Want to talk about skiing with your fellow ski fanatics?
Visit :
http://forums.epicski.com/
http://youngernextyear.com select "see all boards" then select "skiing"
Chicks who ski can visit this women only forum:
http://www.theskidiva.com/forums/
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Ski Ready Begins October 10th!
Don't wait till the last minute! Ski-ready classes begin at Mountain Sport Fitness on Tuesday, October 10th at 6:00 PM! Located at 409 Main Street in Frisco Colorado. Call 970-668-1595 for details!
Functional Training and Stability Ball Workshops
Are you interested in learning to teach functional training or stability ball classes. I will be conducting two workshops at Mountain Sport Pilates and Fitness on October 28th and 29th.
Check it out!
http://www.fitour.com/workshops_list2.cfm
By the way, Loveland is starting to make snow. If you come out here, you may even be able to take in a ski day!
Check it out!
http://www.fitour.com/workshops_list2.cfm
By the way, Loveland is starting to make snow. If you come out here, you may even be able to take in a ski day!
Friday, September 15, 2006
Functional Training or Stupid Human Trick?
I just happened to be at the Rec center today, and I noticed a trainer teaching an exercise with an enormously high injury rate; standing on the stability ball. On looking at his students, there were so many obvious muscular imbalances and postural misalignments that teaching them this exercise was the equivalent of a ski instructor taking novices down a double black bump run.
Furthermore, his students were gripping on to the railing at the top of the stairs as if their life depended upon it. Then I heard him say: Come on! Grip the ball as hard as you can with your toes! Just like you grip your toes to stay in balance when skiing!......okay
Today, many people throw around the words "functional training." However, there is a big difference between a functional training exercise and a stupid human trick!
Take a look at a stability ball, and take a look at a mogul. Does the ball look like a mogul? Do moguls move down the hill when you ski over them?
Now look at the bosu. Seems much more like a mogul to me! Just as form follows function, "functional" should follow the form of the exercise.
It would be really, really, really dumb to tear your ACL by standing on a stability ball!
In Winter Fitness, one of the most important aspects of my sport conditioning workout is that it is progressive. Often, people are able to "fake" their stability by bracing or tensing during an exercise. However, this is not core stability.
Furthermore, his students were gripping on to the railing at the top of the stairs as if their life depended upon it. Then I heard him say: Come on! Grip the ball as hard as you can with your toes! Just like you grip your toes to stay in balance when skiing!......okay
Today, many people throw around the words "functional training." However, there is a big difference between a functional training exercise and a stupid human trick!
Take a look at a stability ball, and take a look at a mogul. Does the ball look like a mogul? Do moguls move down the hill when you ski over them?
Now look at the bosu. Seems much more like a mogul to me! Just as form follows function, "functional" should follow the form of the exercise.
It would be really, really, really dumb to tear your ACL by standing on a stability ball!
In Winter Fitness, one of the most important aspects of my sport conditioning workout is that it is progressive. Often, people are able to "fake" their stability by bracing or tensing during an exercise. However, this is not core stability.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Coming Soon!
Soon , Dreamtime Publishing will have a blog about all of the books in the Open Your heart Series. Keep watching http://www.dreamtimepublishing.com/WordPress/ for details. In the meantime, to learn more about me, visit:
http://www.Skifitness.net
http://www.Mountainsportfitness.com
http://www.Lisafitness.com
http://www.Skifitness.net
http://www.Mountainsportfitness.com
http://www.Lisafitness.com
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Open Your Heart With Winter Fitness
The title of my book is Open Your Heart with Winter Fitness: Mastering Life Through Love of the Slopes.
An ambitious title? Yes it is. It is also an ambitious book project. The book reaches the reader on four levels:
It is a book about the physical benefits of learning a snow sport as an adult.
It describes the psychological benefits of learning a snow sport as an adult.
It discusses the spirtual benfits of snow sports.
It provides the most comprehensive winter sport fitness plan that has ever been written.
So who am I to write such a book? I have been a fitness professional since the 1970s. At first, I was the quintessential New York City girl, who had no interest whatsoever in outdoor sports. As a marathon runner who spent about two hours a day in the weight room and taught about four fitness classes a day, I was incredibly fit when I made my first attempt at skiing. However, I could not balance on my skis for even one moment. Years later, at the age of 45, I made my second attempt. By then, I was teaching Pilates and Stability Ball classes. Amazingly, I did not fall-not even once.
A few years after learning to ski, my husband and I moved to Summit County Colorado, where I am the owner of Mountain Sport Pilates and Fitness. I am the ski fitness coach for the Epicski Academy, and the ski fitness expert for YoungerNext Year.com and Ski-Clothes.com. You can read about my ski fitness ideas on ski-fitness.net.
Open Your Heart with Winter Fitness will be in bookstores in January. However, if you are excited about getting an early start on your skiing or snow boarding fitness, contact orders@dreamtimepublishing.com
An ambitious title? Yes it is. It is also an ambitious book project. The book reaches the reader on four levels:
It is a book about the physical benefits of learning a snow sport as an adult.
It describes the psychological benefits of learning a snow sport as an adult.
It discusses the spirtual benfits of snow sports.
It provides the most comprehensive winter sport fitness plan that has ever been written.
So who am I to write such a book? I have been a fitness professional since the 1970s. At first, I was the quintessential New York City girl, who had no interest whatsoever in outdoor sports. As a marathon runner who spent about two hours a day in the weight room and taught about four fitness classes a day, I was incredibly fit when I made my first attempt at skiing. However, I could not balance on my skis for even one moment. Years later, at the age of 45, I made my second attempt. By then, I was teaching Pilates and Stability Ball classes. Amazingly, I did not fall-not even once.
A few years after learning to ski, my husband and I moved to Summit County Colorado, where I am the owner of Mountain Sport Pilates and Fitness. I am the ski fitness coach for the Epicski Academy, and the ski fitness expert for YoungerNext Year.com and Ski-Clothes.com. You can read about my ski fitness ideas on ski-fitness.net.
Open Your Heart with Winter Fitness will be in bookstores in January. However, if you are excited about getting an early start on your skiing or snow boarding fitness, contact orders@dreamtimepublishing.com
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