yamayamayama 2 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 If indeed you have one? I have some friends who insist on all sorts of uncomfortable looking warm up routines. My first run of the day is mine. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Breakfast and then putting on gear. Half knackered after all that lot. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Dig out car. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 putting skis on rack and driving to skijo. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 It used to be: Deep Breathing so I didn't strangle the bear cubs who never seem to know where they put anything! Stretches up and down while I locate all their lost ski gear and layer it on their cranky little bodies. Arm Exercises doing up their laces one after the other. And a bit of Cardio running back and forth up and down the stairs finding all the stuff they left in their rooms before coming down to get dressed. Now that they are a bit older, and they all have BOA lacing boots I am hoping that I can replace that with a coffee, a few gentle stretches, a short walk to the piste/lifts and a gentle first run of the day. I can dream cant I?! Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 That sounds like fun Mamabear! My first run would be mine too. Not sure I want to have to dig the car out! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The reality charlotte is I am still stressing from getting them all out the door and then I have to chase them down the piste! No easy first runs when there are bear cubs to keep tabs on. But I wouldn't change it for the world. It certainly is much more civilized when just Papa and I go though Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear It used to be: Deep Breathing so I didn't strangle the bear cubs who never seem to know where they put anything! Stretches up and down while I locate all their lost ski gear and layer it on their cranky little bodies. Arm Exercises doing up their laces one after the other. And a bit of Cardio running back and forth up and down the stairs finding all the stuff they left in their rooms before coming down to get dressed. Now that they are a bit older, and they all have BOA lacing boots I am hoping that I can replace that with a coffee, a few gentle stretches, a short walk to the piste/lifts and a gentle first run of the day. I can dream cant I?! Wow! Exactly the same routine. Imagine the odds. I finish it off with a round of teeth clenching while muttering..."This is fun,,This is fun...THIS IS FUN! Coffee and gentle stretches are a ways off yet. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Put skis in the car and drive to the ski jo! As I anyway exercise I don't do anything special before I ski. However I will do some extra stretches and knee bends etc before I hit the slopes this week as will be my first ski of this season, otherwise after that nothing extra! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 put on snow-clothes, strap on board, ride away Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 put on gear, take skis over to rack nearest the lift. Get beer from vending machine. Warm drinking arm and brain. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I always leave my pints for the evening. My warmup is getting to the lift too. Sit down and rest. Then snowboard. Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Cup of coffee. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Wake, breakfast, pee, dress, struggle into boots, carry skis to lift, put skis on, ride lift. Warm up on the way down again! Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 30 minutes of Yoga and stretching. Organic breakfast and 1 litre of virgin melted snow/water. A 2 km run in boots up and down hotel stairs. 1 km in the pool. Gear on and instead of getting on the lift squat jumps to the top of the mountain. Or I could just roll out of bed have a durrie get dressed and get on the lift. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Drive 2.5-3 freaking hours to nearest ski area. Quite ready to go by then. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: Metabo Oyaji Drive 2.5-3 freaking hours to nearest ski area. Quite ready to go by then. Oh, poor you! Fancy having to drive 3 hours!!! My nearest would be 8 hours, and that's VERY ordinaire! - Like two runs at very easy green/absolute beginner slopes! To get to a decent slope, I have 8 hours, plus an overbnight and a couple hours next morning. Mama has it FAR worse than me, though! She has a longish flight across the entire country, then another flight to the snow. See - the things we do to undulge our passion! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Warm up? Put warm clothes on. Just a light stretch for me. What ? 5 min ? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 nah...not that bad JA ... Easy enough if I hop a plane Perth to Canberra (quicker than your 8 hour drive) and then after faffing around at Canberra Airport I can be at Thredbo in 2.5 hours. Don't usually do it that way though because the only direct flight from Perth is an afternoon one which means it is dark when ya get in - lots of roo's on the drive up...so we take a room in Canberra and get an early start in the AM. Come to think of it ----> THAT's a hell of a warm up in itself isn't it! [Although not that different from Black Mountains journey up to Niseko] Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mamabear It used to be: Deep Breathing so I didn't strangle the bear cubs who never seem to know where they put anything! Stretches up and down while I locate all their lost ski gear and layer it on their cranky little bodies. Arm Exercises doing up their laces one after the other. And a bit of Cardio running back and forth up and down the stairs finding all the stuff they left in their rooms before coming down to get dressed. Now that they are a bit older, and they all have BOA lacing boots I am hoping that I can replace that with a coffee, a few gentle stretches, a short walk to the piste/lifts and a gentle first run of the day. I can dream cant I?! Link to post Share on other sites
MrSingh 0 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 headstand for 1 hour. j/k. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I have none. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 A couple quick runs. Link to post Share on other sites
Tex 3 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Always a token effort at stretching ham strings, Quads, lower back upper back and obliques before the first run (3 x 20 seconds each minimum). Usually give them all another go after the first EASY run or two. Same again after any reasonable break during the day Nothing worse than sitting out a week or more with a simple strain that could have been avoided by warming up and stretching. Unless you are in the snow for a whole season how can you afford not to warm up/stretch... even if you are..... Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 You guys know don't you that it has been pretty comprehensively shown that stretching before exercise does not help in preventing soreness or injury? A big study in the US was realeased earlier this year about it. Link to post Share on other sites
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