Baller WBLskier Posted February 21, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 21, 2012 So I am going to be getting some coaching at Cory Pickos’ place in Florida in seven weeks. With our winter here I likely will have no way to ski before I get down there. Does anyone have any advice on what to do at the gym to be in the best possible shape and get the most out of it? It is generally my upper back muscles/neck that give me the most trouble early in the season. Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted February 21, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 21, 2012 Strength is not so important. Recovery is. Your muscles will recover faster if you can get more oxygenated blood to them. For that reason, I'd be doing things like sprints on a treadmill. One minute of all out, followed by 30 seconds of rest. Repeat 10 times. When you can do that easily, bump it up to 2 minutes, with 30 seconds rest. Another great thing since you mentioned upper back/neck is handstand pushups. You would think they work the shoulders, but they don't. They work your rhomboids, traps, and the inner part of the Lat where it folds under the rhomboid. These are the muscles that connect you to the boat, not shoulders. They allow you to roll your shoulders blades back and pinch your shoulder blades together, which is how you resist the load of the boat as it's applied. When I first tried them, I could only do 1 or 2. After a month, I could do 10. After 3 months I could do 3 sets of 15. Also.........stretching is VERY important. Limber muscles don't get hurt as easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ctsmith Posted February 21, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 21, 2012 This year I started doing 8 sets of push-ups / sit-ups. I do the push ups, immediately thereafter do the sit ups then rest 60 seconds and do it again (my simple mind is equating the 8 sets to 8 passes). At set 6 I am hurting and winded and usually have to finish with girl style push ups the last two sets. I skied my first set in about 3 months a few days ago. From a fatigue standpoint I was in as good or better shape than when I ended last year. You still are going to be sore no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
501Brandon Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Try "Insanity" it's very fast paced with a ton of basic exercises and you will get a ton of stamina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted February 21, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted February 21, 2012 Shoot! I go their at least twice a week to stay in shape.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lakeaustinskier Posted February 21, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 21, 2012 For the first time in my life I'm battling tendinitis and have not been able to really do much upper body-wise in the off season. So I've been doing a lot of Turkish Get-Ups (Google it). The soreness that I experience afterwards seems fairly similar to slalom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted February 22, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted February 22, 2012 I like @lakequstinskier suggestion. Now where do I find the proper weight like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Dirt Posted February 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2012 The above suggestions are great. Get some aleve in your system twice/day starting a few days before you get there. Bring tape and clenchers. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ral Posted February 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2012 Complementing the video, a Personal trainer girlfriend might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted February 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hey! That dude in the video is wearing the official Ball of Spray (baller) ski shorts! Where do I get a pair of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jimbrake Posted February 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2012 And on a serious note, try this progression: 2 pull ups, 10 pushups, 20 crunches 3 pull ups 15 pushups, 20 crunches 4, 20, 20 5, 25, 20 6, 30, 20 I can't make it through the pushups on the last one. Rest about 2 minutes. Finish off with windsprints of your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lakeaustinskier Posted February 22, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 22, 2012 For some reason lifting hot women with the Turkish Get Up is very popular on YouTube . If we ignore the snug ski shorts on that dude for those of you that have never done this exercise the sheer feat of him lifting the girl is very impressive. People sometimes cheat and bend their arms and he did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PBD Posted February 23, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 23, 2012 I have found that shoulder shrugs really help avoiding the soreness I used to get in my traps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Laz Posted February 23, 2012 Baller Share Posted February 23, 2012 Last year I used a pull-up bar before going to Costa Rica to ski. The bar could swing down and let me do reverse pull-ups. That seems to be a similar muscle action to skiing. I think it helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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