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ski exercises

My husband has told me that a good exercise to prepare for skiing is to stand on one leg for few minutes and then to stand on the other.

He says that this will help improve my balance and strengthen my muscles and I need to do this for about six weeks before we go to Boro.

Is he right or is he only pulling my leg -LOL

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Gentle squats (45 degrees of knee bend-no more or it stresses the joint) are what you need to do, plus mentioned on a different post here, put you back to a door/wall and bend knees to 45 degrees and hold for 10 seconds, do this as much as poss before you go, it WILL pay off.
Any other advice anyone??

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as long as he does not pull the leg you are standing on at the time you should be fine is this for the apres ski when you are on a drinking session

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Been doing that but not as often as standing on one leg, as squatting not so easy. I suppose that's because squatting is making me use the muscels I haven't used since last years skiing.

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thx Marc for putting my exc. in correct english
just have to add that you can increase the time each day offcourse

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Tanj,
Yep up to 100 squats now, when knee not making nasty clicks or popping sounds
You going to White Magic on the 23rd?

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NOOOOO
first plan was to go on the 21st but then changed into 4 March to meet Flying Dutchmen and his friends..some of them I saw 2 years ago... woohoo!

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http://forums.epicski.com/index.php?s=8767d14628e0db07ae05a842cde479ec

the excercise section has specific tips for skiing - hope it helps

you can also try one of those excercise balls for core strength which helps on the slopes

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thanks th!

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thanks for that very helpful info