Fitskiing: Your Guide to Peak Skiing Fitness
by Andrew Hooge
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Author: Andrew HoogeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-30
ISBN: 0974513806
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Active Media
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Book Review: strength training for skiing
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not a book about how to ski, but about how to strengthen your muscles the rest of the year so you can ski more effortlessly and with less fatigue.
I'm a fitness instructor (I bought this book for my dad), and I think the author does a great job with the exercises. Each exercise gets a photo, a drawing of the muscles involved, step-by-step instructions, and a brief description of how it applies to skiing. A variety of exercises for the legs, abs, and upper body are provided. Most are things anyone serious about weight training would already know and do, but the plyometrics section is more ski-specific. A few stretches are also given. All the photos make it appealing and easy to follow.
However, the book would have benefitted from correcting the many spelling and punctuation errors and removing the introductory first 60 pages, which are all over the place and unhelpful.
Summary of Fitskiing: Your Guide to Peak Skiing Fitness
Many people ski themselves into shape when the season begins and can barely make it down the mountain without gasping for air. Others risk injury; while many wander aimlessly wondering what exercises will get them in better shape when they hit the snow. FitSkiing© has taken the guesswork out of your ski conditioning program.
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