kingslug
Well-known member
I know this has been brought up many times but this is a bit different, I think.
Most of us work out in some way for one reason or another but if you go out west where the vertical is much longer, what do you do to deal with that? I keep it simple and just bomb the longest runs I can non stop to at least get me ready for 4K vertical places. And it does work. A lot of people ski 500 to maybe 1K vert then stop. They then get used to it and they automatically stop then . On 4K vert mountains that can make for a pretty long run. Even worse is trying to keep up with the western locals..they will leave you. My trip to Vail was interesting as I could pretty much bomb top to bottom non stop while the rest of the group where pretty wiped half way down, all of us from the East, even in bumps. I do this so I can try to keep up with people I know who live in these areas when I do ski with them. HIT training really works.
Just wondering.
Most of us work out in some way for one reason or another but if you go out west where the vertical is much longer, what do you do to deal with that? I keep it simple and just bomb the longest runs I can non stop to at least get me ready for 4K vertical places. And it does work. A lot of people ski 500 to maybe 1K vert then stop. They then get used to it and they automatically stop then . On 4K vert mountains that can make for a pretty long run. Even worse is trying to keep up with the western locals..they will leave you. My trip to Vail was interesting as I could pretty much bomb top to bottom non stop while the rest of the group where pretty wiped half way down, all of us from the East, even in bumps. I do this so I can try to keep up with people I know who live in these areas when I do ski with them. HIT training really works.
Just wondering.