| How do you get fit for your ski trip? |
| I smoke and/or drink a lot, & never exercise. Yes I'm a slob |
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| I don't smoke or drink, but I don't exercise either |
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| 'Other sports' at least twice a week (see below) |
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| Yes, one of the categories only though (see below) |
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| Two categories (see below) |
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| Three categories (see below) |
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| All four, I'm superfit (see below) |
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| Two or more + at least one other sport, I'm in great shape |
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| All four + at least one other sport, I'm crazy |
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Mountain biking up the local hills; hiking; a bit of pre-season glacier skiing when available. Does walking to the pub count as a category?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Only if you just drink orange juice when you get there 
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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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But I have a big poster at home that says 'Guinness is good for you'! Surely they're not lying?
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I swim 3 times a week for 30mins and it definitely helps my skiing. I rarely get tired, except when jump-turning down a powder run. Word of warning when doing breast-stroke - it exerts a twisting force on the knees so can cause problems in some people (e.g. me) - so stick to a simple squat-thrust style leg motion with knees together, which is great for your legs and abs.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd be interested to know how many of the smoke/drink/never exercise brigade (1 in 10 snowHeads!) have actually done themselves serious harm on the slopes! Same for the 20% who only exercise once in a blue moon!
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| PG wrote: |
| I'd be interested to know how many of the smoke/drink/never exercise brigade (1 in 10 snowHeads!) have actually done themselves serious harm on the slopes! Same for the 20% who only exercise once in a blue moon! |
I have  You were there, I was wrecked.......
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ise, Me too, I just hide it well...
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You know, I was thinking about this the other day, I reckon driving a couple of hours then going straight up the glacier wasn't such a good idea, I normally allow myself time to adjust to the height.
I do find in the summer on glacier I need to take a little time to adjust, even then, a shortened day on the glacier leaves me really tired compared to normal skiing.
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It affects different people different ways too. I once took a rather cocksure teenage cousin up to 2 Alpes for the week. He was young and fit - but funnily enough each time on the way back down (rather than on the glacier itself) in the Jandri, he came very close to passing out. Only by the end of the week could he actually manage to hold a conversation as we headed back!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Takes me different ways on diifferent days as well, I've felt very short of breath on the Ag' du Midi in the summer and not noticed it when I've been lugging skis around on other days, I suppose on the ski days on preceeding days I'd been at reasonable heights as well which may help.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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