Crystal Wright is the 2008 U.S. Freeskiing Champion and 2009 Freeskiing World Champ, and also a personal trainer that is sharing some pre-season fitness tips with us. Check out her site, www.crystalbwright.com for more about getting strong and fit for the ski season.

This week is the first week of my ski fitness class and I am really excited about the groups I have. Everybody is really motivated and excited to get strong. The first week we are going to just work on agility and balance which are so important with skiing and snowboarding so that you can be quick on your feet and also be able to feel more balanced on your skis or snowboard. A lot of the balance exercises definitely can transition onto your skis or snowboard which is great. I love doing a lot of single leg exercises with balance and also using the Bosu ball. For agility I love doing a lot of heart rate control and also the ladder I believe is a great agility workout, you really have to work on the fast twitch muscles and keeping your feet moving. This is a 6 week progressive course and it will continue to get harder as the athletes get stronger! Each week we will focus on something specific. This is an example of a workout similar to what the groups did this week.

GO TO THE WORK OUT...