Skiing - Weight Gain or Loss - Season Long

[marcski]

This year I gained a lot of weight munchies syndromes I guess, but i'm determined to take it off this summer.

You got a road bike, Scotty? You're in my neck of the woods you know!

 

[RootDKJ]

Lost over 10lbs this season, and I can't figure out why/how.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Stay pretty much the same but am in the gym 3 days a week yr round and eat a balanced diet ------no fried or fatty foods except during the Xmas holidays

and the Queen "watches" my diet and keeps me in check there --------------LMAO

 

[HowieT2]

You got a road bike, Scotty? You're in my neck of the woods you know!

road bike?
is that why I never see you in blue anymore?

 

[ScottySkis]

You got a road bike, Scotty? You're in my neck of the woods you know!

Yes I got one but, I need to start on my exercise bike first, before I attempt the hills were I live, going down to White Plains is easy but going up Anderson road is not, learned that the hard way, lol.

 

[Madroch]

Gained 10- but it was purposeful-- eating a lot and hitting the weights... long way to go for this desk jockey...

 

[marcski]

road bike?
is that why I never see you in blue anymore?

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We had a great ride up at blue a couple of weeks ago...Rich and I met up with Robby and Mark. That place is the best. But I love the road bike too.

 

[BenedictGomez]

People who ski a lot typically will lose weight during a season, so I imagine people who are gaining are likely enjoying the apres-ski beers and restaurant food.

 

[Terry]

I usually lose weight during ski season. Beer drinking all summer puts it back on though.

 

[WinnChill]

Winter is my season for losing a few pounds too. The calories burned just from trying to stay warm helps. Skiing the past couple of seasons hasn't been too challenging aerobic-wise since I'm basically cruising with my son who is still learning the ropes. However, since picking up hockey skating the past few years, I can burn off about 5lbs in a week or two if I can get on the pond/rink a couple times a week. A friend of mine puts me through a lot of hockey drills and I end each session with wind sprints and pushups.

 

[Glenn]

I held steady. I got to the gym during the week. I tend to eat a bit more on the weekends during ski season. Maybe a few extra PBRs here and there as well. ;-)

 

[HowieT2]

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We had a great ride up at blue a couple of weeks ago...Rich and I met up with Robby and Mark. That place is the best. But I love the road bike too.

I heard about that. Nice and dry in there now and love the extension of My Favorite.

Now that I'm around on weekends, I'm sure I'll see you.

 

[HD333]

Gain a little during the season, more beers/dining out and not hitting the gym. Trying to drop 10lbs or so now. Gym 2-3 times a week for cardio and some MT Bike rides should take care of it and of course laying off the unneeded beers.

 

[Riverskier]

Gain a little during the season, more beers/dining out and not hitting the gym. Trying to drop 10lbs or so now. Gym 2-3 times a week for cardio and some MT Bike rides should take care of it and of course laying off the unneeded beers.

Unneeded beers? I wasn't aware there was such a thing.

 

[HD333]

Unneeded beers? I wasn't aware there was such a thing.

To name a few:
The 2::00pm on a Saturday I am bored maybe I will take down a 6er
The 2:00am on a Fri/Sat night I definitely need one more beer

 

[jrmagic]

Yes I got one but, I need to start on my exercise bike first, before I attempt the hills were I live, going down to White Plains is easy but going up Anderson road is not, learned that the hard way, lol.

That is a tough stretch. I used to live off the bottom of Anderson Hill Rd on Old Lyme and head north so that hill was the beginning of my ride. BY the time I got to Purchase St. I felt like I had ridden for 10 miles already lol.

 

[Cornhead]

People who ski a lot typically will lose weight during a season, so I imagine people who are gaining are likely enjoying the apres-ski beers and restaurant food.

I've skied about eighty days per year the last couple years, not this one however. I usually gain weight in the Winter regardless. I don't think skiing is very aerobic, mogul skiiing, and to some extent, powder skiing being the exception. Did anyone loose weight skiing powder on the East Coast this year? Ha! I think gravity is doing most of the work, we're just directing it. This is not to say that muscles aren't being worked, I don't think it compares to cycling, jogging, or even walking from an aerobic perspective.

We do tend to treat ourselves to fatty foods and high calorie libations during our ski outings also. If you think your burning those calories off on the hill, think again. I think this, and the fact ski time is gained at the expense of exercise time, at least in my case, leads to weight gain during ski season. I hang out in the bar at the hill much less since the hot twenty two year old brunette with the great hydro stopped tending bar, I don't drink. I did want to get "aerobic " with her. That might have burned a nacho or two.;-)

I did not gain weight this year, I worked out more, and skied less.

 

[tomcat]

I put in 2-3X more days on xc ski than downhill, combined with some backcountry snowshoe hikes I keep my fighting weight through the season.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I've skied about eighty days per year the last couple years, not this one however. I usually gain weight in the Winter regardless. I don't think skiing is very aerobic, mogul skiiing, and to some extent, powder skiing being the exception. Did anyone loose weight skiing powder on the East Coast this year? Ha! I think gravity is doing most of the work, we're just directing it. This is not to say that muscles aren't being worked, I don't think it compares to cycling, jogging, or even walking from an aerobic perspective.

We do tend to treat ourselves to fatty foods and high calorie libations during our ski outings also. If you think your burning those calories off on the hill, think again. I think this, and the fact ski time is gained at the expense of exercise time, at least in my case, leads to weight gain during ski season. I hang out in the bar at the hill much less since the hot twenty two year old brunette with the great hydro stopped tending bar, I don't drink. I did want to get "aerobic " with her. That might have burned a nacho or two.;-)

I did not gain weight this year, I worked out more, and skied less.

The bolded bit above is why you're gaining weight. Skiing actually does burn quite a bit of calories (unless you're just lollygaggling it on groomers). Obviously if your normal weekly workouts burn more calories than your skiing, you would experience a net gain in calories, but for most people that's not going to be the case, and frankly, it would be pretty tough to achieve. Even if you're burning a good 500 or 600 calories at the gym during your workout, you should burn that during a day of skiing. But all you have to do is have a cheeseburger and a few pints of IPA, and you're going to erase much or all of your skiing calorie burn if this food/drink is replacing what would normally have been a much healthier non-skiday meal.

 

[speden]

I put on a few pounds this season. I didn't ski often enough to stay in shape, just once or twice a week.

To have fresh legs for skiing, I skipped my workouts a couple days before skiing, then I'd rest a day after skiing, so I was lucky to get in one workout a week.

I need to find a way to get more workouts in during ski season. I find that if I don't do weightlifting with my quads during the season, they slowly lose strength. Skiing alone doesn't seem to build muscle mass for me.