Is Your Work Killing You…Slowly? We spend most of our waking hours at work. What we do during those hours makes an enormous difference in our health, happiness, and performance in life. Erroneously, too many people think the solution to long, stressful work days sitting at a desk is to “hit the gym” on a regular basis. While regular workouts …
Ski Fitness – Part 4: Balance Training
Last time, we talked about mobility. And, as we’re talking more about skiing performance, balance is a key factor, especially in skiing. In skiing, you’re in dynamic activity, there are always things you have to react and respond to, and a lot of people try to train extreme balance. While that is great, you have to have a foundation of …
Ski Fitness – Part 1: Posture and Breathing
Welcome! What we’re going to talk about today is one of the most foundational skills, I guess we’ll call it that, to any activity, you’re going to do. And that is being able to maintain the position that you want, that you desire to maintain, regardless of what’s going on. We call that bracing, and the foundation of bracing is posture. …