![]() Whether you’ve been logging miles running or backpacking, or spinning a high cadence on pavement and narrow singletrack on a bike, when you begin thinking about the ski season the first thing to consider is how specifically your body has been moving vis-à-vis skinning on skis or a splitboard. Moving from General to Specific Activities To begin, I’ll briefly touch on the components of successfully transitioning your training from the summer months of hiking, running, biking, etc., into more ski-specific workloads. This article will help you tailor your training to the coming ski days: learn how to build strength, develop aerobic (and anaerobic) capacities, and maximize your local resources to make the best training happen. And it is exactly this training that will prepare you to enjoy the season with confidence, avoid injuries, and make your ski partners dig just a bit deeper to keep pace as the day stretches on. Are you an avid tourer/ski mountaineer, or are you inspired to put on a race bib and toe the line at an ever-more-popular skimo race? Maybe you’re a fitness lapper in the pre-lift hours of your local area? Despite the myriad ways to experience skiing mountains, there are commonalities to training for each discipline. A few months of fall remain in most winter-sport-friendly locales, and that means it’s the perfect time to examine your training and start to shift into some specific work for the ski year. I linger beside the ski rack in my garage, where the sticks have hung for several months untouched, checking edges and p-tex dings from past seasons, wondering if now is the time to start base-prepping them for the turns to come. ![]() ![]() Button it all up with the proper knowledge and gearĪs the aspen leaves outside my window begin to change color, and the tips of larches in the mountains start to transition from a lush green to golden yellow, my excitement for the upcoming winter builds.Introduce higher-intensity Zone 3 workouts.Build functional leg strength and muscular endurance.Move from summer activities to ski-oriented training.In this article on preseason ski training, learn how to: Winter is coming-are you ready for the ski season? Make sure you’re as fit for the skin up as the ride down by following a focused, ski-specific strength and conditioning cycle.
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