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Fitness and Health
 
Skiing is a demanding sport. It subjects your body to repeated stresses and involves strenuous exertion at high altitudes. The fitter you are, the better and longer you will be able to ski each day, the lower your risk of injury will be, and the more you will enjoy your holiday.

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Fit Skiing - Get ready to hit the slopes - by Anja Bolberg
"When training specifically for skiing, we want to assimilate the ski movements. We do not only want to prepare for the right movements, we also need to prepare for the situations where things don't go as planned in order to be ready to save a potential crash."

Two-time Olympian, Anja Bolberg has put together some tips to help you get fit for skiing.

Read the full article 		Fit for skiing
 

Fit to Ski & Play - By Carl Petersen PT - Author of Fit to Ski
Being in good shape will improve on hill performance and make your skiing and other sports activities safer and more enjoyable.

But if you are having trouble fitting any sort of workout into your daily schedule due to lack of time then use this 45 minute workout - guaranteed to boost your on hill fitness.

You can do these workouts anywhere and all you need is running gear for the quick fitness and a fit ball and stretch bands for the core training.

Fit to Ski & Play Quick fitness 1
 Quick fitness 2 - cool down
 Core training intro
 Core exercises
 Core cool down
 About Carl Petersen
 Exercise waiver

Find out more about Fit to Ski - the book!
 

Health Guide
Altitude
Asthma
Cold
Diabetes
Epilepsy
First Aid
Injuries
Pregnancy
Ultraviolet
Since the mid-1970s the number of skiing accidents has decreased markedly, mostly due to improvements in ski equipment. On average, a skier will have some sort of accident requiring medical attention only once every 200 days of skiing.
Dr J.B.Levy, MA, MBBChir, MRCP offer us an authoritative guide to health and injury issues.
 

A good skier is a fit skier.
[Photo: Alpe di Siusi]

Health Tips
  Hangovers! - and remedies
  Avoiding sore muscles.
  How fit are you?
  Cold hands and feet
  Exercise intensity
  Skin internal protection
  Asthma - won't hold you back
  Detoxing - after gorging
  Hay fever - guards
  Hypoglycaemia
  Back injuries
  MORE HEALTH TIPS >>>
 
 
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