Get fit for skiing - Week 7

As we count down the start to the ski season there are now only 4 weeks until we open the Christiania in Les Gets for season 2011/12, we have in association with Steve Bonthrone, a personal trainer from Perth put together a series of 10 exercises to help get you fit for the up coming season. If you search for Fitness on this blog you can find the first six of the 10 exercises that have already been published. We will add a new routine every Saturday until the 3rd of December.

We’ve started to work on the base strength of the leg muscles, now we start to work on dynamic strength. This exercise will help improve speed and agility. 

7. Squat Thrusts

            Start with the hands on the floor, legs fully extended and body raised. Using the core muscles, fix the upper body and pelvic area and solely use the legs to ‘jump in’, bringing the knees into the chest and jump back out to the starting position. Jumping in and out counts as 1 rep. Do 3 sets of 15 reps with 1min rest between sets. To advance the exercise, try using timed intervals such as 30 seconds or 1min with a short recovery between sets. Aim to breathe out as you bring the legs in and inhale as you take the legs out. As an alternative, try the split position with one knee into the chest and other leg extended and swap over to count as a rep.

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