Skigymnastik

Incorporating an additional workout for the ski season into your everyday life is often quite difficult. Where do you find the extra time, the extra motivation? The training has to be short and crisp so that it is fun and so that you can find the time for it.

Proper preparation for a ski vacation is quite complex. Various exercises, a progression in training and the correct mobilization of passive structures are just some of the elements of perfect preparation. For all those who don't want to spend money on ski gymnastics courses or want to get to grips with the subject first, we recommend four key exercises:

In a three-part series, the trainers from Fit for Ski explain how to prepare for the ski season in a sensible way. The first part is about warming up and mobilizing properly.

In the second part of our "Fit for winter" special, Phil tells you how to get your basic endurance in shape: because in order to bring your trained strength to the snow in winter, you not only have to lift weights in the weight room, but it is also essential to train your basic endurance.

As in all other sports, athletes in winter sports prepare specifically for the upcoming strain long before the actual start of the season. Phil Anker has developed a freeride-specific training program from his many years of coaching professional freeriders such as Matthias Haunholder, Stefan Häusl and Huber Lorraine.

In episode two of the freeride summer training, freeride trainer Christian Haas explains exercises for intensive stabilization and endurance training.

It may still be some time before the start of the 2011/12 winter, but Germany's best freerider Sebastian Hannemann has of course already been preparing for the coming season for several weeks. "In order to start the winter fit, regular fitness training in the summer is absolutely essential. My trainer takes care of the training plan and that's how I improve my strength and endurance every year," says Basti Hannemann about his winter preparation.