Also if you dont have snow yet where you live, Ride your bike as often as possible.. Instead of taking your car to your friends house. ride your bike..

 

Leg lifts and knee lifts help a lot. I think you will be sore no matter what though, just have fun and take plenty of beer breaks!

 

Jogging and crunches

 

go to a gym near you and do all the leg machines they should have about 7 or 8 machines and then you could do squats, lunges, side squats, split suats, front squats. for core you can do crunches, reverse crunches, sit ups , bicycles

and you shouldnt do any thing the day before you go or else you will be really sore

 

with respect, you are prime in the middle of the category:

too little too late.

forget jogging; it is the worst exercise you can ever do for anything ever.

cycling is good, but is a war of attrition

the gym is my preference, but all year round, not the week before.

if you go to the gym and try to hustle some development, you will probably injure something and spend you time in the mountains sat on yer arse.

my advice... do the sitting against the wall with knees at a right angle, about 10 times a day (5 in the morning, 5 in the arvo) each for as long as you can endure. stretch before and after these exercises and most importantly stretch after and before your day on the hill.

and next year, use some bloody foresight!

 

with respect, you are prime in the middle of the category:

too little too late.

forget jogging; it is the worst exercise you can ever do for anything ever.

cycling is good, but is a war of attrition

the gym is my preference, but all year round, not the week before.

if you go to the gym and try to hustle some development, you will probably injure something and spend you time in the mountains sat on yer arse.

my advice... do the sitting against the wall with knees at a right angle, about 10 times a day (5 in the morning, 5 in the arvo) each for as long as you can endure. stretch before and after these exercises and most importantly stretch after and before your day on the hill.

and next year, use some bloody foresight!

That jogging statement isn't even close to being true. You can dramatically increase your endurance over the course of a week by jogging, but going to the gym to increase your strength? You might as well sit on the couch and eat potato chips the entire week.

Sitting against a wall can help slightly, at least for preventing muscle fatigue, but it will do nothing for his overall endurance, cardio vascular benifits, cns adaption, etc.

I don't understand how you can say jogging is the worst exercise for everything. Are you one of those guys that goes to the gym and uses the elliptical? The only benefit of using an elliptical is you can talk to the young female using the elliptical next to you.

 

Also, do not forget STRETCHING. Do that every day between now and when you go.

 

I don't understand how you can say jogging is the worst exercise for everything. Are you one of those guys that goes to the gym and uses the elliptical?

no i am strictly a dumb bell monkey. my attitude towards jogging, are the consequences such activity has on the joints.

 

no i am strictly a dumb bell monkey. my attitude towards jogging, are the consequences such activity has on the joints.

I agree that excessive jogging can cause joint problems, but jogging in moderation, especially in this scenario where it's only for one week to prepare for a snowboarding trip, can only be beneficial.

 

okay, well despite what some might think...i am receptive to being taught a thing or two! (I can't be right all the time!)

and so.... as i am a born again hockey player....

the rec teams i train with are filled with 20 something pocket rockets. my power skating is good and my skills aren't too shabby considering the time off i have had until lately; but what of stamina improvement...?

for sure the obvious ansa's are easy to come by, but how can i expand on such endurance, baring in mind that i already do gym work 5 times per week and skate for about 3 hours? could i expect improvement from the short shift scrimmages we have?

what could be hoped for from (what you suggest to be beneficial) just one week jogging? and how frequent, what duration, what intensity etc woudl such a cardio regime expect?

many thanx for any and all words of wisdom.... (and maybe even a xmas cookie?)

 

You aren't going to get much done in a week. I don't think anything you can do will really get you rady. If you do anything though, the first thing you should think about is stretching. Other than that the only advice I can give is take breaks while you are out. I know it is a fucking bitch to start up again but, in the long run you get a longer, fully riding experience out of the day if you take breaks.

 

okay, well despite what some might think...i am receptive to being taught a thing or two! (I can't be right all the time!)

and so.... as i am a born again hockey player....

the rec teams i train with are filled with 20 something pocket rockets. my power skating is good and my skills aren't too shabby considering the time off i have had until lately; but what of stamina improvement...?

for sure the obvious ansa's are easy to come by, but how can i expand on such endurance, baring in mind that i already do gym work 5 times per week and skate for about 3 hours? could i expect improvement from the short shift scrimmages we have?

what could be hoped for from (what you suggest to be beneficial) just one week jogging? and how frequent, what duration, what intensity etc woudl such a cardio regime expect?

many thanx for any and all words of wisdom.... (and maybe even a xmas cookie?)

