Explosive Leg Strength for Skiing, Snowboarding and Parkour

Whether you’re popping off a jump, sucking up the moguls, or compressing from a big leap, you need to have solid leg strength to snowboard, ski or do parkour.  Of course, skill training is critical in terms of learning safe technique and progressing through movements.  However, when not on the slopes or cruising through an obstacle course, you’d be wise to do a few specific exercises to help condition your legs for the physical battery.  Aside from working out with basic body-weight squats or strength progressions with a barbell and other free weights, you should include single leg jumping activities to prepare your hips and knees for take off and landing. The video above highlights three awesome single leg jumping skills to build explosive leg strength.  Enjoy!