An Olympian’s Workout to Get You Ready for Ski Season

By Troy Murphy // Rhone.com

Snow is flying and ski resorts are opening up all over the country! If you haven’t already started, it’s crunch time to get your body ready for your first day on skis. Every skier knows that your first days on the hill can really punish your body. With a little preseason training, you can avoid or at least minimize the soreness that comes with a return to snow.

As an Olympian and World Cup mogul skier, I spent the past decade in the gym, preparing for the stresses I would encounter on the mountain. Mogul skiing is the most diverse of the on-snow sports. You have to ski fast, have great balance, absorb large impacts, and stomp your landings after a jump. Due to this smorgasbord of demands placed on the body, our conditioning programs are fit to handle anything the mountain could possibly throw at you.

Here is a standard bodyweight workout I’d do in the offseason and as the season begins to get ready and maintain strength throughout.

Body Weight Workout

LEG CIRCUIT

Complete a minimum 3 rounds with a 1-minute rest between rounds. Do not rest between exercises.

20 Body Weight Squats