Fitness For Ski Instructors

Most people who come into the gym to work with us want to move everything with their arms. We want everyone to learn to use their hips.

If you want to ski stronger, ski for longer and reduce the risk of injury learn these two movements.

There are heaps of fitness tests out there: some you might have already done, some you might not have. It can be difficult to know which ones to use - some involve expensive equipment and others are simply just not appropriate for our sport. There are lots of tests to track your fitness, so it's hard to know which ones to use. Gareth outlines the best ones for skiing that you can do at home.

This is it the end, the final session we are writing to be used for the next 3 Fridays. Then that is it. The time has come to finish preparing off snow and start skiing. Our fitness for ski instructor training programmes will continue on a weekly…

6 Months ago we wrote our first blog outlining our Fitness for Ski instructor training programme. 60 posts later and we have arrived at the final 3 weeks of training. Well done to all who have completed the programme it has been tough but will…

The countdown is on to those first few days in ski boots. Adjusting to the cold, the high altitude training and the change in intensity are almost upon us. Yesterday was an upper body blast designed to ensure shoulder health and try and keep…

Another week and another 4 sessions to make sure you are fit for your ski instructor training however today sees a bit of a shift in focus. Over the last 6 weeks we have been working to just create a base level of fitness, a starting point to…

Todays fitness for ski instructor training session is going to be a total lung buster. It is going to test your ability to keep putting one foot in front of the other and moving forward and really work on your base level fitness. Be fuelled…

Welcome to to our seventh session in our long and strong series of fitness for ski instructor training. Todays session repeats many of the exercises used last week and for a similar amount of reps. Your aim should be to use slightly heavier…

Welcome to to our 11th session in our long and strong series of fitness for ski instructor training. Todays session repeats many of the exercises used last week and for a similar amount of reps. Your aim should be to use slightly heavier weights…

Todays Fitness for ski instructor training is building on what we have achieved over the last three Mondays. The movement has changed slightly but I am afraid it is no easier. Use the full range of motion available to you. Warm Up Limber 11 500m…

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…

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…

  The final upper body work out of fitness for ski instructor training long and strong is a nice one. The volume is reduced and you can focus on form and not have to worry about not being able to lift your arms up tomorrow. As always…

Welcome to Fitness for ski instructor training Session 21 and week 6. After 5 weeks of training at a fairly high intensity week 6 is going to be a deload week. The purpose of this week is to make sure that we give our muscles plenty of time…

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.…

Session 6 is a lung buster. Today we are going to be looking at conditioning again, dig deep and push through the pain. The aim is to keep moving and only rest when the programme says. Try not to get to focused on the number of reps you complete…

Welcome to week 3 of our Fitness for Ski Instructor Training base level fitness programme. As we said when we began the aim of this 5 weeks worth of work is to develop a base level of fitness as well as a knowledge of the movements and terminology…

Strength, speed, flexibility and agility are among the fitness parameters most commonly trained to improve your performance in sport. The type of sport you participate in will dictate the relative blend of these qualities, but whether it is…