Is it possible to have Triathlon legs and Mogul Skiing legs

NorthernNewbie - 2009-08-19 8:15 AM
What are the thoughts.  If I can only be good at one, Moguls win.

Donskiman - 2009-08-19 9:40 AM I used to live for mogul skiing and can still hit them pretty good at age 53. At one point in time when I was in my early 30s I was seriously considering the pro mogul tour. That was back in the days before ramps were added to the runs and the jumps were made off the moguls.

Back in those days my main form of strength training was biking during the summer. Not just any biking, but biking up the biggest, longest hills I could find repeatedly all summer. That helped develop tremendous strength and endurance in my quads and calves. I actually rode my bike more back when I was "just" a skier than I do now that I'm more of a triathlete.

IMO weight lifting is far too short of an activity to build both the strength and endurance needed for repeated high speed mogul skiing. You would be much better off to bike extensively for strength and to increase your running to improve endurance.

NorthernNewbie - 2009-08-19 10:15 AM I had posted about my plans to include more strength training with weights in the off season, but people responded that I should focus on more run and bike miles.  I have found that the weights really help with my skiing.

besttri - 2009-08-19 11:45 AM I agree about the plyometrics, to me that would be best for skiing and should also help in the tri. Weights have helped my skiing in the past as well, but this year I am going to do the PX90 plyometrics, you might check it out see what you think. I am planning to start it end of October beginning November.

chandy14ski - 2009-08-19 11:55 AM
Why would you waste time skiing bumps when you can go so much faster racing gates over on the ice! 

breckview - 2009-08-19 12:47 PM People ski on ice? That's weird.

Donskiman - 2009-08-19 2:03 PM



Must be from the East Coast. ;-)

Donskiman - 2009-08-19 3:03 PM

Must be from the East Coast. ;-)

breckview - 2009-08-19 2:47 PM People ski on ice? That's weird.

NorthernNewbie - 2009-08-19 3:00 PM

Yes, in 14 weeks and 1 day you could be cresting the last hill with the unloading ramp in sight. 

Your heart rate starting to rise with the butterflies in your stomach.

The long 7 month off-season will be over.


Sorry for those of you who don't get it, but then again.  If you didn't get you wouldn't have clicked on the thread.

graceful_dave - 2009-08-19 1:11 PM The right coast that is. If you can learn to ski well in the east, you can ski well anywhere. 

offrhodes - 2009-08-19 3:37 PM This post comes at the right time for me as it is around August that I really start thinking about snow and skiing and "sick" days when we have a good storm.  I still have some triathlons and cyclocross races to do, but I know Thanksgiving weekend I will be on some mountain getting in some skiing. 

Ski the East!!!!

Slugger - 2009-08-20 2:38 AM
Wow, you must make some loooooooong drives to "know" you'll be skiing on TG. (me sitting here with all my fingers and toes crossed that everywhere will be able to open on time)

Seriously, though, winter of 07-08 was nothing short of phenomenal. Amazing. Outstanding. Crazy.good.skiing. I spent it snowshoeing.

As for the OP, plyo. People here were responding to your question assuming you wanted to excel in tris. Always keep your goal in mind.

snowriderinfl - 2009-08-20 1:20 AM I have not strapped a pair of boards onto my feet since 1988, that was the year i discovered snowboarding. There are definitely some differences between skiing and snowboarding regarding leg strength (i am of the school that when done properly it requires more strength and fitness to board then ski), anyway here are my thoughts. Since i live in Florida I only get on the snow 10 days a year and it used to be a challenge to get into the shape i needed to ride aggressively ALL day. That is until I started training for triathlons. Since I started training a few years ago, i have the strength and endurance to go all day, open to close. This includes running moguls. My last trip was to Steamboat and I spent a good portion of the time riding Rolex, which is a mogul run. I had more fun that then any previous trip because I had the strength to go hard all day. All I did to train at the time was swim, bike, run and some PT. So, yes, triathlon training will help with your mogul skiing... -S Oh, please don't be hating on me because I board, I am not one of those knuckle scraping teens that push all the snow to the bottom of the hill....