| The best way to train for skiing is to ski, but snow | | | | primarily the muscles in your lower legs. It does not |
| isn't always available. To prepare for a skiing vacation, | | | | strengthen the muscles in the upper legs enough to |
| you need to strengthen both your heart muscles and | | | | allow the average person to ski for any length of |
| your skeletal muscles. You can strengthen your heart | | | | time. Running stresses your upper leg muscles only |
| for skiing with any exercise that will raise your heart | | | | when you use them to lift you up when you run hard |
| rate for at least 10 minutes, three times a | | | | up hills. Since you ski by bouncing up and down on |
| week.However, to prepare your muscles for skiing, | | | | your knees and shushing forward from your hips, the |
| you have to use activities that use your upper legs, | | | | best sports to prepare for skiing are those that |
| such as skating or riding a bicycle. The average | | | | stress primarily your thigh and upper leg muscles.You |
| bicycle rider is far better prepared for skiing than the | | | | can use the popular indoor exercise machines that |
| average runner. Many joggers who can easily run ten | | | | mimic cross-country skiing motions, or ski on dry |
| miles find that they can't ski very long because their | | | | roads with roller-skis. In-line skating or cycling are |
| upper leg muscles tire and hurt after just a few | | | | good choices for outdoor preparation, particularly if |
| minutes of skiing.You drive yourself forward in skiing | | | | you climb lots of hills. |
| with the muscles in your upper legs. Running stresses | | | | |