In-Season Ski Training/Off-Season Climbing Training

Hi All,

Curious if folks out there try to train for skiing whilst training for the upcoming climbing season.  I have historically just used skiing as the primary "training" method but have recently become much more interested in giving a bit more focus on actually training for skiing.  I realize that neither activity will likely be fully maximized if I'm splitting time between both but that's ok.  I wondering if there's a non-linear approach to be able to tackle both this winter.  Like some sort of combination of Steve Bechtel's Logical Progression and Steve House's Training for the Uphill Athlete.  

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Cheers.

What kind of skiing we talking, Nordic or Alpine?

Dirt Kingwrote:

What kind of skiing we talking, Nordic or Alpine?

Zac- good question.  Alpine.  Mostly focused on touring, so a lot of uphill!

I switch focus between touring and climbing every year. I don’t think skiing is much different than any other high cardio leg activity like mountain running or biking. Tom Randall has some good tips for balancing the two.
I’ve found that you must do the climbing training first, and leg work second. Short, high intensity sessions like hangboarding are easier to do because you don’t tap your glucose stores which are depleted by long slog leg cardio.
I try to keep the fingers strong (hangboard) in the skiing season, then as it tapers, push into more fitness climbing training (ARC, 4x4). That way I have the energy to give to good climbing sessions. 

Brendan Nwrote:

I switch focus between touring and climbing every year. I don’t think skiing is much different than any other high cardio leg activity like mountain running or biking. Tom Randall has some good tips for balancing the two.
I’ve found that you must do the climbing training first, and leg work second. Short, high intensity sessions like hangboarding are easier to do because you don’t tap your glucose stores which are depleted by long slog leg cardio.
I try to keep the fingers strong (hangboard) in the skiing season, then as it tapers, push into more fitness climbing training (ARC, 4x4). That way I have the energy to give to good climbing sessions. 

Cheers.  Thanks Brendan.