Time to get strong!
Hey y’all,
I know I have been terrible at updating lately, but there’s not much going on really. I decided to call off NZ this year, due to a sore meniscus that I was battling most of the spring season. Right now it’s getting better by the minute and I really want to make sure it’s a 100% strong going into this fall’s city competitions and glacier skiing, no point in starting off the season with a shitty knee. Looks like theyre having a good time down there though, big props to Gus, Jossi, PC, Joss, Nick, Devin and the rest for slaying it down there!
Instead, I’m spending most of my waking hours at the gym, on the lake, or in the skate park. Got a real good gym schedule going on that looks something like this:
day 1: legs (squats, lunges, leg press, leg curls, calf press)
day 2: 20 min spin +biceps/chest/abs
day 3: rest day
day 4: 20 min spin +triceps/back/abs
day 5: legs
day 6: rest day
day 7: start over from day 1
I feel like I got my bases covered, any tips on what to add or change in there?
Alright, time to head to the skate park again!
I’m pretty much addicted to catching large perch lately, lot of fish around the 1kg mark coming up. These went in the freezer, perfect protein source for when you don’t have the energy to go shopping for food.
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Seems like a nice workout routine but personally i would have biceps with back and triceps with chest. Also start your workout with the big musclegroup.
Good luck!
Dude no offense to you beeing injured right now, i respect your decision and a professional always know how to treat his body the right way.
BUT: it seems that you`ve been a bit drifting away over the last years. i recently watched your armada interview from 2007. your funniest trick to throw by that date was the dub 12 mute. and today? 4 years later? you are one of the most talented freeskiers in the game it just appears that you don`t really expose your potential. you were ahead (with pk) of everybody (in big air). now with the upcoming olympics, do you care about that? are you willing to catch up competition wise? spend some serious time on leftside dubs and rails? I know you`re living the life lots of people are dreaming of, that`s for sure. I`ve been following your blog every now and than for quite some time now and I just don`t really see a goal you want to achieve. Once you telling us how you want to focus on bc stuff. That`s okay, but than get out whenever possible, create a killer segment without competitions and try to get sponsors supporting you that way.
Or really focus on the competition aspect, you are clearly one of the best quarterpipe skiers, why don`t you try a bit more in the pipe?
Like I said before you got that dub 12 mute dialled for 4 years now. Nothing new to try on waterramps ? New grabs?
haha that ended up beeing way longer than expected. I think I sound really mad, which I`m not. I was just wondering, cause you were so innovative back in the day, and i kinda miss that.
get well soon and all the best for the upcoming season!
good workout!
but as said earlier, change biceps and triceps! biceps = “pull muscles”, triceps = “push muscles”.
Chris, don´t you wanna wait until you accually see the footage of this season before you start talking about “creating a killer segment”?
maybe switch day 4 and 5 so you get 2 rest days between both leg workouts.
put some coordinativ stuff in there for ur legs!
You have forgotten shoulders!
Otherwise your covered…
chris – don’t worry, just check out the MSP film as soon as it drops… thanks for workout tips, and yeah, I usually throw in shoulders in there as well, i forgot that one. and I dont get it, how is a dub 12 “funny”?
Sounds like a good routine for a bodybuilder… Some tips on books you should read about training
http://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-2nd-Mark-Rippetoe/dp/0976805421/ref=pd_sim_b_25
http://www.adlibris.com/se/product.aspx?isbn=9185433098
I’ve been doing Bulgarian Split Squats as part of my legs days, they really work your legs and core to help you balance as well as just complete the reps I feel like its gonna be the most important exercise i did when i’m able to ski again.
Hey man,
You have become one of my favourite skiers over time and i hope that you will be on skis for the rest of your life.
Just be careful with your knee, if you have a sore meniscus its a sign that something isnt right. Big weights will break down your knee over time and the risk of developing artheritis increases. I dont know how you train but my advice is to train one leg at a time with lighter weights, atleast with the exercises that puts big loads straight through the knee. Doing that you gain more balance and the risk for getting other training related injuries decreases. I hope you know what im talking about.
Good luck with your pre-season training and hopefully you will rip through the season without any injuries.
What skatepark is your preffered one? (in sweden?