Off Season Conditioning

[deadheadskier]

So, my wife was a ballet dancer growing up and still does it a bit as an adult. I made a dear mistake of cracking on a ballet conditioning DVD that came in the mail this week.

So, she made me do the video tonight. Brutally difficult on legs and core. Especially my feet....which if there is one thing that will kill a ski day for me, it's painful, cramping feet. I might have to do the video a few more times before ski season. :lol:

 

[drjeff]

So, my wife was a ballet dancer growing up and still does it a bit as an adult. I made a dear mistake of cracking on a ballet conditioning DVD that came in the mail this week.

So, she made me do the video tonight. Brutally difficult on legs and core. Especially my feet....which if there is one thing that will kill a ski day for me, it's painful, cramping feet. I might have to do the video a few more times before ski season. :lol:

If it's anything like some of the Yoga DVD workouts i've done (attempted to do), I totally believe the pain inflicting possibility of that ballet workout DVD!! All I know is after the 1st couple of times I tried the Yoga DVD's, all I was thinking was "this is supposed to be relaxing and mentally soothing??? BS!! It's kicking my A$$ and has my heart rate past the aerobic zone and into per anaerobic pain!!" :lol:

 

[rustymud]

One of my favorite ways to stay in shape over the summer and early fall is to join a club rugby team in the area. Talk about a fun way to stay in shape and meet some new people.
It will work your whole body, especially the legs.

Rustymud

 

[deadheadskier]

One of my favorite ways to stay in shape over the summer and early fall is to join a club rugby team in the area. Talk about a fun way to stay in shape and meet some new people.
It will work your whole body, especially the legs.

Rustymud

does cauliflower ear mess with your helmet fit? :lol:

 

[jimmywilson69]

Got on a scale the other day and it tipped to my highest weight ever. I promptly got on my bike and went for a 5 mile ride. I am terribly out of shape and I don't like it. Off season conditioning officially started Tuesday for me.

First goal, get my cardio back to being used to actually working. then I need to lose 10-15 lbs by crhsitmas, more if I can do it.

 

[deadheadskier]

that should be pretty easy for you to do Jimmy depending on your weight. I've been stuck trying to lose that last 10 pounds as I've been undisciplined with my diet. The first 25 only took me about 6 months. 3500 calorie deficit per week = 1# lost. That's only 500 calories a day. Pretty easy to burn 500 calories with 30 minutes of high intensity cardio.

 

[jimmywilson69]

I get lazy after ski season, because that's when my son's baseball starts up. This year baseball went from March to Mid July and we've been super busy since. I've got to get into a routine and just stick to it, even if it means I have to work out before work (5AMish).

I'm 5'-7" and I am weighing in about 187, which is way too much. I need to shed some punds and tone some muscles. A "fit" 170 is a good weight for me. It is also a reasonably attainable weight. I'd like to drop down to 160, but that's 25 lbs and that's not a reasonable number at one time.

 

[drjeff]

I get lazy after ski season, because that's when my son's baseball starts up. This year baseball went from March to Mid July and we've been super busy since. I've got to get into a routine and just stick to it, even if it means I have to work out before work (5AMish).

I'm 5'-7" and I am weighing in about 187, which is way too much. I need to shed some punds and tone some muscles. A "fit" 170 is a good weight for me. It is also a reasonably attainable weight. I'd like to drop down to 160, but that's 25 lbs and that's not a reasonable number at one time.

The motivation factor can be so tough at times (I know that I've fallen victim to the lack of motivation many times over the years). For me atleast, I've learned that the simple motivating factor of the old standard "I want to loose X pounds by a certain date" can be too easy to find an excuse not to workout, or not to grab that extra portion of food

What I have found that works great for ME for maintaining motivation over time, is that I need to find some type of race/athletic challenge that is mutliple months out, and pay my entry fee. Just knowing that I've paid the entry fee, for me atleast, is plenty of motivation to keep me on my plan. For me atleast in the spring, I usually find an event in the fall and sign up for it, and in the fall I sign up for a spring event. Right now, for example, I've already signed up for the Tough Mudder event at Mount Snow next May, and I know that I have to be in very good shape for that after how the course beat me up last May, and i'm also contemplating riding in the Mount Washington Hill Climb bike race next summer, and I know that if I really want to do that I need to get my currently 220lb mass down to 190 or less to make that 7.6 mile easier!

