Now is the perfect time to get your body ready for some downhill skiing. The following online ski lessons will focus on reawakening the right muscles so you can start the ski season off
right. While you may be in shape from all your summer activities, the muscles that matter most for skiing often don’t get used as much with summer sports.
The following exercises are great ways to prepare your body.
1) Bike riding - the repetetive lifting/lowering of your legs wakes up important muscles fast
2) Jumping Jacks – great exercise for conditioning your inner/outer thigh muscles
3) Yoga – yoga has a variety of exercises that help you rotate and loosen up your hips, such as when sitting “Indian style” and bending your body gently forward
Importantly, waking your muscles up is not to be confused with strength conditioning. While you want to be in shape, of course, downhill skiing is more about a well-balanced body posture and skeletal positioning – see Ski Techniques for more on this. Use the above exercises to help avoid injury and unnecessary strain.
What exercises work for you?