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Great excerseze for increasing jumping power, balance, and spin controll

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OrangeCrush
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Now I am by no means a pro or even competitive park rat but today I invented a great way of excersizing in preparation for the jumps and jibs.


All you need is a floor, two couch cushions, and a bunch of empty space.


Its really simple actually, place the cushions apart form each other (whatever distance you desire) and start hopping back and forth trying to land nicely balanced in the very center of the cushion. Then start varying your jumps by throwing in some spins and grabs.


Its similar to tramp excersizes but with the added difficulty of having to aim at a desired landing zone, and the fact that you are trying to leap off of thick shock absorbing cushions really works your jumping muscles HARRRRD!

Nov 26 2008 3:17PM
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Holte
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My ceiling isn't very high...
Nov 26 2008 3:20PM
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OrangeCrush
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haha dang, i say its time for a little cieling removal =p! lol. but actually, its supprizingly hard to jump very high like this
Nov 26 2008 3:24PM
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OrangeCrush
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ugh my spelling is really off today. probly cuz of my lack of sleep for the past 40 hours.


anyways, I think thie excersize is really similar to "plyometrics" it really gets your breathing and hart rate going as well, feels good.
Nov 26 2008 3:26PM
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VTtreeskier
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Maybe i'll try it seeing as my knee can't handle a tramp
Nov 26 2008 3:31PM
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Mr.Bishop
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You know its funny... as jock-rock as exercising and training seems, it actually can really help your skiing.   You can see it in the pros bigtime... the ones that work out, exercise and train their muscles are much more agile and able to stick landings.   It also really helps to avoid injuries, and makes chicks dig you. 

We should make like a "jibbers workout" video... imagine how fucking hilarious that would be?


Nov 26 2008 3:32PM
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.Roockley.
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my dog ran off with the cushion

haha
Nov 26 2008 3:33PM
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Ryno
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Stretch your t-shirt and your hamstring in one move!
Nov 26 2008 3:34PM
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Rainbow*Stylin
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hilarious
Nov 26 2008 3:40PM
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Flowsion
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i might add you'll want carpet for this one. bare floor with couch cushions could lead to you slipping out. this means bashing the head on bare floor. bashing your head on the bare floor is never funny, unless if it's caught on tape of course. but still, fair warning.
Nov 26 2008 3:46PM
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CK_Ski
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hahahhaa^

o btw good idea.... ill try it.

Nov 26 2008 3:48PM
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Karcher
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hilarious and usefull
Nov 26 2008 4:00PM
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scott-skis
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haha yes
Nov 26 2008 4:10PM
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-Ward-
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Doug, i would be willing to be an actor in your video
Nov 26 2008 4:50PM
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OMGWTFBBQ
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haha then why are you skiing
Nov 26 2008 5:04PM
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sick-as-aids
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i lol'd
Nov 26 2008 5:16PM
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OrangeCrush
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Hahaha, yeah i forgot to add that important detail. I just expected the entire world to be made out of carpet ^.^
Nov 27 2008 1:36AM
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WORD.
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wow... epic!
Nov 27 2008 1:42AM
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BKlein
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I slackline
it should work great for spinning onto rails / switchups / off rails and ballance
Nov 27 2008 8:50AM
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BKlein
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sry for double post but the skiers edge is a great workout and i think helps?
Nov 27 2008 8:52AM
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B.Aussie
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It works well our coaches make us do it on wobble boards.  Once you get good. incorperate spins on the spot on the cushions then doing 180's and 360's in the air is good.

Nov 27 2008 8:10PM
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dweezileast
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word to that doug, Ive been lifting every night before going to bed this fall, and ive only been on skis twice and so far i notice a big difference
Nov 27 2008 8:41PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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Ladders are great for agility too, they really teach you to be light on your feet.
Nov 27 2008 8:52PM
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JEWbacca
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thats suck a sick and funny idea. NS should do that.
Nov 27 2008 9:03PM
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Jwalk
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i think i may try this
Nov 27 2008 9:14PM
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.oz.
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hahahahaha

