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Skiing is an all-inclusive sport where endurance is as important as balance and having strong legs. While being physically demanding, it is also a sport where you experience an incredible sense of freedom and speed.
Skiing requires concentration and coordination, and the pleasure you get out of it is as important as the effort it requires.
Once you are on the skis, you can't just glide passively down the slope: you exercise your entire body, from top to bottom. With the altitude, there is nothing better to improve your endurance.
A day of skiing involves switching between intense physical efforts and moments of relaxation as well as the constant adaptation of the body to the altitude, the lack of oxygen and the outdoor conditions. Skiing helps to increase one's overall endurance. In addition, the altitude naturally gives the body a boost by forcing it to make more red blood cells to compensate for the low levels of oxygen. This is why athletes who need endurance, like football players, do training courses at altitude.
With the altitude, the physical effort and the thrill of going fast, your heart will have to adapt at that of a champion!
Because oxygen is rarer at altitude, your heart has to make more effort to deliver the elements that your muscles need, even at rest. So imagine the effort required when you are fully active!
During a day's skiing, you will switch between physically intense descents where the heart rate speeds up and going uphill using the lifts, during which you can recover. This provides the perfect training for this muscle that is sometimes neglected.
A healthy heart will keep your body healthy!
Winter sports skills require core strength and agility: your entire body will benefit from your daily outings on skis.
Although your quadriceps are the muscles that you will feel most, skiing works out your whole body: toning of the abs, back, buttocks, adductors, calves, ankles and upper body workout during turns and for good balance... In addition to the toning of the muscles, skiing exercises your joints: knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, etc. for good tone while remaining flexible.
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Reading the terrain and having the right weight distribution when you are skiing on the slopes: on skis, you will improve your balance and coordination, which are necessary for completing a series of turns and perfecting your skiing technique.
When you feel comfortable on the ski slopes, you will also feel comfortable on any other terrain thanks to the awareness of your body that you have developed and the agility that skiing has given you.
When you go skiing you breathe deeply and exercise while producing endorphins, the pleasure hormone. All tension is released and you enjoy the beneficial effects of the pure air and sunshine to fill up on vitamin D, which will boost your immune system and morale. Your concentration improves and you feel a general sense of well-being which carries over into your daily life.
Whether you love speed or just gliding down a slope, skiing will give you the thrills you want and improve your physical fitness and general well-bring. What about you, what does skiing contribute to your everyday life? Tell us about the benefits of a good skiing session!
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