Leg stregthening.....

[bull996]

Skiing holiday being planned and frankly A) I am too fat and B)my legs are weak.

I am not in a gym and hate running, so apart from dieting (due to start next week) is cycling good for gettings into ski mode?

I enjoy it more than most other excercise, but must get my legs strong!

Thanks

[Lefty]

I would have thought that a cross trainer would be good, worth joining a gym for a short while? Or hiring a cross trainer?

[MacGee]

DIET and then cycling...this worked for me. 18 months ago could barely squat my own weight...can now do it with 80kgs. Plenty of cv using legfs..cycling, rower. No running.

[RemainAllHoof]

Nice one, Macgee.

Buy an exercise bike for about £50 and stick it on the hardest setting. Pedal while watching TV/ranting on PH. Job done.

[LordGrover]

Body weight lunges and squats.

[DBSV8]

RemainAllHoof said:

Nice one, Macgee.

Buy an exercise bike for about £50 and stick it on the hardest setting. Pedal while watching TV/ranting on PH. Job done.

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but dont put it on the hardest setting , you may end up with knee problems , simply put it on a setting around mid way , check out wattage 200 - 250 range should be enough to have you sweating like a rapist after an hr .......and if its weight loss your after as well ..keep going for at least an hr.

[Fume troll]

http://www.twohundredsquats.com/

Cheers,

FT.

[Lefty]

Fume troll said:

http://www.twohundredsquats.com/

Cheers,

FT.

Sounds easy but fking hell.

[Fume troll]

Depends how you're built I suppose. With skiing and cycling I found it okay, did almost the whole amount on the first test. But the 100 press-ups, that was hellish!

Cheers,

FT.

[Lost_BMW]

LordGrover said:

Body weight lunges and squats.

This! Bodyweight squats for high reps - maybe with a bit of resistance later from sandbags or elastic cables - should be ideal given that the skiing isn't a one rep heavily resisted maximal activity!

I know others also practise holding isometric squat positions, maybe back against a wall, for increasing time durations as preparation.

Some side to side movement such as with an agility ladder (cheap enough but you could mark out string/tape as a substitute) might also be a good idea given the movement patterns you'll need to accomodate.

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Lefty said:

Sounds easy but fking hell.

Not easy at all! I used to do sets of 300 = nearly 15 minutes of agony.

I'm up to 150 with a sandbag over my neck now and will push in 25 extra sets per week (if possible) until I hit 300+ again. Makes the legs really firm and gives good endurance. Good for cardio/ the heart too...