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What are the health benefits of downhill skiing?

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9 years ago

If you’ve ever been downhill skiing, you know that it can be quite good exercise. You work up a sweat and use muscles in both your legs and core that aren’t always exercised. Here are some of the specific ways that downhill skiing is good for your health:

Building muscle strength
The knees-bent, squatted posture of skiing is similar to a lunge, albeit a lunge you don’t notice because you’re too busy having fun. Anyway, this posture and the movements necessary for downhill skiing help to tone the glutes, thighs and other lower body muscles. The core muscles are also activated to help the body maintain balance, and even your arms get a work out through using poles to push yourself. If you want to prepare your muscles so they aren’t aching after a day out on the slopes, do squats regularly for a few days beforehand.

Flexibility
Skiing can aid in flexibility of the lower body, but it’s also important to first stretch before going out on the slopes so that you avoid a sprain or muscle strain. Do the superman stretch to prepare. Lay on your stomach with arms and legs stretch straight out. Raise your arms up as far as possible, lift your head and look up and raise your feet up at the same time. Hold the position for 10 seconds – you’ll feel the stretch in your lower back, upper thighs and core.

Getting a cardio workout
You might notice that skiing can make you quite out of breath after awhile. The physical energy required to walk and carry your ski equipment, pull yourself along flatter slopes, moving to maintain your balance and skiing itself is enough to elevate the heart rate, providing a great cardio workout.

Aside from cardio, muscle strength and flexibility, downhill skiing is good for your health because – as a sport – it provides you with adequate exercise. Skiing can also elevate the mood through the release of adrenaline and endorphins into the bloodstream, which is good for emotional health.

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