Maybe not preseason, but I usually do some other stuff during summer, playing rugby, skate, Mountain Bike ect... doesnt pepare you for shredding like a specific workout but its fun and keeps you goin.
I've read time and time again that for balance type sports, Kettlebells are it, you wouldn't think swinging a bell would hurt you legs, but holy shit two days later your inner thighs are killing, every routine works your abs/core/balance.
Just youtube Kettlebell Workouts and get back with me in two weeks, dont buy to heavy of one for your first try
Yoga. Seriously. Get a month or two of yoga in (once or twice a week in between other exercise) leading up to riding season. I do it every year and it helps so much with endurance, core strength, and flexibility - all which are absolute MUSTS when it comes to riding hard.
Jogging is insanity, I prefer riding in a cart while swilling cheap bear and hitting little white balls into meth-filled trailer parks. Seems to work...
Go to Aratik USA | Boardsports Training, get one of their training boards and GET AT IT!
Don't see how you can get more snowboarding specific than this.
(Well, skateboarding would be close...)
I spent 2-1/2 years of religiously hitting the gym 3-4 times a week! After about a year off, I have in the last two weeks, been getting back in the gym! I won't go into all the details for my absence, but I wanted to mention that for several months now I have been working at home with a slackline, some stability disks and a couple of balance boards I built!
In the last 9 months, I have lost a great deal of the upper body strength and conditioning I had worked so hard to attain,.. (Not to mention gaining back about 30 lbs!) However! Today I discovered that my Adductor & Abductor's muscles are actually WAY stronger now than they were when I was in the gym regularly!! I worked them on the machines with much heavier weights and with more sets and reps than I could when I was hitting that machine routinely!
Obviously, the Slackline and Balance boards Really Do Work!!! (...and they're fun!) My balance is much better and it appears I have definitely strengthened muscles that routinely got sore as hell after a weekend of riding!!
I'm looking forward to becoming a "Buttering Fool" this season!! :thumbsup:
chomps, add in some plyometrics with that slackline and you'll drop 30 lbs in no time. I can't preach it enough, plyo plyo plyo makes man a machine! If you want to really get those adds and abds firing do some lateral plyo movements.
+1
I've found swimming to improve my endurance even more than running, and you get the added bonus of working your core. Plus I have an indo board, do free weights (on the indo board), and do the elliptical and don’t hold on to anything (works your core/balance).
For those who just want to wearthier snowboard boots all the time do a leg workout with them on, ull feel the difference. Just bring ur boots to the gym no one will think its wierd
If u want to make any exercise burn more just pause for 2 or three seconds as ur half way thru the motion. For those who just want to wearthier snowboard boots all the time do a leg workout with them on, ull feel the difference. Just bring ur boots to the gym no one will think its wierd
I carry around anywhere between 25 to 40 lbs on each arm multiple times a day. This includes some squats, dead lifts, and shoulder presses. I sprint short distances and usually fall down, and then have to push up anywhere between 25 to 90 lbs on my back, depends if I have 1, 2 , or 3 sets of weights on me. My heart rate and blood flow usually increases dramatically around dinner time and before bed time. I do this workout every day of the week, and multiple times on the weekend.
I'm no professional but this what seems to work for me....
Strength days:
Squats 5x5
Deadlift 5x5
Overhead Press 5x5
Bench Press 5x5 (Useless but girls like pecks)
Low Row 5x5
Leg Press 5x5
Row for 15min
Cardio days:
Row for 30min
High jump on boxes
Jump down off boxes with weight
Rotational jumps onto boxes
Rotational jumps off of boxes with weight
30 pull ups (various combinations of direction, arms, yadda)
30 push ups (various combinations of legs/arms involved)
5x5 planking exercises with weight
Wind sprints until failure
Schedule looks like this
M,W,F - Strength Days
T,T - Cardio Days
Sat - Activity day (i pick something active to do)
Sun - Free day (if i'm not active I chill out)
I basically carry this schedule year round except that on any given day I may skip because I'll be snowboarding.
I sat down and thought abit about it the other night and made a rough plan.
kettlebell or something similar to that 2-3 times a week.
Theres plenty of open roads around me so i was going to bike 3 times a week and go hard.
to finish it off some Plyometric Exercises 4-5 times a week since those aren't as time consuming.
Just now I thought of adding a balance board or ball.
Of course I still skate semi often and going to try riding our trails for sure.
How would you guys rate that? I should probably get some flexibility training in as well shouldn't I.
Sounds good! What plyo exercises were you looking at?
Yoga for flexibility. Look into the Runner's Pose, Crescent Pose, Warrior One, Warrior Two and Reverse Warrior. Connect them all and do it for about 30 mintues.
I would love to see pics of u guys a the gym with snbrd boots on. If u guys do it ill deff rock my 32's and bang out sum squats at the swole hole with a pic to prove it
Biking....
whether i'm hitting technical singletrack on my mountain bike
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or hitting the road on my road bike
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or somewhere in between with my cyclocross bike
I did crossfit last year and highly recommend it, but I'm having a hard time getting to the gym on time for the start of my box's workouts and being late in crossfit is very bad.
I've started P90X and it's core and leg works outs are serious. I think I'm going to be in better shape this year than last year when I was doing crossfit!
The upside to P90X is that it's minimal gear investment (pull up bar, two dumb bells and/or bands and a yoga mat) allows you to get going for low cost. I love crossfit but I don't have room or money for a full squat rack like I would love to have.
P90X covers Plyometric, Yoga and serious leg strength routines. Check it out and commit.
I did crossfit last year and highly recommend it, but I'm having a hard time getting to the gym on time for the start of my box's workouts and being late in crossfit is very bad.
I've started P90X and it's core and leg works outs are serious. I think I'm going to be in better shape this year than last year when I was doing crossfit!
The upside to P90X is that it's minimal gear investment (pull up bar, two dumb bells or or bands and a yoga mat) allows you to get going for low cost. I love crossfit but I don't have room or money for a full squat rack like I would love to have.
P90X covers Plyometric, Yoga and serious leg strength routines. Check it out and commit.
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