 

[deadheadskier]

Also to consider is that weight isn't necessarily the most important thing to look at. IMO, body fat % is. The guy at my gym who's probably in the best shape is 5'10" and 205. He's probably only about 5% body fat though. I don't aspire to be that jacked, but I'd rather be 180 with a low body fat percentage than 165 and not have a lot of muscle mass. Diet is the hardest thing for me in getting my BF% down. I wish I had the discipline to be good 6 days a week and have 1 cheat day. Right now it's more like 4 good days and 3 cheat days. :lol:

Too bad there's no real easy home method of measuring body fat%.

BMI, I think is the biggest load of crap health/fitness measurement discussed today.

 

[jimmywilson69]

BMI is crap.

for some one of my height (5'-7") I shuld weigh 155. I haven't weighed 155 since I was a senior in high school and had no muscle mass. I would look like a cancer patient if I was that skinny.

 

[Sparky]

Things are getting a little confusing. I use to rely on rollerblading exclusively for ski conditioning and it seemed to work well. However, due to knee problems, I started splitting that up with biking, and I must admit that seemed to be helpful. Now I have just purchased a Skiers Edge on Crags list. Adding that to a machine that I have which is very good for the core and finally a strength bench, I should be in great shape. That is if I used them all. Keeping track of what I did and when I did and how long I did it is becoming more then I care to remember. However I must say that the mire fact that there is a verity of exercises seems and that I do manage to do any of them seems to be beneficial to my less then perfect knees. Actually I do much better with the exercise thing than the proper diet thing. If I ever get the two of them going together I could really “get in shape” Till then I’ll rely on the “do something is better then nothing” approach.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Just found this.

It's called Leg Blaster It looks like its going to hurt at first...



1x Leg Blaster = 20x air squats +
20x in-place lunges (10x each leg) +
20x jumping lunges (10x each leg) +
10x squat jumps

"Mini Leg Blaster" = 10x air squats +
10x in-place lunges (5x each leg) +
10x jumping lunges (5x each leg) +
5x squat jumps

 

[Madroch]

Just found this.

It's called Leg Blaster It looks like its going to hurt at first...



1x Leg Blaster = 20x air squats +
20x in-place lunges (10x each leg) +
20x jumping lunges (10x each leg) +
10x squat jumps

"Mini Leg Blaster" = 10x air squats +
10x in-place lunges (5x each leg) +
10x jumping lunges (5x each leg) +
5x squat jumps

Love/hate the jumping lunges-- also known in p90x as "Mary Katherines" when you do a version holding your arms straight up over your head... adding the arms is just torture.

 

[MR. evil]

Love/hate the jumping lunges-- also known in p90x as "Mary Katherines" when you do a version holding your arms straight up over your head... adding the arms is just torture.

Those do get old quick. I need to start adding plyo to my work outs once or twice a week with ski season approaching.

 

[Madroch]

Did plyo Sunday as a change of pace from insanity on the off day...the Mary Katherines were as tough as ever- particularly when you have to double time it....ouch.

 

[ski stef]

I've been doing a quicker routine to keep me in shape especially since i have been on the go for the summer so lately I try to get a short run in if possible and then do a push up/ab routine so it goes 1 pushups, 2 sit-ups or crunches, 2 pushups, 4 sit-ups etc until you get to ten pushups, 20 situps. It doesn't work your legs per se for skiing but if you do in and out sit ups that definitely gets your quads burning and almost guaranteed a sweat if you push yourself hard enough. Good workout you can take anywhere and do anywhere.

 

[Morwax]

Conditioning

I switched from Hefferveisen to Bud Light.. still in a frosty glass though:beer:

 

[Madroch]

As core is king, ski steff is set.

 

[wa-loaf]

Can't lift my arms.

 

[MR. evil]

Can't lift my arms.

How many days in?