Baller akale15 Posted November 30, 2015 Baller Share Posted November 30, 2015 If you can have one piece of exercise equipment in your home to help train for the upcoming ski season what would it be? My wife and I stay fairly active skiing, swimming and biking in the summer but now during these winter months we are looking for an alternative knowing we need to do something to stay in shape as well as trying to keep cost down. Cardio and core seem to be my biggest weak points when the season begins and I want to try and stay on top of that this winter. We have been thinking about a rowing machine...figured it offers both cardio, core/back as well as some leg/arm strength. Any thoughts/suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller AdamCord Posted November 30, 2015 Baller Share Posted November 30, 2015 Kettlebell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted November 30, 2015 Baller Share Posted November 30, 2015 or cowbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Texas6 Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 I have a C2 rower in my home gym and use it all the time. Fantastic for all of the core muscles we use in slalom and great for cardio as well. If I had to choose a single item? Kettle bell is a great call but so is a pull up bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OTF Posted December 1, 2015 Members Share Posted December 1, 2015 +1 more for the Concept 2 Rowing Machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 Rowing machine, 40-50 lb kettlebell and a pullup bar and you can get yourself in pretty good shape. If you want to add something else that doesn't take much space a TRX system is great also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller FLeboeuf Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 Pull up bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Hockdog Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 Electric La-Z-Boy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted December 1, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted December 1, 2015 Why just one? If space is the object, okay. If money is the object, shop garage sales and Craigslist. There's lots of really good, barely used exercise equipment out there.if you live in the Great White North, get some skate skis. Hard to beat skating on cross country skis for a full body and cardio workout. And you are outdoors. Or get @bkreis to design a winter workout routine for you. All you'll need are a bunch of dumbells and a big blue ball. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPT Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I tried a nice bottle of single malt (scotch) last week sitting by the fire and watching our bay freeze over. Played hockey yesterday and I don't recommend the scotch for a workout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 TRX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller akale15 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 What would be some good workouts with a kettle ball? Training is not a strong point of mine...primarily a rec-sports guy with minimal trips to the gym so I have limited experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted December 1, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted December 1, 2015 Check out the March 2015 issue of Water Ski Mag. There's an article about Jen LaPoint and Taylor Woolsey working out (in part) with a kettlebell. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted December 1, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 1, 2015 What is this "Off Season" you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bkreis Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 @akale15 if training is not something you have done a long time, kettlebells without instruction can be hazardous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 Kettlebells, Pull ups (both over hand and underhand), running, rowing, elliptical, push ups, Curls, and P90 Ab Ripper X routine for core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 December to March - At home cross training - sit ups, push ups, pull ups, dumbbells, stretching, plus shooting hoops for 30-45 minutes once a week and reffing 50+- b-ball games (= approx 3.1 miles per game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DefectiveDave Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 If I had only one piece of equipment: First Choice: Kettlebell Second Choice: Doorframe Pullup Bar Third Choice: Rowing Machine I would then supplement with bodyweight exercises such as: Planks Pushups Jump Squats Box Jumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dropski Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 A used squat rack with some weights, a barbell, and a pullup bar. Throw in a bench and you can do a lot of great compound movements to build strength and muscle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted December 2, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 2, 2015 I have a Concept Rower that was awesome when I used it regularly. Could work to the point where soreness wold be similar to skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 2, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted December 2, 2015 Beer and more beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted December 3, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 3, 2015 I am currently doing the P90x and Insanity hybrid schedule which I will do for Nov,Dec, and Jan. For Feb, Mar, and Apr I will be doing Insanity. If I am feeling strong enough by April I may try Insanity the Asylum Volume 1. Minimal equipment needed. Better than any workout at the gym, especially Insanity.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 3, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 3, 2015 I am reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted December 3, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted December 3, 2015 Carl. