Dryland Training

The conditioning program is the cornerstone to athletic success in the competitive season. The beauty of this program is that while all other winter sports athletes are out of school and their competition programs are on summer break we are working out five days a week in a structured program.

For freestyle and snowboard athletes we have a cooperative program with Utah Olympic Park. This allows those athletes access to the trampolines and water jumping ramps that are in use all summer. These athletes practice their aerial skills at lunchtime and in the afternoon when school is out of session. The conditioning for the other athletes takes place after school is out.

The content of the conditioning program is sectioned into separate periods to produce the best results in the area of strength endurance, which is crucial for success in ski racing. This type of training is much more effective in a group environment because of the high intensity required. The motivation of training in a group is beneficial to producing the greatest results. We begin formally training on May 1. It is important to allow some break in activity from the completion of the ski season.

We will be posting the daily content of the program with the onset of the next school year. Feel free to use this information to your best advantage.