 Poster: A snowHead
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Would be interested to see what the thoughts are on these regarding improving technique and fitness, do these actually work or are they just something else to clog up the cupboard space?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If you do a search you should find quite a few threads. The general consensus seems to be that it is a good piece of equipment but too expensive.
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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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If you're looking to go pro, then things like this might give you an edge, but you can get the same training elsewhere for a fraction of the cost.
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I bought one of these at the end of the ski season (about the middle of April). I can't compare it with other fitness products and I am sure a regular workout in a gym will do just as well for general fitness. However, I have used it 6 or 7 days a week for the past 7 weeks. I followed the advice in the manual and built up the workout from 10 minutes a day for the first week. I am now doing an adapted workout of my own for 30 minutes a day involving a variety of sprint and crouching exercises. I would of been very bored of 30 minutes a day of continuous side to side motion. I can certainly feel those ski specific leg muscles working.
Technique / real ski fitness, I cannot vouch for. I'll find that out at the end of the year. However, I can run my 16 year old lad into the ground when we are playing tennis.
I tried mountain biking for fitness last year and probably didn't get out more than 2 or 3 times a week and when the weather changed I really couldn't be bothered.
If you have the cash I would recommend it.
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As snoman says
"The general consensus seems to be that it is a good piece of equipment but too expensive."
That sounds like just about anything to do with skiing. I paid about 1100 new and delived btw for the all mountain TS5 model, they do not advertise the prices, you have to ask!
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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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Sorry old thread, but thought I would reply anyway. I've been using one for several years now as a pre-season warm-up exercise. It's hard to say exactly how much difference it makes, but it sure fires up most of the muscles you actually use in skiing and I've found the first few days on snow much easier since I started using it. It's also fairly easy and convenient to use and you can work up a good sweat in 15-20 mins use. So it's quite focused and realistic to use if you don't have the time for a full gym routine. I normally try to use it 4 or 5 times per week in the 3 months leading up to the start of the season.
As for cost, yes it is expensive but I think still worth it in the long run unless you are already super fit from other training methods that use the same muscles.
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I have today had a skiers edge big mountain delivered. Hopefully set it up tonight and give it a blast 
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I managed to get hold of a 'pro-ski simulator basic machine' from a UK supplier in ex-demo form for half the retail price of a new one . . .haven't started using it yet but intend to batter it in the run up to my hols . . .will be interesting to see the results!
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Here are my first impressions - after taking a little while to get used to the machine (balance was a bit suspect at first!) I can confirm that it really focuses on the skiing muscles.
I am a very fit middle aged man. I run a lot, but am not ski fit. You can do around 100-110 turns on the machine in 60 seconds. After three rep's of 60 seconds and with a 60 second break in between I could feel the lactic acid build up in my thigh muscles, and they were a tiny little bit jelly (pathetic I know).
So I have started off with a 3 minute workout (5 if you include the rest periods) and am going to build this up with more rep's first before adjusting the tension of the bands upwards.
I aim to do a workout most days as it doesn't take long, leading up to my first ski holiday of the winter at New Year.
So overall, first impressions are excellent. The machine also has the added advantage of improving muscle memory/technique which can only be good. A resounding thumbs up from me.
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