All right! We’ve done bracing, breathing alignment activation, some leg strength, some rotation, balance, all these things are really important for skiing. Once you have those fundamentals, now it’s time to up the game a little bit more and this is where agility for skiers comes in. Speed, quickness, and skiing that’s very very important especially as you start advancing …
How To Reframe Your Food & Fitness Mindset (Holiday Edition)
It’s Christmas week and holiday parties are in full swing. It’s going to continue this way until the New Year…and I love it! Today I want to address what I see as the dominant mindset about food and fitness, why it’s the cause of so much frustration, and why my team and I work so hard with clients to change …
Ski Fitness – Part 7: Squats for Skiing
Today we’re going to talk about squats. Now squatting is one of the most common exercises that people do in the gym and that we do in day-to-day life. For skiing, it’s fantastically important. Now, this is where we start to pile on all the different things we’ve talked about in previous videos. Our posture, our bracing, our breathing, the …
Ski Fitness – Part 6: Lateral Motion Training
All right! In a previous video, I talked about lateral bounding as part of our balance. Right now, we’re going to take that to the next level with lateral motion training. We will add a bit more of a strength or leg strength component to it. Because of course, in skiing, as you know, legs are really important. We have …
Navigating Stress, Burnout, And Holiday Cheer!
We all know that life is a series of ups, downs, learning opportunities, and potential for growth. Nobody is immune to the challenges, hiccups, like stress and burnout, and other curveballs life throws at us. However, when we are in the middle of it all, that perspective can sometimes be tough to see. As a health and wellness professional, and …