 Poster: A snowHead
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@AL9000,
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| shuffle your feet back then thrust your hips in the air and hold |
that doesn't do glutes (much better exercises for those exist) it does hamstrings. Ahem, achilles is not yet 90. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wow, a lot of agey stuff going on on this thread!  As it happens, since turning 60 last year, I'm now an expert at getting old and falling apart....first it was a frozen shoulder (probably caused by excess kayacking), then Atrial Fibrilation requiring shock therapy to reset my heart.....and finally (so far) a savage attack of pseudogout in my left knee that converted me overnight, from runner, skier, mountainbiker, golfer....into a total cripple, unable to even walk. Four months on, I'm pleased to say the picture is improved!
Anyway, I'm no expert at skiiing, but a tip that I have always found useful when intimidated by a steep slope, is to concentrate on pole planting well in front of you, which gets your weight well forward and to effectively turn around the pole. Clearly this is for steep terrain at slow speed, but I always find it gets me down under control and in one peice. 
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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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Static strength exercises are of limited use, I think. Like Hurtle, I can hold a good form plank for considerably more than a minute, but struggle with lunges because of dodgy left knee (which means I can lunge onto my left knee OK, but not the right). For oldies, and certainly for me, balance is probably more important. Stand on one leg, and when that's too easy, do it with eyes closed. It's so simple, so important and so extraordinarily effective that I find it difficult to understand or explain why I do so little of it.... 
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@pam w, I'm now forced to do balance exercises in every (thrice weekly) Pilates class, so no more excuses. I'm getting so much better with regular practice - who knew?
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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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| @Jehu, what makes you think keeping your weight on the uphill ski will assist your skiing? It will mean your downhill ski becomes very jittery and potentially could slip away from you which isn’t good! There is a reason you were taught to put more pressure on the downhill ski! |
I am actually trying to keep each ski evenly weighted because I have been taught that this is essential for skiing in deep snow. If the uphill ski is unweighted it gets left behind and you lose control.
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@Hurtle, I do stand on tip toe and stretch my arms up whilst waiting for the kettle to boil for my innumerable cups of tea.
It's better than nothing.
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@pam w, 
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@Jehu, yup even weight for off piste fresh snow
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