Snow season tips - are you ready?

Snow season time!

All this bad weather generally this time of year means snow time!

With the ski season upon us, take a minute and see if you are prepared....

Skiing and snowboarding are very specific activities that place you in a completely different environment than your day to day existence.

The rigors of a desk based role aren't exactly ideal preparation for throwing yourself down your first run of the season.

Add in higher altitudes, longer periods of aerobic activity and hammering muscles you forgot you even have and all of a sudden the body is being stressed in a very different way that it is used to with your regular habits and exercise.

Skiing and snowboarding both demand a lot from the muscles in the lower limb, gluts and lower back.

Each year we see a fair few injuries from fun on the snow, so if you’re planning a trip you should go through some specific conditioning and workout routines to not only perform better and prevent fatigue, but to help reduce the risk of injury on the slopes.

Here are a few key exercises to get into:

1). Squats - use a variety of squats, wall squats, jump squats and then move into more plyometric based activities.

2). Lunging - forwards, laterally and you can try mixing this up by lunging onto a BOSU ball to wake up your balance receptors.

3). Single leg dead lifts

4). Hip thrusts and glut work - feel the bum burn!

5). Balance at home with your eyes closed, or if available try using a BOSU ball to create an uneven surface- there are not many flat true ski slops out there!

Replicating the sporting movements you are going to be doing is is key when prepping for any sporting activity.

If you’re struggling injury wise, then give us a call as we are skiers and boarders too!