 Poster: A snowHead
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A trainer in my gym recommends TRX suspension training for ski fitness, but he isn't a skiier! There's a lot of info on the web but its hard to see fact from fiction and sales hype. I need to get in shape for the winter and do something in addition to the regular stuff. Thanks for any input.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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get in a plank position on your forearms, with your feet in the TRX stirrups and then bring your knees up/forward to your chest. Super abs/core exercise.
a g/f of mine takes a dedicated TRX class and loves it.
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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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snowheader, I haven't done any ski specific training, but I go to TRX classes and they are fantastic. Very important to use correct form though, so do it in a class / with a trainer.
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snowheader, they make it easier to do full range squats on one leg; I do them on the basis it's probably good for skiing.
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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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My sister is a pilates instructor and, while attending an advanced training course in New York last year, tried the TRX system out (one of the US pilates instructors had brought it in to show everyone). My sister - and the other pilates instructors - all rated it highly with the caveat that it should be done under supervision for anyone who doesn't know how to hold the correct position/posture during the exercises.
Haven't tried it myself but may do so over the winter when I'll be living abroad for a few months and want to maintain my pilates workout.
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| Zero-G wrote: |
| ... it should be done under supervision for anyone who doesn't know how to hold the correct position/posture during the exercises. |
To be honest that holds true for most workouts. Most people down a gym fail on this point, esp fat lads doing bicep curls 
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Mosha Marc, true. Good on you for coming out 
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I use TRX for doing one-legged squats and similar balance exercises. Really good for encouraging stability and also for putting your knees under some gentle lateral forces in preparation for more strenuous skiing motions. I agree with beanie1 and others that proper form is important tho. My big indulgence is regular personal trainer sessions but if you can find a TRX class that would be good too.
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Zero-G, ha ha, that's just untensed muscle
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TRX's are class. Not sure about complete specificity to skiing, but they're a cracking "total body" workout done properly, and do wonders for your core. So in that respect pretty decent for skiing!
Still hold by my almost religious fervour for proper squatting (ie full ROM) as the best for skiing though... 
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