioning and exercises that will help me enjoy "telemark ski forever".
Yes, if you parallel ski, you are missing something; telemark turns. I do parallel turns but the most enjoyable ski experience is telemark turns. It makes me feel I am in a luge going fast and stable in big forever arcs. When doing a good carve, centrical force makes the telemark stance so natural.
This is the site for stretches and conditioning and exercises that will help me enjoy "telemark ski forever".
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