Best Skiing Exercises Programs and Tips

Enrico — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:06:50 +0000

Big list of training programs and tutorial

The Skiing season is started. If you are not a professional skier, keep attention to your preparation.

Bad training could cause damages, especially for legs and articulations.

So let’s go learning how to build and prepare our body to enjoy the next ski season…

Exercises for Skiing

Get Ready for Skiing Workout – Pictures and a list of exercises designed to help strengthen the muscles used while skiing (legs, abs, back and arms) and challenges your balance, core strength and stability.
Skiing fitness exercises – Your skiing fitness program should begin a minimum of 8 weeks prior to your time on the slope. The key areas to look at are, muscular strength and endurance, especially in the muscles in the legs. Flexibility, having a good range of movement in your joints will enable your body to adjust to any sudden changes in your direction and also help prevent injury when you fall. Aerobic training will enable you to ski longer, as fatigue results in poor concentration ending in injury from crashing.
Skiing fitness and conditioning exercises [PDF] – Tips from a personal trainer to draw up a program that you can do at home. All you need is a Swiss exercise ball, a rubber stretch band and a willingness to prepare yourself.
Advanced Skiing Exercises – If you already have a solid base of conditioning (cardiovascular training 30+ minutes 2-3x/week and strength training 2x/week) try adding these two power exercises to get your core, shoulders, and legs ready for some great skiing.
Getting ready for that ski trip – List of pictures and exercise for Stretching and Strengthening.
10 Quick tips to get in top shape for the ski season – The article describe exercises for Cardiovascular conditioning, strength, speed, agility, flexibility, power and balance.

7 -Day Ski Exercise Assessment Course

Conditioning exercises to make skiing less painful

Fit for Ski Season – Being in good physical shape can enhance your skiing skills, prevent fatigue and injury, and help you enjoy a great day on the slopes. However, certain forms of fitness training are more “ski specific” than others. Here are some conditioning ideas that will get you in superb slope shape for ski season.
Harden Your Abs for Skiing – Crunches tone your abdominal muscles, and strengthen your core to help your balance, stamina and even agility while skiing or snowboarding.
ACL Injuries While Skiing – Nothing can spoil a skiing vacation faster than an injury, especially if it’s a serious one. One of the most common injuries affecting skiers today is damage to their Anterior Cruciate Ligament. The ACL is a tough tissue that restricts forward movement of the thigh bone over the shin bone. But, there is good news. There are a number of things you can do to minimize the chances of injuring your ACL.
Improve Your Balance While Skiing – One of the easiest ways to accelerate your skiing ability is to learn the proper skiing stance. This exercise will help you to locate the “sweet spot” on your skis.
Stretch Your Upper Thighs Before Skiing – Your upper thigh (or quadricep) bears a large burden as you zip your way down the slopes. Properly preparing your thighs contributes to even more fluid skiing.
Stretch Your Neck Before Skiing – Though not the most integral muscles for skiing, loose and relaxed neck muscles translate to a more relaxed body from top to bottom.
Prevent Ski Injuries – While skiing can be an enjoyable sport, there is nothing enjoyable about getting injured. The following guidelines will help you have a safe and pleasant ski season.

Ski machines simulators to exercise

If you have money and space, Ski Simulator and Elliptical Machines are great tools to help you training at home

All the best ski resorts in Italy to live a perfect winter vacation

Enrico — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:05:55 +0000

Rough guide on all winter sport locations

The Skiing season is started. If you need a general view on what are the best ski spots of Italy, then have a look on this comprehensive list of skiing resorts.

There are giant ’ski factories’ with overcrowded pistes, less know resorts and sometimes unexpected (See Mount Etna or Tuscany).
The alpine mountain regions
It’s clear that the the best resorts are located in the Italian Alps.

The alps are a mountain chain that comprises 6 Italian regions.

