Some of my clients have skiing holidays booked for over the Christmas and New Year period and so for the past six weeks I have really been focusing their sessions around strengthening ski-specific muscles to improve their performance and avoid injuries when they’re out there. When skiing you’re on your feet for most of the day and so it’s really important to build up your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and calves. The best kinds of training to do for your legs before going skiing are functional resistance exercises. You want to try to focus on exercises that involve a whole range [...]
Continue Reading ->One of my favourite pieces of equipment to use is the BOSU and this week I’ve been using it a lot with my clients to provide them with a really challenging and fun workout. For those of you who haven’t heard of a BOSU before, it’s an air filled dome that is attached to a flat base (it looks like half a swiss ball). It creates instability when performing exercises on it which means that your core muscles are constantly working hard to keep you stable. Your body and muscles have to shift and contract to stay aligned which burns [...]
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I’m very excited to be launching my new website today. I hope to be able to keep you up-to-date with all the latest training and nutritional news and tips – so watch this space!
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