Product Description

FitSkiing is the most comprehenisve guide to ski conditioning ever written. It contains over 80 photographed and illustrated exercises specific to skiers.

Three sepearte programs are provided to help the reader get into their best skiing shape. FitSkiing is the only guide you will need to get into shape for the slopes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #297830 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 280 pages

Review
"Andrew has helped me to achieve better conditioning so that I can tackle any terrain or condition." -- Kasha Rigby, U.S.Extreme Skiing Champion, Team North Face Adventurer

"Andrew's ski conditioning program incorporates a healthy and safe approach to training for the slopes." -- Tom Moore, M.D., Ph.D., U.S.Ski Team Physician

From the Publisher
Ski Magazine says, "If this year you are finally serious about training, buy this book..."

The Rocky Mountain News says, "...a comprehensive 12-week approach"

Team North Face Adventurer, Kashay Rigby Says, "Andrew's book has helped me to achieve better conditioning so that I can tackle any terrain or condition."

Snow Sports Fitness Expert and Author, Douglas Brooks says, "...a very useful and sound structure for ski conditioning, without going overboard in complexity. The average reader will find this both do-able and easy to read. "

From the Inside Flap
FITSKIING WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO:

•Get in the best condition of your life in less than 45 minutes a day; 3 days a week.

•Determine your fi tness level so you can obtain the fastest and safest results possible.

•Fuel your system with the correct nutrition so you can obtain a fi t and healthy body.

•Eat to prepare your body for the slopes.

•Set goals and obtain them.

•Train specifi cally for skiing (It?s different than training for general fi tness or bodybuilding).

•Train and maintain an injury free body.

•Assess and treat minor injuries.

•Develop a healthy and safe ski conditioning program for your children.

•Develop your own ski conditioning gym for less than $100.

•Train anywhere; the gym, at home, or outdoors.

•Manage your time so you can have the best and most ef- ficient workout possible.

Customer Reviews

strength training for skiing
This is not a book about how to ski, but about how to strengthen your muscles the rest of the year so you can ski more effortlessly and with less fatigue.
I'm a fitness instructor (I bought this book for my dad), and I think the author does a great job with the exercises. Each exercise gets a photo, a drawing of the muscles involved, step-by-step instructions, and a brief description of how it applies to skiing. A variety of exercises for the legs, abs, and upper body are provided. Most are things anyone serious about weight training would already know and do, but the plyometrics section is more ski-specific. A few stretches are also given. All the photos make it appealing and easy to follow.
However, the book would have benefitted from correcting the many spelling and punctuation errors and removing the introductory first 60 pages, which are all over the place and unhelpful.

Great book for ski training!
This is by far the best book I have ever read regarding getting in shape for the ski season. So many of the books either don't have enough information or get too technical. This was a breeze to read and understand. The author puts otherwise complicated information like understanding lactic acid into an easy to understand format.
There were so many exercises to choose from which was great. At the same time the book gave a great step by step program and helped me choose which exercises and activiites were right for me. The illustrations showing which muscles were being worked was an added bonus.
If you want to get in the best shape for skiing, buy this book!

poor production distracts from good information
I have several gripes about this book:

1. The page layout of the 1st edition is terrible. The type size is too big, and the paragraph length is too long, making it difficult to just sit down and read. It looks like it was made using Microsoft Word, which detracts from the professionalism of the content. Cheesy clip-art doesn't help. This book would really have benefitted from a more professional editor and publisher.

2. Like another reviewer said, there are a number of typos, misspelling and instances of poor grammar. This again distracts from the "authority" of this text.

3. Some paragraph text was missing altogether, such as the "Ultimate Hangover Solution" in that section: it is about 1" of empty paragraph. So, it's unknown what the recommended "ultimate" solution for apres-ski hangovers.

That said, it does have excellent information about how to get in shape for skiing, and to improve your fitness while targeting skiing as a hobby/sport. There are good photos and diagrams, as well as step-by-step instructions for performing exercises properly. Hooge is a young author (in his early 30's); I think a 2nd "tidied-up" edition would really make this book worthwhile. Hopefully the 2nd edition (released in Oct 2006) will live up to this expectation.

I'm giving it only 3 stars due to the poor production; however the content seems pretty solid.