44 High-Intensity Strength Training for Skiers

At the time of this recording we are smack dab in the middle of the 2018 Winter Olympics and a lot of us are camped out in front off the TV cheering on the Americans in their favorite winter sports, like ice hockey, figure skating, snowboarding, and skiing just to name a few,  while others are actually headed to the ice or to the slopes themselves.
So how does all that tie into a podcast about slow-motion, high-intensity strength training? Though you may not find Olympic athletes training at the several InForm Fitness facilities across the US, Mike and Adam have heard numerous reports from their clients how the Power of Ten Protocol has shown significant results to improve a skiers performance and endurance while enjoying their time on the mountain.

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44 High-Intensity Strength Training for Skiers Transcript

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SPEAKERS

Tim Edwards, Mike, Adam
 

Adam  00:06

skiing is demanding skiing. downhill skiing is a very fast twitch, anaerobic kind of activity. So that strength you're getting in your legs, it stands out more when you're doing that type of activity. downhill skiing is similar to weight training, high intensity weight training, where you have brief bouts of high intensity

Tim Edwards  00:29

Hey, inform nation good to be back with you again. Thanks for joining us for episode 44 of the inform fitness podcast with New York Times bestselling author Adam Zickerman and general manager of the Manhattan inform fitness location Mike Rogers. I'm Tim Edwards with the inbound podcasting network. And at the time of this recording, we are smack dab in the middle of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and a lot of us are camped out in front of the TV cheering on the Americans and their favorite winter sports like ice hockey, figure skating, snowboarding and skiing just to name a few, while others are actually headed out to the ice or to the slopes themselves. So how does all this tie into a podcast about slow motion high intensity strength training? Well, though you may not find Olympic athletes training at the several inform fitness locations across the US. Adam and Mike have heard numerous reports from their clients. How the power of 10 protocol has shown significant results to improve a skiers performance and endurance while enjoying their time on the map.

Mike  01:28

Every year, we receive testimonials about how this 20 minute workout really changes our lives. And one of the common ones I get is from downhill skiers. I'd say it's February now and perhaps it's too late to get the skiers this season. But I think we need to address it

Adam  01:45

and we still have spring skiing coming next. Right?

Mike  01:47

That's true. Somewhere in the world. You're skiing somewhere.

Adam  01:51

But that's right. You know, if you go down to South America, during our summer you can still ski in Santiago, Chile.

Mike  01:58

Exactly. So I guess no matter what year we're doing this, okay. And, or what time of the year

Tim Edwards  02:04

but you have a lot of skiers

Adam  02:06

it's six o'clock somewhere. 

Mike  02:07

And in this podcast, I'm going to be the questioner and I'm going to I'm going to interview Adam about

Adam  02:12

and I'll be the obliger

Mike  02:14

the obliger yeah

Tim Edwards  02:15

right. Gretchen would be proud.

Mike  02:17

I'll be I'll be the upholder.

Adam  02:19

If you don't know what I meant by that, check out our podcast with Gretchen Rubin.

Tim Edwards  02:22

That's right, right.

Mike  02:24

Anyway, but the big things are that we want to think about are why does it make such a profound difference for skiers performance? Why is strength training so important for skiers? And And why does this form of weight training the power of 10? Why does that take it to a much higher level? First of all, Adam, you used to ski and now you're a snowboarder, right?

Adam  02:44

I went to the dark side

Mike  02:45

Mm hmm. How long? How long did you ski for by the way,

Adam  02:48

it's about 13 14 years old, right after my Bar Mitzvah. I took one of those high school group trips, and I was skiing every year till I was, like 40. And for the last 13 years, I've been snowboarding, I haven't looked back,

Tim Edwards  03:03

what was that transition like? I mean, it's, it's really, I would assume completely different.

Adam  03:09

It is really different. And I spent five days literally on my butt. And it was probably, which amounted to probably 7500 Push Ups.

Tim Edwards  03:22

Getting back up?

Adam  03:23

that's how you get it, like you just didn't push it just to get yourself up off the ground. You do. I mean, so, you know, we can make this relevant to what we're about to talk about, which is, you know, I was only because I was in really good shape that I was out actually able to withstand the brutal nature of learning how to snowboard matter of fact, so many middle aged adults have talked to me about possibly taking up snowboarding or talking to me about they tried taking up snowboarding at a later age. And quite honestly, that a lot of people have given up because it's just too hard to kind of transition because they just couldn't, couldn't get up after a while they were they're really too weak to just continue to learn because you fall so much until you finally get the hang of it. And once you get the hang of it the learning curve, it's actually kind of easier than skiing. Again, you know, I skied a long time and I was, you know, an advanced skier, but but I wasn't. I was doing everything I was going to do on skiing. I was not a great skier. I was a very good skier, but not a great skier. And I just kind of felt like I wanted to try something new. And I was I was challenged to do that by somebody who invited me to the place at Sun Valley. And like, he said, Listen, you can stay at my place, but you're going to snowboard, like, that's a deal. And that's how it ...