You're comparing apples to oranges. If the OP was as active as you say you are, he wouldn't be making this thread. And in that case, no, jogging probably won't help at all since his endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue would already be fairly high. But we're talking about someone who is seemingly dormant as far as exercise goes, so to say a week's worth of jogging is useless is ignorant and simply wrong.

If you go a full year without running a full mile, then go out and run a mile as fast as you can, it'll will be brutal. If you then rest several days and try it again, it will be almost half as bad as the first time. It's not hard to recondition your stamina in a short period of time.

 

i guess i failed to explain my query. never mind.

 

do you normally lift weights or do heavy lifting (squats, deadlifts, etc.)?
Well, whether or not you do them, I'd change up my workout for the week for endurance lifting workouts.

Here's a sample workout regiment:

Day 1: Squats 4X12-15 (means 4 sets of 12-15 reps)
Stiff Leg Deadlifts (Or deadlifts if you want some core and back work) 4X10-15
Leg Press 4X12-15
Calf Raises 3X12-15 (don't need to isolate too much)
Day 2: Abs (try and do about 4-5 exercises, 4 sets of 10-15 each)

I'm going to stop right here because if you work out, you can just use your common sense to implement the leg workout into your own workout. if you don't, I suggest getting two of these leg and ab days in before you go. Not the day before you board though.


If you NEVER lift, do this ONCE early this week INTENSELY and you will be sore for a good 4-5 days. In a week you should be good. The reason I suggest high rep and not heavy lifting is because that it will help with endurance and balance, both crucial for some long and injury free snowboarding days.

Stretch before you board. I always forget to stretch until I'm with my group of friends at the bottom walking over to the lift. Makes me look like an idiot doing half assed calf stretches with all my gear on.





EDIT: I just read the above posts and I personally, would not recommend jogging. That's my personal opinion though. Jogging will not have any MUSCULAR or BALANCE benefits for boarding. It will have cardio benefits however. Unless you plan on doing a lot of walking up the hill to find your friends or some shit.
Just a side note, jogging or running is not a recommended exercise for many reasons, particularly bad joints. Circuit and high intensity/low rest workouts can be a lot more beneficial, in addition to muscle growth. I'm rambling.

If you want to read about it, TESTOSTERONE NATION - Training Disasters


Otherwise, goodluck. I cannot fukin wait to go to mammoth this saturday.

 

for me when at the gym, for every body part, i do 3x pyramid sets.

i do 14, 12 and 10 reps as target, but up the weight each set and start the first set at a weight so that the final one is done to failure.
when on the final set i reach the target of 10 reps, i increase the weight of all sets. this helps maintain progression.

legs specific, i do smith squats, seated leg press, leg extensions and seated calf press. (about 45 minutes and a profound sense of nausea) and so my chicken legs have good 'day long' endurance but, despite this being a snowboard site, my enquiry was more to do with being able to maintain the intensity of flat out hockey shifts of 90 to 120 seconds, where i have to keep up with 20-summuts!

cheers

 

with respect, you are prime in the middle of the category:

too little too late.

forget jogging; it is the worst exercise you can ever do for anything ever.

cycling is good, but is a war of attrition

the gym is my preference, but all year round, not the week before.

if you go to the gym and try to hustle some development, you will probably injure something and spend you time in the mountains sat on yer arse.

my advice... do the sitting against the wall with knees at a right angle, about 10 times a day (5 in the morning, 5 in the arvo) each for as long as you can endure. stretch before and after these exercises and most importantly stretch after and before your day on the hill.

and next year, use some bloody foresight!

Out of all the exersizes I found sitting against the wall to be the best.

 

my enquiry was more to do with being able to maintain the intensity of flat out hockey shifts of 90 to 120 seconds, where i have to keep up with 20-summuts!

cheers

I'd say you need to do interval speed and hill training.

Do you skate 3 hours at a time or during a week?

Jogging might be what you need. As for joint pains, I am around 180lbs and average 1,500 miles a year and never had joint problems.

PS,. for the Thread starter, 1 week isn't long enought to accomplish anything except get sore legs before you even start riding. drink lots of water, maybe jog and stretch every day just to warm you legs up for next week. you could even start taking iron pills every day a week in advance and while you are there, as well as eating tons of potassium. That should help a tiny bit with muscle fatigue the week of.

 

Just watching the "Worlds Strongest Man" competitions on television will make you stronger and more fit. Seriously! One episode will drop your body fat percentage by 3% without lifting a finger.