Get Ready For Another Great Season!

Can't wait to get to the hill, can ya? Me either. But, before you strap on your boards, lemme suggest at least a little conditioning. Look at it this way, it'll make spending that--what is it now--almost $50.00 a lift ticket a better value, each day. Here's how.

Feel like you're a kid, again!

First, by spinning up your internal gyroscope via the following balance and stability drills you gain a sense of proprioception, or knowing your position in space, even without looking. In sports predicated on gravity, riding frictionless vessels, and demanding technical skill, possessing balance and stability can't hurt. Secondly, by doing regular aerobic interval training you effectively fuel-inject your body's engine. In other words you increase horsepower AND improve miles per gallon. Again, couldn't hurt. Skiing and snowboarding are fun yet high exertion endeavors, what with the high altitude, great physical involvement, and long duration, aerobic conditioning is essential to your rediscovering that grinning 10 year old inside you, now perhaps hidden beneath a few layers.

Take 10 minutes out of your day–even you can eek out 10 minutes–and do each of these exercises. Do 'em 4 to 5 days, each week. Use them as a warm up for your regular workouts, or as a specific conditioning program for your sensory receptors. Start you program today! Right now, in fact. Go for it. After you finish, do your aerobic training. Perhaps 30 to 45 minutes, 3 to 5 days each week. Train at an intensity that's appropriate for your individual condition. Check with your physician to be certain, before you begin. Have a fulfilling and fun Winter.

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