In sports-specific training, it doesn't get much more efficient than exercises that serve as twofers, doing double duty by decreasing injury risk while improving your sports performance. In skiing, ...

Turns continuously engage your core, quads, glutes and stabilizer muscles while also ramping up cardiovascular work. Quick ...

If you’re planning a winter ski trip, you have probably given plenty of thought to the warm clothes, the gear and the lodge. Now it’s time to plan for injury prevention. A common ski injury is a tear ...

Awareness of your surroundings and what’s under the snow can also help prevent injury. Keeping your eyes out for hazards like holes in the snow, slope deformities, or rocks and stumps under the ...

Now that fall is here, it’s time to start thinking seriously about ski conditioning. Pardon the annoying reminder, but you probably already know you need to get in some ski-specific workouts and ...

Have you heard a skier mention that they need to work on getting their "ski legs"? It's an odd phrase we use to describe the physical shape and strength we require to achieve our goals on skis, but ...

Despite skiing being physically intense, it's common for participants to treat it like a casual activity, neglecting warm-ups and starting the first run of the day stiff as a board. But it doesn't ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Nothing kiboshes a ski season like an injury. Unfortunately, on-the-slopes accidents happen: Up to 55 skiers ...

Americans love to ski. According to number crunchers Statisca nearly 15 million US residents hit the slopes for a ski trip in 2017, and there are 476 ski resorts dotted all over the US to accommodate ...