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How To Backflip

Doing a backflip on skis is a milestone achievement for any freeskier, and it's a trick that requires more commitment to face our own fears than actual technical skills or ability. We're going to break down how to do a backflip into smaller…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training

Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Long and Strong 15

Welcome back to Fitness for Ski Instructor Training long and strong. Session 15 is going to make your legs burn and it will be vital to do a really good cool down and stretch. Warm Up Limber 11 Row 500m Main Resistance Training 
Front…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Long and Strong 16

As with every Friday todays fitness for ski instructor training is a full blown, intense conditioning session. The aim is to get you used to working in that uncomfortable area where your body wants you to stop but it is not time yet. These sessions…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Long & Strong 17

Fitness for ski instructor training Long & Strong 17  is a leg session that you are going to know about tomorrow. Keeping the weight sensible and form perfect is key, there is no point using sloppy form and going heavy through a poor range…
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Working upper body strength is still incredibly important in fitness for skiing

Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Long & Strong 18

  Fitness for ski instructor training long and strong is an upper body focused work out. We are building on the work we have done over the past few weeks and I promise the volume overhead pressing is nearly done. After this week we have…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Long & Strong 19

Fitness for ski instructor training long and strong 19 is again focused on adding a few extra kilos to your squats. Remember form is always more important than weight moving the weight effectively through a full range of motion is far more effective…
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BASI Level 4 courses can be fun too.

Has Dan Wilson found the perfect ISIA / ISTD ski?

Winter is ever nearing and stocks of potential new season ISTD ski are starting to make an appearance online and in stores. The excitement kicks in at the thought of a new pair of skis, but wait a minute…which skis do I want? Which skis do…
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