excuses for why you can't exercise
Nov 27 2008 11:09PM
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inthewoods
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haha idk why thats funny hahaha
Nov 28 2008 12:15AM
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powderhound100
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shoudn't you lift every other night?? I heard its bad to lift every night cause your muscles need time to build up....or something
Nov 28 2008 12:39AM
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IrideWI
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oh word
Nov 28 2008 1:15AM
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OrangeCrush
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ye the only time your muscles grow is when you rest, some fitness regimes make u go 3 week of givin balls, then 1 week of stretching, yoga, and all around chillaxin.
Nov 28 2008 3:29AM
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*DrewT*
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Stretching and exercising are so key.  Wish I'd started with that stuff years ago it makes such a difference.  You have so much more control over your body, you can save almost any trick, land the unlandable, and grab the ungrablable
Nov 28 2008 12:37PM
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VTtreeskier
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Haha cuz the pain comes and goes, i fucked it up on the tramp i took a big bounce and my knee absorbed all of it and buckled, everynow and again i fuck it up again and have a bit of a hobble for a week but for some reason i haven't fucked it up skiing yet, i just don't want to get back on a tramp worried that the same thing will happen.
Nov 28 2008 1:41PM
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Malcolm
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i think ill try this. but what exactly were you doing when you made this discovery lol
Nov 28 2008 1:48PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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-SQUATS
-SQUATS
-SQUATS
-plyometrics are good too
-WORK THAT CORE
Nov 28 2008 2:27PM
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TechnoPotamus
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yeah seriously....but lift everything....chest, back, shoulders, arms and legs. i've been lifting 4-5 days a week for years now and it makes the biggest difference ever.

its sad that so many "jibbers" are such skinny small kids cuz with some muscle it really improves every aspect of your skiing, not to mention better chances of walking away alright from crashes.
Nov 28 2008 2:52PM
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k-rob
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i've started doing a regimen of working hard one night, then working light the next. because i'm going light, i'm not straining my muscles and they still heal and build (also eating a lot of protein), but this seems to keep definition better than my old program of only working out every other day, and my results are more dramatic in less time.
Nov 28 2008 3:23PM
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KravtZ
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yea iv been workin out lifting for the psat 2 years makes a humungous different less injuries, more fit, just better in skiing and other sports and everyday life
Nov 28 2008 4:04PM
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fsscott
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oh shit!

it's like ddr buut way simpler!!!!!

btw ddr is good too
Nov 28 2008 4:07PM
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KravtZ
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sry for double post but no ddr is not good its ok cardio i guess if ur on the highest level lol but u gotta get out and actually do somethin man
Nov 28 2008 4:34PM
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skodeo7
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haha I love this idea, we could have some great cameos.
Nov 28 2008 4:57PM
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afton_steeze
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mythreads.

and for the workout video: fluorescent unitards? please?

Nov 28 2008 9:56PM
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albatross.
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:(
Nov 29 2008 12:20AM
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Sholte
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haha bs lance! i swear your ceiling is high enough!
Nov 29 2008 12:48AM
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Joshua.
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the best workout ever is trying to skate in your ski boots. always hilarious and nearly impossible.

i can land kickflips though                                                  CLAIM
Nov 29 2008 12:52AM
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jo-shmo
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YES!!!

So true about the training though. Its good to feel the burn from time to time.

Nov 29 2008 4:08AM
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Holte
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fine. i'm just lazy.
Nov 29 2008 6:20AM
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OrangeCrush
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well i hadnt slept for like 30 hours, then when i got back form class i found my roomates had been having a war. or a semi gay wrestling match... who knows, but the cushions were all over the floor. so im like "hey i wonder if i could do plyo on these, so i started jumping around, and then i started doing spins and grabs and made the connection to skiing.
Nov 29 2008 6:13PM
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TheButterHashira
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You can do some plyometrics. It is basically what you are talking about but instead you just jump over an obstacle side to side.
Nov 29 2008 6:36PM
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OrangeCrush
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yeah Iremember seeing that done in p90x and I liked the idea of it.
Nov 30 2008 5:23PM
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Caveman.
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Doing this tonight.
Nov 30 2008 7:24PM
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pussymoneyweed
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i too will tryu this in my shool eve boredom and sadness
Nov 30 2008 7:57PM
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