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Focus on ski fitness
By Nicola Davenport on 21/10/2011 08:37:25
Planning a ski trip? Concentrate on training key areas to avoid injury
ANKLESThe key here is flexibility, so focus on moves to strengthen this joint. Despite developments in ski boots, ankle injuries are particularly common to skiers. So prep them well with strengthening - and rehab if you have a weakness in this area
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Get ski fit fast
By on 15/01/2012 17:10:43
Avoid first-day muscle freeze with these last-minute moves that will leave you nimble, energised and ache-free
Heading for the mountains one day soon? Avoid injury and make the most of your ski or snowboard trip with our top four moves to get slope-fit, fast!
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Roxy Snow Workout
By Caroline Hamman on 16/09/2010 10:59:13
Get ski fit in the gym...
.It's a similarly targeted workout to the Roxy Beach Body workout I tried this summer, but this time it gets you slope fit rather than surf fit. But it's not just for ski bunnies; the snow may have been fake but the thigh burn was very, very real. Toning
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5 excuses to book a ski holiday
By on 04/11/2011 08:19:00
Need to justify that winter break? Forget the cost, think about the health benefits of a week on skis
or flu, and just when you need all the immunity help you can get.Get ski fit: key areas to focus on if you want to avoid injuryVisit www.MarkWarner.co.uk/ski to find out about the ski breaks they offer.
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Cool ski kit
By Nicola Davenport on 25/01/2012 15:00:49
Look great, stay warm and dry on the slopes and get the most out of your ski or snowboard trip with our pick of winter sports kit
Oh, ski and snowboard season, how we LOVE YOU! Not just for the fantastic feeling of getting a mountain blast of fun, fitness and freedom for days on end through the miserable UK winter months. Almost as enjoyable for powder-mad Zesties is browsing
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Ski and spa in La Clusaz
By Anna Melville-James on 07/09/2010 17:01:23
Party on the piste in France's Massif des Aravis
.aravis.com).00 33 450331 96) start from £656 for a week, and include use of spa pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and cardio fitness room. One-hour aromatherapy massages at Spa and Beauté Montagne cost £87. A five-day ski pass for all four of the ski
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Ski and spa in Åre
By Maria Realf on 07/09/2010 17:01:29
Discover your adventurous side in Åre, Sweden - and massages away nerves
jet-ski. Whizzing across the snow in my snug black jumpsuit, I felt every inch the Bond babe (although I suspect I look more like a cross between Darth Vader and a Kwik Fit fitter). The whole experience is thrilling - with the view from the summit
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Inside our December issue
By on 09/11/2011 13:29:35
See what's inside Zest's latest issue
'll love our simple Little Black Dress Workout and Diet. Team it with our indispensible Winter Defence Plan and no cold, cough or cold sore will spoil the fun!Plus, our 21-page winter fitness special has endless ideas on how you can shape up and look
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Snowboarding for girls
By Jess Spiring on 03/09/2010 11:02:53
A girls-only week in France is perfect for learning to look cool on a board
of delicious boeuf bourguignon, Helen explains the itinerary before Chris takes me off to the Burton test centre downstairs to fit me out with a boxfresh Feelgood board. Recklessly, when I filled in my forms before arriving, I mentioned I could get down
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My day out at the Zest Girls' Big Adventure
By Sweaty Betty blogger Karen Laing on 12/07/2011 13:49:30
Sweaty Betty blogger Karen Laing was among the almost 700 Zesties who took part in the Big Adventure race - here's how she got on
Louise that we would need expert coaching to be let loose on white water, some less than expert paddling left us pointing towards the strong current... We were saved only by some extreme right paddle action.And then there was the ski event (two skis, four
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