The Leg Blaster Thread - are we having fun yet?

[rod9301]

In ski or mountain bike season, i do just one set of 5 reps with the highest weight i achieved during pre season training.
This is for legs, and i don't get sore at all and i maintain my strength.

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[neufox47]

For any of the older folks here that want to get strong, Dan John’s Easy Strength is a great resource. It’s not about conditioning or adding muscle mass, but if you want to get strong and minimize your chance of getting injured in the process it is probably the best resource out there.

https://danjohnuniversity.com/bookstore


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[Hopeless Sinner]

Welp, due to conflicting advice, Thanksgiving travel, and facing the WROD w minimal chances of snow it has left me on empty. Lost all motivation for blasters, but did my usual functional strength training 2x/week, added a HIIT session and a few more Zone 2 sessions. Maxxed out at 7 sets of full blasters this fall........and won't do anymore until next October.

[Dantheman]

First real day of the season yesterday. 27k vert, lots of high speed crud busting, bumps, and stompage, pretty much full charge right out of the gate.

[tgapp]

First real day of the season yesterday. 27k vert, lots of high speed crud busting, bumps, and stompage, pretty much full charge right out of the gate.

Yeah that has more or less been my experience. Leg blasters + box steps with a backpack has all of my bases pretty well covered. Feel great skiing this hard this early. Thanks for the encouragement and shared stoke mags

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[EWG]

Yeah that has more or less been my experience. Leg blasters + box steps with a backpack has all of my bases pretty well covered. Feel great skiing this hard this early. Thanks for the encouragement and shared stoke mags

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Same here. I ended up with 5 sets of fulls, plus heavy squats and deadlifts, and I might be done adding since the season is hear. Though with zero snow int he 10 day forecast maybe there's time for one more progression...

Either way, thanks to all the stoke that turned out in this thread, and it's been nice to feel strong from day one.

[phatty]

Also appreciate the thread! Kept me at it as I recovered from my heart attack and getting my strength back. Still not skiing here yet, but feel like I'll be ready to go right out of the gate.

[2FUNKY]

4 days on the books ranging from a pow day opener where I had to keep speed in check and make a shit load more turns than I prefer to be able to fairly open them up while jumping off bumps and cat tracks to heavy pow turned to mashed potato chop. Legs have felt really strong and cardio is getting better. The biggest thing I have noticed is not from LB’s but from my posterior chain work I’ve focused on the last 3.5 months. Wow what a difference to start the season. Stomping airs and adjusting to weird snow and bumps is a non issue.


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[EWG]

Also appreciate the thread! Kept me at it as I recovered from my heart attack and getting my strength back. Still not skiing here yet, but feel like I'll be ready to go right out of the gate.

This is awesome! Hope the recovery continues to be great.

[Shred Baron]

Thanks to whoever recorded the book “Good to go” about recovery (I think it was this thread). Just started after reading a slog of a sci fi book, and even though I’m only a few days in, the light hearted nature of it has been great. Also love that the author is near by in western Colorado and references similar experiences of DOMs on mount Garfield.


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[T-dub]

This subject and thread has been great! Started in on this type of thing years ago, with the realization that i'd never get any better as fatigue took hold and limited my advancement. Understood i'd never learn anything new, as my legs gave out.

Wasn't looking to simply 'survive', was looking to learn. Can't do that without the strength and endurance. Good luck all, go kick some ass and enjoy this season!

[EWG]

Thanks to whoever recorded the book “Good to go” about recovery (I think it was this thread). Just started after reading a slog of a sci fi book, and even though I’m only a few days in, the light hearted nature of it has been great. Also love that the author is near by in western Colorado and references similar experiences of DOMs on mount Garfield.


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Yeah, she used to live in Boulder. She makes the material really accessible. Good stuff, glad you are liking it.

[buckethead]

Thanks for the thread. Funny, I've never seen the leg blaster but going to add to my workout. A quick search and found this

https://mtntactical.com/exercises/mnt110-leg-blaster/

cool. thanks for the link.

i blasted my legs pretty good saturday nite - about 25k max effort on fast and springy snow. will work these in once my legs are back!

