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Skiing to Maintain Our Health.
Hey!
I sat down with a local sports doctor and we talked about various aspects of downhill skiing and how it relates to our health. Here is a teaser for the first installment in a series of articles I am working on: ================================================== ==== Skiing to Maintain Our Health! Most often when we talk about downhill skiing and health we talk about injuries. However, skiers know downhill skiing is an active sport; this may surprise some, after all most of the energy harnessed in downhill skiing is gravitational. The non-skier may assume skiing takes the same amount of exercise as falling into one's easy chair. Well since you are reading this article, I assume you know that is FALSE! Downhill skiing is a physically active sport. While it is true, most of a skier's speed comes from gravity to harness gravity enjoyably and safely requires physical exertion. Staying up requires athletic balance, avoiding obstacles, skiing bumps, running gates require split second timing, planning a route down the hill requires planning, and if a skier has to move over flat or uphill terrain they must provide the required energy. Skiing requires more exertion than plopping down in front of the TV with a sixpack of one's favorite beverage.... For the complete article visit: http://www.wi-ski.com/article.php?st...60324065106670 ================================================== ==== -- Before Heading to the Hills Head to The Wisconsin Skier: http://www.wi-ski.com/ |
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