 Poster: A snowHead
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just wondering what you guys so to get fit for boarding? do you all have a set regime which triggers a set time before you go?
i surf a lot, so my upper body is well fit, but i don't really do so much lower body fitness, although i do tend to cycle to my local shop (around 6 miles) rather than take the car. i'm thinking maybe of making more of an effort this year.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I make a lot of joints, gives me good upper body strength.
Towards the end of Autumn I do a lot more hiking than I do normally so my legs are good to go for december. Do you need to be fit for boarding? I don't think so, for skiing the answer is obviously no.
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Snowboarding easier on the legs than skiing but you need more core strength - plenty of sit-ups etc, as well as some aerobic exercise required, I don't think it matters too much what type.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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DebbiDoesSnow, pole clicking is obviously beyond my skill set at the moment. I need to learn to stabilise my lateral independent pivot motion in a fore-aft semi anti-parallel arc first.
rogg, lately I've got the fitness from riding, for the last two years I've been able to get on the slopes in the afternoon of the first day so treated that as a warm up. I have some sort of aerobic fitness from walking up mountains but generally summer climbing means my body is the wrong shape i.e. lots of upperbody strength at the start of winter and vice-versa at the end of the season. I seem to get "ride-fit" pretty quick though although I'm almost always knackered when away.
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Swirly, sounds like the kind of fitness regime we'd all like to follow. guess i'll just up the walking/cycling for the last couple of months before i go. maybe a few sit ups too. maybe 
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Kruisler, I hope that little red x is a pic of swirly on his SKIS 
Payback is sweeeeeeeet
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Kruisler, no Swirly but still class !
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(even more so for skiing) 
