Why You Need to Hop on this Train.

Do you train for your sports? Why is it important? How do I do it?

Sport-specific training is the key to injury prevention. Sport-specific training is a combination of movements for strength and mobility that prepare your body for the demands of a sport or activity. Every sport requires specific muscular activation. Skiing requires strong and mobile shoulders. Running requires healthy knee and ankle joints. Skiing requires lower body muscular endurance and strength.

How is sport-specific training different from personal training? Great question! Personal training is typically associated with weight loss, muscular gains, aesthetics, and achieving overall health and fitness. There are wonderful results from personal training. But what sets sport-specific training apart is its focus on injury prevention. If you train your body to meet the specific demands of your sport, then you are reducing your risk of developing pains or getting injured. If you know that hiking downhill loads your IT Band and you train for that by lengthening your IT Band and strengthening your adductor muscles, then you are practicing injury prevention. Way to go!

So, before you go out on your next mountain adventure, prepare your body!

A few training movements to try now at home (videos here):

• Back lunges with sliders for single leg stability

• Thoracic spine mobility for easy snowboard riding

• Straight leg rotations for hip stability

• Step Downs for knee injury rehabilitation