The Fit Post

This past Thursday, Colorado and Wyoming were hit with a massive snow storm (please visualize me pointing to a green-screen map for complete Channel 9 weatherman style reporting).  With three feet of fresh powder, this was the heaviest October snowfall the Denver area had experienced in the past decade.  If you’re like my dad and I, news like this immediately makes you think of ski season.  Although it’s early (well clearly not THAT early), I’m dying to hit the slopes to burn some massive calories, build solid leg muscles plus get time for a few fabulous apres ski pictures…Sundance style.

This picture is from January 2009 in the back bowls of Deer Valley with my dad – thank you iPhone camera.  My favorite mountains include: Heavenly (absurd amounts of powder), Whistler (worth the trek to get there), Vail (beautiful but expensive ski village) and Deer Valley (best mountain food and amenities).  If you can’t make it out West, East Coast skiing is not such a bad option if you know how to ice skate.  New York offers buses from Paragon Sports in Union Square (check online for schedules) to various local mountains each weekend with discounted lift ticket packages.  If you’re coming from another area, ask local ski shops for info on group rates/public transportation to get to the mountains.  I’m shooting for a couple day trips plus a long weekend with friends in Vermont or Maine…Dad, if you’re reading this, feel free to send me an invite to your upcoming Breckenridge trip!

Regardless of where I end up going for the season, I’ll take the time now to start conditioning my body for the cardiovascular and muscular workout it will get on the mountain.  

• Quads: seated leg extension machine or leg press
• Calves: calf raises on a machine or step using barbell across shoulders
• Inner/Outer Thighs: cable adductor and abductor
• Hamstrings: curl machines
• Glutes and Hip Flexors: cable pull using foot strap just above the ankle joint

~ by Maggie on November 2, 2009.

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