In Season Strength Training/Maintenance

[Rpc29]

What kind of workouts do most of you do during the season to try to keep up all the of strength gains you made in the offseason? Or do you cut it all out completely?

[Chef23]

When healthy I continue to work out during the season but cut the intensity back a little. I try to squat and deadlift once a week plus other stuff for core. Before I hurt my shoulder pullups/pushups were a regular component. No real benching. I also had something aerobic in the mix. Not nearly as intense as the off season. It seemed to help.

[Jibbo]

Here is a great article from KC Wilson on his in season training (he really concentrates on your core in season):

http://www.usawaterski.org/pages/Instructional%20Articles/Slalom/InSeasonWorkouts.pdf

[Horton]

Summer fitness

 

http://forum.ballofspray.com/discussion/12416/the-stop-ms-from-running-39-beer-thread

[thager]

Ski, ski, then ski some more. Repeat!

[Razorskier1]

I just ski. Not enough gas in my tank to ski and workout.

[jjackkrash]

I try and hit weights on all or most non-skiing days, unless and until my hands get too chewed up to do both or I start getting tendinitis. Usually by late July or August I'm done in the gym until mid september.

[ColeGiacopuzzi]

As in the article that KC wrote that @Jibbo posted, I focus on my core especially. I do core exercises everyday, your abs can recover very quickly unlike other muscle groups in your body. I also do pull-ups and chin ups, as well as lunges and squats. I do stay away from the gym, I was never a fan of lifting weights, plus you'll save your hands for when you ski. ON days you do ski really hard or take a a lot of sets, stay away from weights and exercise, let your body recover. I remember reading an article that said 15min of waterskiing is equivlaent to a 45min workout!

[santangelo]

In order to 'keep up all the of strength gains' you made in the off-season would require you to lift the same weight (frequency and intensity) through the on-season. For me, this isn't logical as I start to ski more, so I'm willing to sacrifice some strength for skiing.

 

The best way I know how to maintain as much strength as possible is to still lift heavy on a less frequent basis. Most of my on-season gym work is spent keeping my flexibility, especially anything that attaches to my pelvis, and keeping my conditioning up. I also do a lot of scapular work to account for some imbalances I have that limit my skiing. Point is, figure out what makes you ski well and work on those.

[skinut]

@Colebrah-I assume that is 15 min of actual skiing which would be the equivalent of 53 pass in the slalom course. 900 sec(15Min X 60 Sec)/16.95 sec=53 passes. Um, pretty sure I don't make that many passes in a week.

[bkreis]

anyone interested you may pm me, fitness and post rehab are my business and I do work with skiers via email.

[igkya]

@Colebrah, I've read that too. Anyone have a heart monitor that could do a comparison test?

[The_MS]

Ride Bike

[gt2003]

Light weights/higher reps for strength training. 20 minutes of cardio, whatever type, 3-4 days/week. I'll take a rest day prior to a weekend of skiing.

[Shakeski]

Cycling & Tennis. (Lifting 2 days out of the week too if possible).

[GAJ0004]

For my body type I do more cardio to keep my weight under control. Lots of bike riding, and rollerblading. I am going to keep doing the Insanity workouts, but I am going to do the month 1 workouts to save energy to ski.

[Texas6]

It's a catch 22 that I grapple with every season. I work my ass off all year to ensure I'm prepared for ski season, but when the season gets here, I can't bare to lose the gains. I do cut back from four/five workouts a week to 2/3 depending on how much skiing Im doing. I try to ensure dead lifts only happen on days I'm not skiing and if I do both the same day, it's at opposite ends of the day

[The_MS]

With the warm up to ski routines that some skiers perform, that could be used as in season maintenance.