any skiers out there? how can I fit in?

[ladubose]

I am a telemark skier and I am so excited to ski this year, however I am having trouble fitting it in my schedule. I am really enjoying doing my Cathe tapes and I don't want to lose momentum on the weight training. So I was wondering if anyone else is struggling with finding time for their physical hobbies or have any suggestions....

My week generally looks like
Monday: teach pilates mat class & ski conditioning class {heavy on legs}
Tuesday: teach pilates mat & do upper body lifting
Wedesday: Pilates equipment for me
Thursday: Lower body weight training & cardio
Friday: Pilates for me & light cardio {walking or hiking}
Saturday: either circuit, whole body, body split, or cardio
Sunday: skiing with my 8 year old twins & DH

I am thinking of skiing on Tuesdays, but my legs are shot from ski conditioning, and snowshoeing on thursdays.

 

[RunninTeach]

If I lived closer to a mountain, I would love to have this dilemma!

In your case, I think I would probably eliminate the 2nd day of legs and juggle it (if your schedule allows) so you ski on Wednesday and snowshoe on Friday, which would give your legs two days' break after the ski conditioning class. Or maybe consider inserting a rest day in there somewhere. If that won't work, I think I would eliminate the ski conditioning class. If it's stopping you from skiing, then I don't think it's worth it!

Maybe something like this:

Mon: pilates & ski cond
Tues: pilates & ub
Wed: ski
Thurs: pilates & light cardio
Fri: pilates, snowshoe
Sat: circuit
Sun: ski

HTH. Happy trails!

 

[Gayle]

Hi there - I'm a skier. I would dial back the leg work on Monday if you plan to ski on Tuesday. If you're tele skiing twice a week, your legs are getting plenty of work.

On the Mountain Athlete web site (www.mtnathlete.com), they do their ski conditioning before the season starts and then just ski when the snow hits...since the best way to get conditioned for skiing is to ski!

Where do you ski?

 

[ladubose]

Thanks for the input. I actually teach the ski conditioning class, so I can't actually drop it. I started the class in August and the class liked it so much they wanted it to continue!!! I live in the mountains west of Boulder, CO and mostly ski at our little local resort Eldora because it is only 20 minutes from my house. Not a big mountain, the runs tend to be narrow, steep and we get a lot of wind, but I am certainly not complaining about being able to ski weekly!

The schedule Cathy came up with would be ideal but unfortunately I am in Boulder on Wed. & Fridays so can't ski or snowshoe those days, otherwise it would be perfect. I will play around and see what happens. Maybe ski on Thursdays and snowshoe on Tuesdays....

Gayle thanks for the link to Mountain Athlete I am going to check it out right now!!

Happy Trails

 

[ladubose]

Hi Gayle, Just got back form Mountain Athlete and having trouble navigating their site. Where is the info. on ski conditioning? It is a great idea a lot of my friends from college where guides for many years mostly for Outward Bound & NOLS and a few of them still are guides even now later in life. It is true that a lot of them shunned the gym and only trained by doing their activities leading over time to many repetitive use type injuries and the like.

 

[Gayle]

The info on that site is sort of all over the place. There's bits and pieces of it posted in each of the daily workouts, like a blog. They were doing a 6 week round of dryland ski conditioning several times a week where the athletes were doing stuff in ski/snowboard gear! I'd never seen anything it before. They do a lot of dot drill, sandbag get ups, step-ups, and a wretched piece of evil called the Leg Blaster.

Here are some of the workouts where Rob Shaul posts a little about his method:
http://www.mtnathlete.com/subpage_details.php?subpage_ID=37
http://www.mtnathlete.com/subpage_details.php?subpage_ID=34

Video at the bottom of w/o with gear: http://www.mtnathlete.com/subpage_details.php?subpage_ID=40

Here's more of their video on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhLMeIrglpo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmevhTdrlcg

The evil Leg Blaster: http://www.mtnathlete.com/subpage_details.php?subpage_ID=110&page_ID=14

ETA - If you check the workouts starting around the end of October, that's where they start the ski specific training. You do have to hunt and peck for it though, unfortunately.
http://www.mtnathlete.com/page.php?page_ID=9

 

[Gayle]

I live in the mountains west of Boulder, CO and mostly ski at our little local resort Eldora because it is only 20 minutes from my house. Not a big mountain, the runs tend to be narrow, steep and we get a lot of wind, but I am certainly not complaining about being able to ski weekly!

I love the smaller ski areas...they usually have the best personalities.

 

[ladubose]

Thanks Gayle
The leg blaster looks wicked! Those lunge jumps are just like tele turning!
You should considering freeing your heal with all that great powder you are getting!

 

[Gayle]

You should considering freeing your heal with all that great powder you are getting!

LOL! You're not the first person who's suggested that to me. I keep toying around with taking some tele lessons, but I'm afraid I'll really like it a have to buy all new gear!