Snowboard Workout - which you can do at home

Strength Building Exercises.

Snowboarding requires strength, flexibility, muscular endurance and balance. The following exercises are some that have proven to be useful over the years to keep our Pro Ride Team in shape and prepare us for the long winters.

All of these exercises have been chosen so you can do your snowboard workout at home however your will need some equipment.
- Balance board: this is really easy to make as all you need is a skateboard deck and a full 2 liter bottle of water. If you do not have a spare skateboard deck, a piece of wood 1 foot x 2 ½ foot will work well also.
- Some hand weights and if you do not have these then grab some plastic bags and some canned food.
- A broomstick or mop
- An exercise ball
- A work out form – all you need is a note pad which you can keep track of the dates you work out and a list of the exercise you perform and the number of reps you do.

Disclaimer: these are just a suggestion of exercises which we have found useful for our own training. If you are unsure as to how to perform an exercise or are worried about your fitness we recommend that you visit your local gym and have a program designed for you.

The Program – Total Body

To get ready for the winter and to keep you in shape across the winter you will want to look at training 2 -3 times a week with 1 days rest in between each session. The goal here is to start to build your endurance and strength and make sure that you work out all of the major muscle groups.

For preseason training we are going to look at doing the following
2 sets of 1 minute for each of the main exercises
1 minute rest between sets
Note: this doesn’t sound like much however you may want to start without weights and then as it gets easier increase the intensity and add some weight. You can also make the exercises into a circuit and go through it 2 to 3 times and increase the intensity.

Before you start it is useful to spend 10-15 minutes warming up by doing a brisk walk, skipping or cycling. This way you can get your blood pumping and loosen up your joints.

The total workout should take about 1 – 1.5 hours however you can split it between upper and lower body so you can do two 45 minute sessions over two days.

The Snowboard Workouts

- Lower Body Workout >>
- Upper Boidy Workout >>
- Core Workout >>

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