Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stanford From: stanford@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stanford N Payzer) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski Subject: Re: Exercises? Message-ID: <122@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 20:41:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.122 Posted: Wed Aug 14 20:41:12 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:32:50 EDT References: <1080@homxa.UUCP> <857@turtlevax.UUCP> <267@rruxo.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 18 > Try deep knee bends. Really! Stop laughing. Seriously, now, do about 30 a > day (if you can... it's harder than you think.) and you'll keep your thighs > in good shape. Roll up onto your toes and it'll help your calves also. > Pointing your toes in different directions (toes out, toes in, toes straight) > works on slightly different muscles. > > After not skiing in two years, totally out of shape, I had two weeks to > get into shape for a week in Maine. I was hurting for the two weeks beforehand, > but I skiied all week, and I wasn't sore at all. Sorry I don't have a published source, but the ski instructors and aerobics instructors I have talked to do not recommend DEEP knee bends. My personal experience with a few months worth of them was that I could no longer hike down hill without knee pain. They now recommend a modified (not deep) knee bend. -- {allegra, cornell,decvax,ihnp4,tektronix,sdcvax,utcsrgv,largo,lento}! ==> uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stanford ARPA: ssc-vax!stanford@uw-beaver