Exercise In Style
Should I make changes skiing at 50?
I have skied for many years within Ohio snowbelt and sometimes CO and UT. This year I will be 50 and I am wondering if I should make changes in style, exercise, locations because I do not want knee or hip problems. Now that I can afford it, I would love to hit Canada. Any suggestions?
To clarify: I have skied for many years except for the past 5, when I did not do much.
I agree with much of what JT said. I would go back to Banff, Lake Louise. The snow will be regularly better, Whistler being so close to the ocean brings rain and or fog in mid winter.
If you get the new gear and learn to ski it properly, you will expend much less energy. I’m an alpine instructor and we teach ‘the economy of skiing’, where you learn movements to use the technology built into the skis.
I am 60 and it is a very different sport from the days of leather boots with laces, skinny straight skis and old style of skiing.
The new technology is not hype, it is very real.
As for conditioning, stair steppers, aerobics, are a good place to start.
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