Off-Season Skiing Fitness / Training

Information for skiers on staying fit and training off-season.

Exercises for skiers to keep skiing fit all year-round.

Off-season sports such as biking, hiking, and swimming, as well as strength training, can benefit your skiing. Share your tips on staying fit off-season.

It can be a challenge to keep fit on vacation, but if you have sand, water, and roads for bike riding there are many ways you can keep skiing fit.

Going on a resort vacation and worried about keeping skiing fit while you're there? Many resorts offer fitness and wellness classes to keep you toned for skiing while you're enjoying the beach.

Read about hiking, how it can benefit your skiing muscles and maintain your ski fitness, and tips to make sure your off-season hiking on the mountain is as fun as your winter skiing.

Why is biking good for keeping in shape for skiing? First, it makes you use the muscles you use skiing. Second, it is a great aerobic exercise. Here's more information on biking and how biking helps you stay fit for skiing.

Rowing a sliding-seat scull is an excellent, total-body workout that really works your skiing muscles. Whether you choose to use a rowing machine or if you have the opportunity to row on the water, rowing is a great off-season exercise, and will definitely keep your entire body - ski muscles included - fit.

How yoga can benefit your skiing. Yoga practice can prevent ski injuries and can be a good wellness practice for skiers.

Skiing, especially downhill skiing, may be highly dependent on strong leg muscles but overall conditioning builds a routine that burns calories, increases metabolism and can target muscles important for skiing but not usually concentrated on. Building these muscles is important because they surround and stabilize joints.

Hockey demands balance, footwork, quickness, in addition to strong aerobic capacity and body awareness in high-speed motion – same as skiing. See how the US Alpine Ski Team uses this different approach to conditioning.

Swimming has high aerobic value, can quickly burn calories, and can be a great cross training medium for skiing fitness.

Toe clip devices add to workout when biking for ski fitness.