On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 13:27:25 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 5 Apr 2016 05:36:12 -0700 (PDT), Keine Krausescheiße
wrote:

On Monday, April 4, 2016 at 4:20:09 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 11:26:29 -0700 (PDT), "John H."
wrote:

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 11:10:34 AM UTC-4, wrote:

Do you use poles with that thing?

No, it came with a couple but I don't know why I would want to use
them. The whole point is balance and building quadriceps

Well, I suppose you don't do a lot or turning on that thing, so no need to plant a pole.

I am not sure I ever planted a pole skiing either. You turn on the
edges of your skis. That is what this machine should help me with. I
started losing those muscles that you jam the edges in with and had
trouble in the afternoon. I am up to over 1000 cycles a day (about
200-300 at a time) and I feel good.
The balance thing came right back and I was doing it right away.
I think the poles are just for people who have trouble keeping the
weight over their feet. That is an old sailor thing. On the ship, you
wanted to be able to just stand there on a pitching deck and not spill
your coffee. You don't really want to move much above the waist and
you certainly want your head to stay still. That will also keep you
from getting sea sick. This is pretty much the same deal.

You really think all those Olympic skiers just have problems keeping their weight over their feet? I used poles a lot in turns, sharp turns, to help 'unload' the skis for a quick direction change. But, my knees were never what they should have been to be a 'good' skier. Moguls would kill my legs. After skiing the Dolomites, and
getting spoiled, I've not been skiing one time since returning from Europe.

I guess nobody ever explained to me what the poles were for. I don't
think I have ever used them when I was actually skiing. I am not that
aggressive in the slopes tho. I can do it but I never thought I was
good at it. I just get down the hill. This machine is just because I
realized my conditioning was affecting my ability to do that. These
are different muscles than I use in my normal day to day. I am not
doing the same duck walking I used to do in the computer biz.

I actually got pretty decent while in Europe. There were a few runs I wouldn't try,
but not many. The greatest ski day I ever had was skiing the 'Sella Ronda' in
northern Italy. The trip starts when the first lift takes off in the morning, and
then it's up and down and back up and down all the way around the Sella group of
mountains. An Italian Ski Guide/Instructor is a requirement so the group (about ten
of us) could get to the front of each lift as we went around the mountains. There was
no stopping. The route covers 26km of skiing. That doesn't include distance covered
by lifts. The picture below gives an idea of the trip. We used our poles a lot!

http://www.dolomitisuperski.com/webs...e-di-siusi.png
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