How To Warm Up For Skiing And Snowboarding Video

Warming up before skiing and snowboarding is a must. See why and how to properly warm up for these sports in this video.

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Bill Fabrocini PT, OCS, CSCS is the Director of the Aspen Club Sports Performance Center, a high altitude training facility specializing in the fundamental and advanced concepts of athletic performance. Mr. Fabrocini is also a board certified clinical specialist in orthopedic physical therapy and continues to practice clinically at The Aspen Club Sports Medicine Institute. His innovative approach to the development of athletic skills along with his unique rehabilitation techniques, have attracted a vast array of professional athletes and Olympians. These include former NBA Champion and MVP David Robinson, Olympic Snowboard Medalists Chris Klug and Gretchin Blieler, Tennis Grand Slam Champions Martina Navratolova and Conchita Martinez, US Open Women's Golf Champion Jane Geddes, several members of the US Ski Team, among the many other recreational athletes he sees daily. Chris Klug is the first athlete ever to win an Olympic medal after successful organ transplant surgery. Aspen local Chris Klug is a 20-year veteran snowboard competitor. Career Highlights: ? Captured the bronze medal in the Giant Slalom event at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. ? U.S. National Champion; 2001. ? Grand Prix Overall Alpine Champion; 2000. ? Has five career top-5 finishes in World Cup competitions. ? First rider named to US Olympic Snowboard Team; 1998. ? Placed 6th in the Giant Slalom event at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano. ? Won the US Open Slalom; 1997.

BILL FABROCINI: Warming up before you hit the hill for skiing or snowboarding can do a lot to improve your performance on the hill and reduce the risk of injury. Contrary to myths, static stretches where you hold the stretch for 30 seconds is not the best thing to do before you warm up. The idea of a warm-up is to go from general exercises to specific. You want to kind of rev the engine up the same way you would rev your car engine up. This includes the muscular system, the nervous system, the cardiovascular system. So we start with exercises that just start to get the blood flowing a little bit. It could be marching in place. Then we want to kind of get the balance system warm in. You can start swinging the leg just like slow--just dynamic as oppose to static. You can use the same exercises you used in the balance routine of this segment and then, of course, some hop and holds, and then specific motions to your sport. If you are skiing, it would be this. If you are snowboarding, it might be some heel-side/toe-side turns. General to specific is the general rule, revving up the engine over time.

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