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Man skiing in yellow gear doing a back flip
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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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Setting out on a practise tour. One person on each majo brand of binding
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How to become a ski instructor: Mountain safety equipment

Beyond Level 2, the BASI syllabus starts to diversify into a variety of specialist modules.  You might want (or need) to replace the boots and skis that you've had for years, with stiffer, higher performance versions.  You might need to buy…
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A demo video for the Box Squat an exercise in this fitness for ski instructor training blog

Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Session 1

Welcome to the first training session of the summer. The aim of these sessions is to help you prepare physically for your ski instructor training. We gave you Monday off but do not get used to that. This is the first session of a 5-week programme…
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How to perform a dumbbell snatch. Dumbbell snatches are a great way to improve pwerful extension of the hip used in skiing

Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Session 2 3/6/15

Welcome to session 2. Todays work out does include include any heavy weights or barbells and instead our focus today is on conditioning. The aim of these sessions is to allow you to eventually maintain a higher level of performance for longer.…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Session 3

Welcome to session 3 of our ski fitness for instructor training blogs. As we mentioned the aim of these next 5 weeks is to develop a base level ski fitness and a good solid foundation to work from. Today's session focuses on upper body strength.…
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Fitness for Ski Instructor Training

Fitness for Ski Instructor Training: Session 4

So the weekend is finally here and so is the final session before a few days off. This final session of the week moves away from quite normal programming we have had so far where you do x number of sets of x number of reps and starts to look…
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Thinking about doing an Instructors course but worried about how you will fund it?

If you have been thinking about becoming a ski instructor you are probably aware that although it is an amazingly rewarding job to have, it is not the cheapest of careers to enter into.  With lots of training needed to see you through the pathway…
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