Skiers Hip Mobility Workout | Follow Along

Follow along with this at home skiers workout targeting the hips and core. The goal is to warm up your body ready for a day of skiing. Try this in the lead up to a ski trip and feel your hips open up for easier ski turns and balance.

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[xinjin]

Hi Tom, been following you from the other side of the world in London for a number of years, your videos and drills have been so helpful with the analysis of my own skiing. This set of exercises is great for everyone, not just skiiers. Hip mobility and core strength is so overlooked and for most of us who sit down at an office everyday this is gold. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom. I do a lot of taichi training and there is also a requirement on loosening the hip, keeping them level and moving without distorting the spine and keeping the upper body still. some of the exercises translates well for that too.

[stefananastasiei]

Very good stretching routine! After a lower back injury I did this every day before going out skiing and it definitely improved my range of motion, and overall skiing technique.
I got more balanced and aware of the small inputs in the hip movement for the carving turns. Thanks so much for sharing this knowledge!

[alr]

As always. Fantastic video. Cheers mate

[antonkra]

Tom, thank you, great exercises. Yes, as you said, it is not easy to find something really specific for skiing and it feels like this set is working on correct movements!

[alexandernorrgard]

46y wannabe carver waiting for the family to wake up. Great moves and after the last excersise I understand why turning deep is so much more difficult to left, barely no movement and 10cm on the other side.
Thanks from Åre Sweden.

[viktorkarpanasiuk]

You are a treasure to ski learners. Thank you, G.

[markgattysaunt]

I'm 51 and I've had a femoral proximal replacement with full hip replacement to boot and this routine is unbelievably beneficial for carving and ski readiness. Do it whilst your mates are taking too long at breakfast. So beneficial.

[wk]

Hi Tom, thanks for sharing these exercises. I really appreciate your content.

[eriksoderlund]

Great stuff think am day 64 whistler Blackcomb this season and mature age this vid is great.

[HusseinRamadan-ro]

Hi Tom, great video.i am a big believer in doing loads of off snow work.i always give my students home work after a snow lesson.

[ilipika]

this is amazing with simple and clear explanation!

[carvermarks]

glad this one popped up--excellent and I'll be seeing ya every day.

[AthelstanEngland]

This video and the pole plant one was enough, I've subscribed. Thank you.

[willsonj]

Great video, thanks Tom! Will definitely be using this.

[razork]

thanks from France, awesome training and very well explained !

[daviru]

I'm 53 and went for the first time yesterday. I can carve to the left no problem, but carving to the right is hard. I have nerve damage in my left leg (sciatica) and it's also a tad shorter than my right leg. It's like natural to the left and impossible to the right. But, hopefully these exercises will help. Thanks mate.

[trumanhw]

This is awesome. What do you think about using BANDS to strengthen some of these movements faster..?
Also ... how do you go about improving balance and proprioception ..? (Or do you) ..?

[valentinsimeonov]

Skier on an orthopedic examination.
Doctor: “Show me how you bend your knee”
Skier: “In which direction?”

[chemystify]

This is awesome. I have added this routine to my training. Question: Suppose you want to get your hips close to the snow (say, within hand-touching distance), while keeping them relatively level. As you know, that requires a combination of hip internal rotation (HIR) and hip abduction (HAB) [my own abbreviations!] on the outer leg. Ideally, how many degrees of HIR and HAB mobility do you want to have to achieve this?* The relative amount isn't clear to me since, as you increase counteracting (CA), you need more HIR and less HAB—e.g., with no CA (yes, that would be bad!) all the hip angulation would come from HAB.

*I recall reading that Ted Ligety's hip mobility is a bit limited, which is why he can't keep his hips even close to level when he's a max angle, and instead has to use a lot of inclination. But while he's able to get away with that, that's not ideal rechnique for me to try to emulate.

[simhanssens]

Hey there Tom, big fan of all your video's. I've been having some trouble with the top of the bulge of my hip hurting as well as just behind it when doing certain exercises in fitness or at home (To get ready for my ski trips). Even doing some stretching and exercises to strengthen these muscles but it seems like it's only getting worse.
Do you think these exercises will be enough to remedy most of the pain? I'm going for a ISIA lvl 2 equivalent this december so I'm pretty worried it will hinder me on the training and exams for it.

If you have any additional tips or resources please do share! You're a legend, keep it up!
I'll be doing most of these each - or each other - day for now..