Get ski fit with one simple piece of kit

10th November 2016, by Ollie Martin

If you get fit for skiing, you'll get more out of your holiday. Photo: Crystal Ski Holidays

With the ski season looming, it’s time to get fit — you’ll get more out of your holiday and avoid injury. The stability ball is one of the cheapest and most versatile pieces of equipment to help you get fit. For ski fitness it is extra useful as it helps stabilise and strengthen your core muscles and it works on your balance.

Here are some sample exercises (below) that you can incorporate into a ski circuit session either at home or in the gym. Note the ‘balance’ of exercises, working on your front then your back, working your legs and then your arms and working in all three planes of motion. This helps create a postural balance and strength balance in your body.

For more information on these exercises including detailed exercise descriptions, technique videos and progressive programmes visit skifitness.tv

Skier jackknife

Leg curl

Press up

Power crunch

Lower abdominal

Two-ball press-up

Russian twist