Out There in Canyons Park City (Utah)
Hey guys
Last week, one of my favorite clients went skiing out at The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. And she had a blast.
The Canyons is the largest single ski and snowboard resort in Utah and one of the five largest in the U.S. “So large and varied is The Canyons that every level of skier will find not just some terrain, but a bewildering amount of it.” That’s according to Tony Chamberlin of the Boston Globe.
Now we come to a common question asked by people who love skiing: If I weight train, will this improve my endurance capacity?
Unpublished observations by Swedish investigators (Ekblom and Berg) indicate that the maximal leg strength is only slightly greater than what is seen in the average person. However, when an endurance test is used in the same movement, such as 50 consecutive leg extensions, the skiers are clearly superior, even compared to most other endurance athletes (rowers may be the exception).
What this means is that there is no relationship between maximal leg strength and leg endurance. In practice, elite skiers do little or no general weight training for the lower body. For the older (50+) skier, I would still recommend a lower body weight training program only for the purpose of maintaining muscle mass.
The upper body is a different story. Performance time for a 60 meter sprint double-poling test is strongly related to peak torque produced by the triceps group during strength testing. Faster times are produced by those with greater arm strength. Furthermore, there is preliminary evidence in Norway that even in the short term, intense upper body strength training program results in increased upper body VO2 max and endurance time in standard load testing on a special ski ergometer.
I hope this article and my aero-weight training will continue to help you now and for your next ski trip.
Thank you, Shannon
AlejandroQ.
Last week, one of my favorite clients went skiing out at The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. And she had a blast.The Canyons is the largest single ski and snowboard resort in Utah and one of the five largest in the U.S. “So large and varied is The Canyons that every level of skier will find not just some terrain, but a bewildering amount of it.” That’s according to Tony Chamberlin of the Boston Globe.
Now we come to a common question asked by people who love skiing: If I weight train, will this improve my endurance capacity?
Unpublished observations by Swedish investigators (Ekblom and Berg) indicate that the maximal leg strength is only slightly greater than what is seen in the average person. However, when an endurance test is used in the same movement, such as 50 consecutive leg extensions, the skiers are clearly superior, even compared to most other endurance athletes (rowers may be the exception).
What this means is that there is no relationship between maximal leg strength and leg endurance. In practice, elite skiers do little or no general weight training for the lower body. For the older (50+) skier, I would still recommend a lower body weight training program only for the purpose of maintaining muscle mass.
The upper body is a different story. Performance time for a 60 meter sprint double-poling test is strongly related to peak torque produced by the triceps group during strength testing. Faster times are produced by those with greater arm strength. Furthermore, there is preliminary evidence in Norway that even in the short term, intense upper body strength training program results in increased upper body VO2 max and endurance time in standard load testing on a special ski ergometer.
“Alejandro, I never felt more confident on the slopes! Your aero-weight training program prepared me for my trip better than I could have imagined.”
— Shannon W.
I hope this article and my aero-weight training will continue to help you now and for your next ski trip.
Thank you, Shannon
AlejandroQ.
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