@Graham Warren,
Good luck but bear in mind that with the BOSU you need plenty of space otherwise you could lose an eye, tooth, flat Screen TV or Curtain etc
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Haha - amen to that.
Wear all your ski gear, all at the same time, so you have some padding when you wipe out - which you will.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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bear in mind that with the BOSU you need plenty of space otherwise you could lose an eye, tooth, flat Screen TV or Curtain etc
I genuinely laughed out loud at that!
Have you clicked on that fellas other stuff? He's an all out nutter. Now I know how he manages those squats - He springboards off of his ego.. Which is in no way tempered by his lack of talent.
Have you clicked on that fellas other stuff? He's an all out nutter. Now I know how he manages those squats - He springboards off of his ego.. Which is in no way tempered by his lack of talent.
To be honest I just did a search for "BOSU one-legged squats" on YouTube and that was the best rated example.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Cycling and squats. Can ski (badly) for hours and hours. Can also freak kids out by tensing muscles so that you can see each of the quad muscles (ugly!).
I felt awful reading this and other excecise related threads. I do zilch However
I didn't know they were called pistol squats, I find those quite easy, I can't run 100 yards without stopping for a fag, but they do show up which leg is stronger.
I aint got a Bosu though, I have a balance cushion thing that keeps deflating
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
DB wrote:
Going back to the original question- IMHO strength without balance won't help your skiing that much. It will probably only help you to stay a little longer in an out of balance position.
One legged squats on a BOSU working up to a pistol squat (which I can't do) is my suggestion.
These are golden, but you gotta start slowly, I bet. Like... Just drop maybe 6 - 12 inches (10% angle) to start with, and rep it. Then work up from there. If you go straight into trying those; you're likely to injure your knees (more precisely, the things attaching your quads to them). Awesome power move to use on top of proper training though; and so nice to use a (I can't say that word without mirth so I shall not) special balance thingy so that your core gets activated too.
Top tip - many thanks.
(These on top of brazilian jiu jitsu a couple of times a week [enough to keep any man or woman healthy, agile and lean forever] and I reckon you could ski for a month without stopping).
After all it is free
After all it is free
Well hopefully the stuff I've managed to do has helped. Somehow my stomach's even bigger than when I first put this thread up! Thanks for all the advice folks. Looking forward to meeting a few snowheads out there. Just sitting in the lounge at newcastle airport waiting to for the starting gate! Very windy here so take off's gonna be interesting.
Bring on the steeps!
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Nice to meet mate. Looking forward to a ski.
Ski the Net with snowHeads
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How was the rest of the trip Graham?
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The most important thing is whatever works for the individual but, for me, those bosu ball squats look to be a bloody terrible idea! They won't do anything to increase leg strength over other, safer resistance training and if balance is the issue, do a balance related exercise.
I'd recommend, for any strength training, using weight/difficulty that causes momentary muscle failure (i.e. until you can't do another repetition with good form) in 60-90 seconds. <60s>90s and the weight needs to go up. Rinse repeat. You can get a bit more complicated for specialist work but for most people (myself included) that's the ticket. Certainly works for myself and the missus. I found this after random web trawling a while back, a guy called Drew Baye http://baye.com/ who seems to speak a lot of sense (well, bar for liking Ayn Rand but that's another arena entirely). His high intensity bodyweight workouts are pretty good though I do find it easier in the gym but the only one I've found in the UK that specialises in HIT training is Kieser Training in Camden.
HIIT is also a good idea but it's a long while since I've done any (it's on the list for me getting back into proper shape!). I don't think it's a good way of building pure strength but skiing isn't about that and it is a good way of building fitness. Long duration aerobic exercise can have a negative effect on strength so HIIT is a good way of building "fitness" without that negative effect or the wear and tear on your joints.
Those squats will build strength if you can do them with good form but I can't see how that would be possible unless you were already really strong and also happened to have good balance. Otherwise it's just a recipe for injury. Even where you don't get injured, the awkwardness of the exercise will likely just mean you end up stopping before you've reached momentary muscle failure and therefore you aren't maximising the potential effect of the given workout.
My 2p anyway.
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