[baron]

leg stoke!

thx for posting this.. I was gettin lazy last few weeks with the legs.

Was doin just squats ... 5 sets of 20 ,or 3 sets of 35.

I also do a ton of Knee Lifts... at least 2 sets of 50 (knee to chest while standing) 1-2 x a week. Those lifting muscles feel like they increase agility w the skis.

Don't forget those sit ups !

Also did the ole Jump Rope 1-2 x a week /100 reps preseason

Not consistent enough to be super strong at this point...but good enough to feel like it was day 10, on my 3rd day out skiing.

yea..i'd like to push more weights too..but the aerobic stuff feels pretty good to us 50 yrs+ old

[J. Barron DeJong]

Got up to five fulls today, one minute rest between each. These suck donkey balls.

(Didn’t deadlift today though.)

[BC.]

They do really help to get ur ski legs back/ or keep them going throughout the season. Great movements to throw into ur daily/weekly routine.

[Toadman]

Lost a lot of my leg blaster fitness over the holidays. Santa brought me a case of the flu on Xmas day. Luckily had the flu shot 10 days earlier and it was 24 hours and done with the aches and pain and only a slight fever for a few hours. In any event, I didn't hit the legs for about 10 days and when I did, it was a shock to the system. I've been making up for it by actually skiing and doing some short tours. But it is amazing how fast you can lose months worth of progression in just a short period of time.

[zion zig zag]

^^^same, I lost a couple of weeks due to work travel followed by COVID followed by holidays. Doing a set of 4 minis at the end of all that wiped me out.


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[crankplank]

Gave these a try after seeing this thread. Started in November with 10 minis and holy shit they thrashed my butt. Got to 2 full plus 6 mini by opening day and clearly had a huge edge in stamina over friends who spent their summers squatting. They really work. Got to 5 full over Christmas with 60 to 30 sec breaks. These are the truth, Im a boarder and will be doing them every season forever more.

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[Supermoon]

^^^same, I lost a couple of weeks due to work travel followed by COVID followed by holidays. Doing a set of 4 minis at the end of all that wiped me out.


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Glad I’m not the only one. Had to shut mine down and holy hell I’m sore after half a day of hard charging

[North]

Anybody have recs for some strength building exercises coming off a lower body injury? I tore ligaments in my foot (Lisfranc) back in November and had surgery early December. My surgeon said he'd clear me for skiing 10wks post op, which is 10 days away. I'm hoping my foot will fit into my ski boot to allow for some flat road touring, and maybe resort uphill and mellow groomer laps in the coming weeks. Medium term I'm hoping to get some real tours in during March or April.

I was fully NWB for ~10wks. Today I'm walking with a slightly altered gait in tennis shoes. I'm fully cleared for OKC exercises, spin bike, and anything upper body. Wearing a walking boot for anything CKC. Plyos are a definite no for now. I'm 35 and was in good/excellent shape before injury, but am expecting cardio to be shot and pretty minimal strength after being laid up so long. I'm doing PT, but their focus is on foot function and balance/stabilization. I'd like to get core/glutes/quads/hamstrings going.

[bodywhomper]

Will your PT give you some exercises or a list? From experience (broken toe that required 10 wks of immobilization with no rx’ed PT), I’d be concerned about upstream strength and stability, which can be a convo with the PT. My calf, quads, and hams lost a lot and I suffered knee issues after the foot had healed.

[pfluffenmeister]

It begins:

Just got done with 5 sets of mini Leg Blasters.
Damn am I sore.

But that's a much stronger beginning than normal.

[phatty]

I always love seeing this thread get bumped. Still hiking/trail running season for me, but will be launching these in a couple weeks.

[ZomblibulaX]

Fuck, I've been putting it off for a while, trying to figure exactly when six weeks from my first day on snow is. Looks like tomorrow the hurt begins.

Thanks for keeping this thread going; it's a wellspring of motivation knowing I'm not the only one doing this to myself.