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MarkM Posted December 3, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 3, 2015 Yup. P90x is excellent. I'm doing it for the third time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted December 4, 2015 Baller_ Share Posted December 4, 2015 I think @Talon hacked my account. I am not sure how the Beer thing made it to this thread. I vote for Hockey, Water Rowers Club and then IPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller blagrata Posted December 5, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 5, 2015 Insanity, insanity max, p90x.....and a lot of other Beachbody brand workouts. Something for everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted December 17, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2015 I bulk up easy so when I do P90x I do lighter weights and more reps. I am also currently rehabbing my right arm from bicep tendonitis. At first it appeared to be a torn rotator, but after resting for two weeks before seeing my doctor it healed up quite a bit and he said it was tendonitis. Going lighter on the weights until it is 100%. I would say it is at 97%. I can do most of the Yoga X now. Insanity is the better program for my body type. I am built more like a football player than a skier. P90x is better for people who are really thin and need to put on some mass. Insanity is best for cardiovascular workouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted December 17, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2015 I bulk up easy so when I do P90x I do lighter weights and more reps. I am also currently rehabbing my right arm from bicep tendonitis. At first it appeared to be a torn rotator, but after resting for two weeks before seeing my doctor it healed up quite a bit and he said it was tendonitis. Going lighter on the weights until it is 100%. I would say it is at 97%. I can do most of the Yoga X now. Insanity is the better program for my body type. I am built more like a football player than a skier. P90x is better for people who are really thin and need to put on some mass. Insanity is best for cardiovascular workouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 17, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2015 Still only reading this... Am still pear shaped. Might walk my dog or something in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 17, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 17, 2015 Still only reading this... Am still pear shaped. Might walk my dog or something in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted December 18, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm working out 7 days a week. Split routine for strength four days a week, high intensity intervals or straight cardio the other three days. Also rehab work on a partially torn triceps tendon and some tennis elbow. Should start the next ski season as 185 lb skiing machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jackski Posted December 18, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 18, 2015 Inspire M2 gym, would never go without it. - 5 days a week (hockey twice a week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 19, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 19, 2015 Until Christmas dinner and New Years have passed externally what's the point? If a person in shape quits working out, all is lost within two weeks. Is just like you never worked out at all. I will hit my wait program starting Jan 3 or when my daughter clears all her stuff from around my workout area, whichever occurs later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CaleBurdick Posted December 19, 2015 Members Share Posted December 19, 2015 Olympic bar for dead lifts...the most effective strength training for most sports, especially skiing. The reason being that it strengthens the core so much, especially if you consciously flex your transverses muscles while lifting. Use the same bar and weights for power cleans, the second most effective for skiing. If that takes too much space, Third would be a pull up bar, palms away works the back better. I argue that course skiing is anaerobic, so doing low rep workouts and ignoring 'cardio' workouts will leave you less winded after 6 buoys in the spring. Also, studies are starting to show that high intensity/short duration exercises are better at preventing cardiovascular events than a long drawn out medium intensity cardio workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CaleBurdick Posted December 19, 2015 Members Share Posted December 19, 2015 just to back up my opinion on best exercises to help you this winter... Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Exercise Kenneth Cooper, M.D., an exercise physiologist, first coined the term “Aerobic”. He used running, walking, swimming and bicycling in a scientific exercise program. When you walk briskly or run slowly without a shortness of breath, you are exercising aerobically. Anaerobic exercise occurs when a person runs faster and they gasp for oxygen due to a shortness of breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted December 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 20, 2015 3 cardio days as 4 lifting days. Trying to break 1300lbs across three lifts, bench press, deadlift, squat. I'm at 1125 right now but I think I still have another 175lbs of tricks up my sleeve before the lake thaws off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted December 21, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2015 @RazorRoss3 You have ice? Most of ours is open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted December 21, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2015 We have ice, winterized the boat back before thanksgiving. If we'd known we were going to have open water into late December we wouldn't have. What the baller index for 32 and 32? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted December 21, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2015 @RazorRoss3 -60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted December 21, 2015 Baller Share Posted December 21, 2015 I have to think that would have approached a BOS record had our boat been in the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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