Just training leg strength ISN’T enough to protect your knees this ski season!
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Ski Fitness exercise plan 2024
Here I have created an at home exercise plan to help you target the key muscles needed for skiing. Getting your body in shape for skiing will help you enjoy your time on the hill, by fatiguing less, skiing for longer and being more dynamic on the slopes. Try starting with 30secs of exercise (after
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WORKING FOR CANADA SNOWBOARD
The last couple of weeks I have been supporting the athletes of Canada SBX in prep for the upcoming Olympics. It has been a great couple of weeks working alongside this talented and positive team. However, I will be back working in Val’Dlsere, out of Kineval this season. I will be home for most of
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PRE SEASON STRENGTH TRAINING
Here are some my favourite weighted / or compound exercises that I use myself and with athletes to build strength prior to snowboarding (although also good base exercises for skiing). Building strength not only helps performance or reduce that leg burn, but can also help reduce incidence of injury. These exercises are for those people
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Working at the Cortina World Alpine Championships 2021
Follow this link for the little article I wrote up for skiclub GB recently on my time working with New Zealand skier Alice Robinson at the Cortina Alpine World Championships 2021 (where Alice got a 4th in GS). It gives an insight to what goes on at these events, as well as the physio work I
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Jan 20, 2021
Pre touring or running activation tips
With the lockdown continuing in many places, a lot more people have taken to running recently. And those of us who are lucky to live in the mountains are hitting the touring hard. After hearing some grumbles from clients/friends, I have put together a few pre mountain or pre running activation tips. There are
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What exercise & rehab should you really be doing help your Shoulder?
Frustrated or unsure what you need to be doing to help your shoulder? First of all the shoulder is a complicated joint and also relies on its surrounding ‘friends’ – the neck, thoracic spine and scapula (shoulder blade), so don’t be too hard on yourself if you feel you aren’t progressing. This blog aims to
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ACL injury……ski season over??
ACL injury………ski season over?? WHAT IS YOUR ACL & WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? There are two main ligament structures inside of the knee which provide crucial stability and support. The PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) and the more commonly injured ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) which is the focus of this brief blog,
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6 Balance & Body awareness exercises that may help save your skiing & snowboarding!
Recently I’ve been doing some fun activities, particularly gymnastics. Even though I surprised myself what I could still do, I was also shocked that when taken out of my comfort zone, or away from ‘normal’ activities how my balance wasn’t so good! I’ve really noticed how our bodies become good at normal/regular movement patterns, but
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Get tired calves and feet while skiing & snowboarding? Here’s why & ways to help prevent it
When it comes to ski and snowboard training we often to tend to focus on the juicy exercises involving the quads, gluts and hamstrings. However when hitting the slopes, most of us feel that our calves ache, and feet get tired, right? Any pre-ski training should involve exercises to work the muscles below our knees,
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