Finally winter, finally snow. Up on the slopes! But does skiing do anything for my fitness and health? Can I lose weight with it? You can read here that skiing is healthy and how it makes you fit.
That indescribable feeling when you're one of the first on the slopes. It snowed fresh the day before. The slope is waiting to be conquered by you.
The sun still laughs somewhat timidly from the sky. Just enough to make the snow-covered trees glisten. Winter wonderland!
We were on the #turracherhöhe and bring you not only wonderful photos, but also good reasons why you should strap on your skis today.
Why skiing is healthy and has many positive effects on our body, you can read here!
7 reasons that make skiing healthy
While you're making your turns, you're building muscle at the same time. And strengthen your cardiovascular system. Why skiing is healthy and what positive effects it has on your body, we have collected here.
Good reasons that speak for a ski day in Austria
1. good for the brain
Skiing regularly is good for our brain. Since we have to constantly pay attention to our surroundings and react quickly, we stimulate our brain.
Multitasking, constant observation of the indirect and far environment are required.
All this ensures that our motor skills become much better. We can also react much faster to situations in everyday life.
2. calories skiing
Even if the wait at the lift is a little longer, you burn calories while skiing. To be precise, it's around 450 calories per hour.
You can increase the calorie consumption if you accelerate more, waggle down with more edge use or take the mogul slope once in a while.
But beware: for skiing to be healthy, you have to take good care in the hut. Small sweet sins lurk everywhere. For example, one serving of Kaiserschmarrn (250 grams) has 622 calories.
So if you want to lose weight with skiing, you should go for lower-calorie dishes. You are better off with a beef soup with noodles at about 100 calories.
This is what you should know as a ski touring beginner!
3. build leg and trunk muscles
When you want to make beautiful turns while skiing, you use almost all of your muscles. Not just the lower half of your body.
If you really step on the gas and squat down, you'll work out your legs, buttocks, abdomen and back.
However, this also means that you will benefit health-wise if you have a certain basic level of fitness. Personal trainers recommend starting to build muscle 2-3 months before skiing.
4. endurance training on two boards
If you choose flat wide runs, you'll train your endurance. You'll get out of breath more slowly in everyday life and may soon really take off when running.
By the way, flat slopes boost fat burning. This is exactly the point that makes skiing healthy for those who want to lose weight.
What endurance training really brings
If you repeatedly take small breaks while skiing, this resembles interval training.
Endurance training helps to lower blood pressure.
5. sun makes happy
Ideally, the sun shines while skiing. But even without sunshine, skiing makes you happy. That's because our body releases happiness hormones.
And this is really important, especially in the winter months. So you can naturally prevent bad mood and depression.
Sunbathing is so good for our body. We feel better all around and say goodbye to the pale winter complexion. Tip: Don't forget sunscreen!
6. fit cardiovascular system
There are quite a few studies that show that skiing strengthens the cardiovascular system.
Off to the mountains! The higher the ski resort, the more favors you do for your body. The stay in high altitudes boosts the blood regeneration. This improves the oxygen supply to the cells and tissues.
You will also benefit from this a few days after skiing.
7. skiing is healthy because it is fun
That's the good news for all sports fans. Skiing is simply a lot of fun. You don't even think about the fact that you're actually doing sports.
You'll notice it the next day when you wonder where the sore muscles came from :)
Our conclusion
That skiing is healthy and fun is not too short, knows everyone who has ever strapped on skis. I love this winter sport and am looking forward to soon be able to swap the winter boots for ski boots again :)
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