The season may be winding down, but that is no reason to stop thinking about next year. If you want to hit the slopes feeling balanced, strong, and ready for anything, now is a great time to start working on your stability training.
Alecia Williams of WILDR is a certified personal trainer through the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and a former ski racer, and she has put together six stability exercises built specifically for skiers. The routine covers both injury prevention and on-slope performance, with movements like the wall lean with leg lift, Cossack squat into seated internal rotation, jump to lateral pause, antirotational walking lunges, squat to top hold, and drop landings. Two of those exercises have been linked to a reduced risk of ACL injury, which is one of the most common injuries on the mountain.
For programming, Williams recommends 10 or more reps per set with a rest period equal to or shorter than the time it took to complete the set. The good news is that unlike some other training categories, stability work can be done throughout the entire year and even serves as an effective warm-up before a day on the hill.
