The Importance of Wearing a Helmet
In 2002 more than 23,000 snow sports enthusiasts suffered head injuries on the slopes. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) there is a 40 percent reduction in the risk for head and neck injuries among skiers and snowboarders when a helmet is worn. In 1998, two […]

20-minute workout to energize your skiing this year!
Most of us have a hard time fitting in all the chores of our daily grind let alone mustering up our muscles to push some iron. Don’t let the only six pack on the slopes be the one your curling at the end of the day. […]

Guest Blog
by Paul Hooge
When I was 14, some 48 years ago, I stood in the basement of my parent’s house in Columbus, Ohio gazing alternately at the window well to freedom and the backpack on the floor in front of me. My plan was simple: exit the window, ride my bike to the rail-yard some […]

The Importance of Wearing a Heart Rate Monitor
In a recent tip of the day I mentioned the importance and effectiveness of wearing a heart rate monitor. Since I received so many emails regarding how to properly use a monitor I decided to discuss it here.
Think of a heart rate monitor as a gauge, a tachometer […]

How to maximize overtraining
To many, maximizing overtraining may sound a bit like an oxymoron. In the late 1960’s Russian exercise scientists discovered that after 3 weeks of “very hard” strength and conditioning work the athletes needed to back off a little on their training. They found that applying 60 percent of the workload in the […]