Snowboarders Don't Workout - Introduction

With the snow melting, resorts closing and temperatures rising the focus now shifts from snowboarding to ways to keep our minds off snowboarding. We surf, skate, wakeboard or weightlift to stay in shape in anticipation of the next season.

The big project for the summer here at Deserts Don't Snow is going to be a comprehensive series of posts outlining ways to stay fit and ready for the coming season without succumbing to the label of "gym jockey".

Let's face it, we are snowboarders. We don't spend three to four hours in the gym every day downing protein smoothies and Human Growth Hormone. We are more likely to be found eating $1 cheesburgers from McDonald's while skating the local mini ramp.

The goal of Snowboarders Don't Workout is to isolate the most important and influential parts of the body we use in snowboarding and present several effective exercises to develop and maintain them. These "exercises" will range from minor weightlifting (dumbbells, sandbags), body weight exercises (Push-ups, pull-ups), cardio routines (burpees, squat jumps) and awesome activities (skating, basketball, swimming).

Using any combination of these exercises will have you strengthening everything you use when you ride while at the same time hopefully keep your mind off of the fact that you can't go snowboarding for months... on top of that, you will be able to do them without spending hundreds of dollars at some fancy gym:

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Look out for upcoming posts with the title "Snowboarders Don't Workout"!