J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ranchero_1979

"I often have skiers who tell me they want so much to ski powder,,,,,but then are too busy to go when +40 cm falls." Just call and am there.

Talking about powder guide, did anyone ever ski South America here. Realistically 2013 will have to be a piste year for me unless I make a plan to head South during the "summer months". Does anyone fancy a South American ski trip Late July/Early August.

Can we have before and after photos for this fitness head to head. Tony H diet vs Snapzzz following the admin/bandit plan.

Lol, amazing how you can tell how good a skier is by the way they carry them and stroll in boots. not fool proof but close to.

Just back from ACL physio and we got onto how injury happened. As is common basically muscle miss timing i.e quads contracting (as I was try to bring yourself back up, was stopping on uphill slope). However this relaxes hamstrings allowing shooting forward of lower leg and hence broken ACL.

We then got onto how to prevent and importance on neuro muscular training and proprioception exercises. Whilst essentially unlucky seems to me no coincidence that incident happened to me this year. I was fit but all through gym exercises on stable ground, no other sports like football, tennis to really test full body co-ordination and no plyometrics. Perhaps this is where we should all do a little pre-season focus to help keep injury free. Plenty of simple exercises on You tube, running on beach and or uneven ground should also work well. Interestingly you see this quality in many guides who are like mountain goats going up and downhill whilst clients slip etc. Yes they are generally fitter/stronger but their body is acutely aware of where it is in space and hence excellent balance. Anyone who tries to kick a ball after even few weeks will realize how fast these skills can be diminished.

As the resident athlete would be interested to see what Dave felt about this one.

I was in the pro brace group until saw the price :-). Small fortune for the top end ones.

Knee is going really good :-). Back to squats today, just bum to chair but anyway all felt strong. 20 with 2 legs followed by 20 of the same on one as per Dave's instructions (good leg only). Cannot imagine doing a few hundred though, must give a nice ache afterwards.

Yes I was thinking along lines, of. Although the Volkl skis were loved by the heavier members of the test team. Less aggressive and lighter skiers will find them un-accessible, struggling to flex the skis when carving.

Yes I hate Volkl skis, definitely not the ones for me :-), even though I believe they are actually great brand.

That works. Do share article when complete.

Dave, are these 1/2 squats against wall or free standing?

Agree on the mobility, guys especially have to work on this one. Can't help but feeling that was a contributing factor to my incident (although not fully sure of logic behind it :-)).