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When skiing, endurance and fitness are important in order to avoid injuries. Therefore one should start fit into the winter sports season. Freeride professional Sandra Lahnsteiner gives her most important workout tips - and also and also reveals her favorite exercise.

Claudia Timm Author: Claudia Timm
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This is how ski training is fun: Sandra Lahnsteiner biking in Gastein. Endurance is immensely important in skiing and even reduces the risk of injury, according to the freerider.

This is how ski training is fun: Sandra Lahnsteiner biking in Gastein. Endurance is immensely important in skiing and even reduces the risk of injury, according to the freerider.

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Perfect for strong legs: knee bends with weight. It is the central exercise in skiing par excellence. And you can perform them anywhere.

Perfect for strong legs: knee bends with weight. It is the central exercise in skiing par excellence and Lahnsteiner's favorite exercise. 

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Training goal for more balance: one-legged knee bends on the Bosu Ball. "The outdoors is also perfect for practicing: balancing on the sidewalk, walking over stones," says Sandra Lahnsteiner.

Training goal for more balance: one-legged knee bends on the Bosu Ball."The outdoors is also perfect for practicing: balancing on the sidewalk, walking over stones," says Sandra Lahnsteiner.

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If you want to jump while skiing, you need a stable trunk. One strengthens these muscles considerably with push-ups.

If you want to jump while skiing, you need a stable trunk. One strengthens these muscles considerably with push-ups.

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After skiing, yoga provides relaxation. Also important in the evening: refill the empty water reservoirs, otherwise there will be cramps the next day.

After skiing, yoga provides relaxation. Also important in the evening: refill the empty water reservoirs, otherwise there will be cramps the next day.

Image credit: Christoph Oberschneider
Especially jumps are visualized by the professionals beforehand. This is Sandra Lahnsteiners insider tip: "The head must be ready, one must want it."

Especially jumps are visualized by the professionals beforehand. This is Sandra Lahnsteiners insider tip: "The head must be ready, one must want it."

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This is how ski training is fun: Sandra Lahnsteiner biking in Gastein. Endurance is immensely important in skiing and even reduces the risk of injury, according to the freerider.
Perfect for strong legs: knee bends with weight. It is the central exercise in skiing par excellence. And you can perform them anywhere.
Training goal for more balance: one-legged knee bends on the Bosu Ball. "The outdoors is also perfect for practicing: balancing on the sidewalk, walking over stones," says Sandra Lahnsteiner.
If you want to jump while skiing, you need a stable trunk. One strengthens these muscles considerably with push-ups.
After skiing, yoga provides relaxation. Also important in the evening: refill the empty water reservoirs, otherwise there will be cramps the next day.
Especially jumps are visualized by the professionals beforehand. This is Sandra Lahnsteiners insider tip: "The head must be ready, one must want it."
Claudia Timm Author: Claudia Timm
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