Exercises for snowboarding are designed to help improve your physical shape and muscle tone prior to hitting the slopes. Strengthening your muscles as well as stretching your ligaments and muscles will help you reduce your risk of injury while on the slopes as well as allow you to snowboard at a high level for longer periods of time.
Stretches
Prior to snowboarding, it is important to warm up your muscles through a series of stretching exercises that target the major muscle groups used during snowboarding. Stretching the hip flexors with the psoas stretch is an excellent way to stretch out a muscle that is used consistently while snowboarding. Start by standing up straight with your knees slightly bent and arms at your sides. From here, extend your left leg forward, bending at the knee while bending down onto your right knee. Hold this position for 10 seconds before relaxing. Other stretches include the standing calf stretch and standing shoulder stretch.
Interval Running Exercises
Running exercises will help improve your cardiovascular health which will directly improve your endurance and performance on the slopes. Start by jogging at a slow pace for four minutes. For the fifth minute sprint as quickly as you can. After the fifth minute, slow back down again to your original pace for an additional four minutes. Repeat this pattern, moving back and forth between full speed running and jogging until you are fatigued. As you improve, increase the amount of time you perform the exercise.
Trampoline Exercises
Trampoline exercises will help you to simulate the unpredictable bounces and turns you will face while on the mountain as well as jumps. In addition, trampoline exercises will boost your cardiovascular health. Start by standing in the center of the trampoline, jumping up and down for an extended period of time. Once you have warmed up, try to perform the basic rotations and grabs you would perform on the slopes while on the trampoline. Perform these tricks on the trampoline without a board for safety.
Squats
Squats are a strength-building exercise designed to strengthen your legs as well as your lower torso. You can perform squats using barbells, exercise machines or with your own body weight. To perform a squat with a barbell, start by holding the barbell up and directly above your neck. From here, bend at the knees, lowering your body until your quads are parallel with the ground. Hold this position for several seconds before lifting up. Repeat until fatigued.
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