Skiing – Page 2

4 Exercises to Improve Your Balance: The Foundation of Great Skiing!

Great skiing is characterized by the skiers ability to have a positive, selective effect on any of the skills (balancing, edging, rotary and pressure control movements) at anytime. The foundation of great skiing are balancing movements. Balancing movements are present in all sports and especially in skiing…when a person is standing, strapped onto “two boards” […]

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Woodchopping & Top 5 Wood Round Strength Exercises for Skiers

Exercise, Skiing, Uncategorized

Back to the mountains I have gone! This is my second of three week long vacations at our family cabin with my mother and boys. The cabin is “my HAPPY place!” However, it does pose a challenge for maintaining my strength training routine. YES – I do have plenty of portable fitness equipment that I

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One MOVE, ALL muscles! Vacation friendly workout!

Exercise, Skiing

VACATION, vacation, vacation! I’m hearing everyone talking about vacations and I’m headed out the door for 9 days at the family cabin, again! Along with everyone sharing their vacation plans people are also mentioning how they won’t have time to fit in a workout. I’ve been there. I mean isn’t vacation….vacation – time to sit

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Summer Recipe Challenge: Lose Weight by Making Changes to Your Menu

News, Nutrition, Skiing, Uncategorized

Summer is a great time of year to experiment with new recipes! Fresh fruits and vegetables, warm summer nights. I am always running out of ideas for meals and the meals I always think of are from my childhood days. My meals growing up where always well balanced – all the food groups represented. Our

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Sizzling Summer Temperatures – Stay Hydrated!

Exercise, News, Nutrition, Skiing, Uncategorized

The hottest months of the year are upon us – it was near 100 degrees at 2,000ft in the North Central Cascades a few days ago! As this hot weather hits us nothing is more important than staying hydrated – especially if you will be outside and active – on the mountain, hiking, biking or

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Tight “Buns” May Limit Your Skiing!

Exercise, Skiing, stretching

Good skiing relies on the ability of the skier to rotate their femurs (big leg bones) in the hip sockets, while the upper body (pelvis, core & shoulders) remain relatively quiet. It is also important that each leg can rotate toward the middle line of the body and away from the body equally. If one

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