Summer fitness plans

Has everyones summer fitness campaigns gone to plan? Keeping fit throughout the summer for the winter sports enthusiast is not out of vanity for that perfect beach body but out of a desire to ski that little bit harder & better than the previous year & of course to look good in your thermals! :!:
Has anyone any tales of woe or are you still thinking about getting around to starting your winter 10/11 ski fit programme. :-)

Finn

Have been a bit on the lazy side recently, must dust the bike down and hit the road :lol:

Sick to death of my (lack of) fitness affecting my skiing I've taken up running this year.

I started as soon as I returned in February. I've managed a few 5K races with pretty poor times and I'm upping my distance all the time. Adding hills in in the last month has hurt :-(

To say my summer fitness plan isn't going well would not be correct. As that would imply that I had a summer fitness plan, which would be a lie.

Dang, I knew there was something I was supposed to do this summer. How about an Autumn fitness plan?

I ski in an indoor slope and bike in the evenings

I have become fat and unfit and I only have 2 months left to do something about it. I have been too busy and too lazy to run or anything :cry:

Congratulations to everyone who's been keeping fit :thumbup:

Ally

my fitness level stays steady all year. When I come off the winter, I play between eleven and twelve hours tennis each week + some hill & dog walking.
However, fitness is only half of the story for skiing. Skiers need two further elements ~ strength and endurance. TBH, endurance is somewhat optional, because you can choose how much skiing to do in a day. Strength, however, is an important element for keeping yourself, and others, safe. We all endure moments during our skiing day, when, either we have made an error, or someone else does something dangerous or unexpected. Strength multiplies our ability to use our skills to stay safe.
Between 15 min and 60 min per day, just on leg/knee strength & core exercises would be right.