Get Fit for Ski Season: 7-Day Workout Plan

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Day Five: Lower Body

Warm up for five minutes on an inclined treadmill.

Perform four rounds of each exercise. In between rounds hold a squat for one minute.

  • 15 barbell squats, or Smith machine squats
  • 25 walking lunges (each leg)
  • 15 kettlebell sumo squats: Make sure your feet are wide and your heels are slightly turned in, toes turned out.
  • 15 lying-machine hamstring curls
  • 15 Bulgarian split squat (each leg): Keep one foot up on a bench and the other leg out in front.
  • 15 dumbbell straight-leg dead lifts

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Day Six: Core and Cardio

Warm up for five minutes on the stairs.

Perform four rounds alternating:

  • 400 meters on the rowing machine.
  • 20 v-ups

Complete a half-mile treadmill run or walk at a 7-percent incline.

Perform three rounds; 30 seconds for each exercise:

  • Bicycle crunch
  • Flutter kicks
  • Toe touch crunch
  • Reverse crunch
  • Superman

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Day 7: Total Body

Warm up for five minutes on the rowing machine.

Perform three rounds:

  • 20 kettlebell sumo squat rows and 20 body weight squat jumps
  • 15 dumbbell squat presses and 15 open palm dumbbell curls
  • 20 walking lunges with medicine ball twist (each leg) and 20 Russian twists each side
  • 20 kettlebell swing
  • 20 burpees
  • 1/10-mile treadmill sprint followed by 30 mountain climbers (each leg)

Finish one mile on the stairs.

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