Aosta Valley: Gran Paradiso, The Matter-horn, The Mont Blanc and the Monte Rosa
Piedmont
Lombardy
Veneto: Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Dolomites, Cadore, Valle d’Ampezzo, Comelico, Marmolada and Mt Cristallo.
Trentino – Alto Adige: Adamello-Presanella, Cevedale, the Brenta Dolomites, the Val di Fassa Dolomites, the Lagorai and the Pale di S.Martino chains.
Friuli Venezia Giulia: Carnia, the Tarvisio, the Julian Alps, Piancavallo, the Friulian Dolomites of Valcellina and Val Colvera, Val Tramontina, Val Cosa and Val D’Arzino.

Most popular ski resorts and stations

Courmayeur. Courmayeur is an Italian town and commune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northern Italy. It is located at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, in the Graian Alps range, and is crossed by the Dora Baltea.

Breuil – Cervinia. Breuil-Cervinia is a renowned high mountain alpine resort in the Valle d’Aosta autonomous region of Italy. Situated at 2,006 meters (6,581 ft) above sea level, just under the Cervino mount.
Livigno. Livigno is a town in the Alps. It belongs to the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy.
Sauze d’Oulx. Sauze d’Oulx is a town in the province of Turin, Piedmont. It was the site of the Freestyle Skiing events of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. It is part of the Via Lattea (Milky Way) skiing area.
Sestriere. Sestriere is an alpine village in the Province of Turin. Sestriere is a popular skiing resort. It is part of the Via Lattea (Milky Way) skiing area.
Cortina. Cortina d’Ampezzo is a town in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Located in the Dolomites, it is a popular winter sport resort.
Arabba. Is a town in the hearth of the Dolomites at 1602 meters.
Canazei di Fassa. Canazei is a village in the province of Trento in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It’s a traditional ski resort with 175km of pistes.
Bardonecchia. Bardonecchia is a town located in the Province of Turin, in Piedmont. The town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Val Gardena. The Gardena Valley is a valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is one of the five valleys in the Dolomites.
Bormio. Bormio is a town located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy (Italian Alps at the top of the Valtellina valley).

Skiing areas

Skiing resorts in the Dolomites

Cortina d’Ampezzo

San Vito di Cadore
Borca di Cadore
Misurina
Cortina d’Ampezzo

Val Gardena

Santa Cristina
Selva Gardena
Ortisei
Val Gardena

Madonna di Campiglio

Val di Fassa

Val di Fassa
Alba di Canazei
Canazei
Campitello di Fassa
Pozza di Fassa
Vigo di Fassa
Mazzin di Fassa
Pera di Fassa
Soraga di Fassa
Passo San Pellegrino
Moena
Fontanazzo

San Martino di Castrozza

Lagazuoi

Aosta Valley

La Thuile
Courmayeur
Pila

Monterosa

Alagna Valsesia
Champoluc
Gressoney

Alta Valtellina

Livigno
Bormio
S. Caterina Valfurva
S. Antonio
Isolaccia
Semogo

Malga Ciapela – Marmolada

Malga Ciapela
Bosco Verde
Rocca Pietore

Val di Fiemme

Pampeago
Carano
Daiano
Tesero
Ziano di Fiemme
Castello di Fiemme
Molina di Fiemme
Capriana
Predazzo
Cavalese

Val di Sole

Val di Sole
Marilleva
Folgarida
Vermiglio
Cusiano di Ossana
Mezzana

Val Pusteria

Terento
Villabassa Dobbiaco

Valtournenche

Antey St. Andre

Altopiano della Paganella

Altopiano della Paganella
Fai della Paganella

Ski vacation package ideas

Snowshoes at the discovery of Mount Etna: An easy 8 days of snow trails in the paths that connect the Mount etna and the Nebrodi Mounts in Sicily
Dolomiti safari: An easy Cross country skiing tour of 8 days from Sextner to Toblach. Along the former railway that crossed the Dolomites

Map of the best winter sport stations

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