The Ski PT - Greg Louie

11/30/2025

🏋🏻‍♂️ While not ideal, some training is always better than none, and I’d definitely recommend doing some form of training if you have a trip in 2-weeks.

💪🏼 While the body won’t be able to build muscle in that short of a period (as it takes 6+ weeks to build muscles), you can make neurological changes to improve the coordination of the body which can reduce your risk of injury.

🔥 You’ll likely feel the burn of the legs and may get gassed out by lunch time because you’ve inadequately prepared the leg muscles to withstand the forces of skiing.

⛷️ If or when this happens, my biggest recommendation is that you stick to skiing on piste and don’t push yourself to minimize the chance of injury.

⏱️ What you’ll find is that likely over a period of 6-weeks of continued skiing or training to replicate the demands of skiing, you’ll build up your ski legs and be better suited for the rest of the season

Here’s some recommendations for exercises I have to work on the coordination of the legs in the 2-weeks that you have:
1. Single limb sit to stand - focus on keeping the foot, knee, hip in alignment and the hips level. This helps improve single limb balance through a dynamic range

2. Lateral hops with “stick the landing” - this helps improve single limb balance in the frontal plane

3. Bulgarian squat hops - like the single leg sit stand, focus on alignment and go as a speed where you don’t lose alignment. This helps build the rapid eccentric-to-concentric movement needed in the Plyometric portion of skiing

4. Split squat hops in frontal plane - like the Bulgarian squat hops, this helps to build Plyometric rebound but with bias in the frontal plane

🎿 If you like these exercise suggestions or need more to help you prepare, the programs in the legaski club are ideal to get you ready for skiing and keep you healthy throughout the season. If you sign up, you’ll get to demo the programs 2-weeks free of charge!

📲 Ready to eliminate early season leg fatigue, join the club by messaging me “LEGASKI CLUB” and I’ll send you to the website with more info!

11/29/2025

1. Squats and squat jumps build the muscular endurance to support the knees and prevent the cartilage from wearing down.

2. I find that many adults have a lack of balance so improving your balance with the fore&aft exercises and the single leg squat with lateral reach exercise can reduce the risk of falling and reduce chances of injury.

🏋🏻‍♂️ These are a small sample of exercises, and I recommend doing exercises that are specific to your limitations! That way you’re no wasting time doing senseless exercises that won’t benefit you.

📲 If you want to connect with with skiers age 50+ who are passionate about skiing, join the 1700 skiers that are already in Legaski Club - Free. Just message “GROUP” and I’ll send you details to join!

👥 In the club, you’ll also get access to my free resources like my 4 day ski specific training program, my pre-season checklist, and my in season tips/drills for stronger skiing

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11/28/2025

🆙 In this case, single leg plyometrics are a great example of how to build the endurance of a single leg, especially when done in the frontal plane

⛷️ What this exercise lacks (in terms of its relation to skiing) is edging, rotary control, balance, sideways movement while simultaneously sliding forward, and many more

📈 From what I’ve seen, when we can break down the components of skiing and train the specifics on dryland, ski performance significantly increases

💥 Knowing this, I designed a 4 day ski specific training program specifically for the demands of skiing

👥 As a member of Legaski Club - Free, you get access to his program and many more of my skiing resources for stronger skiing

📲 Message “SKI STRONG” and I’ll send you instructions to log in and access the resources

11/27/2025

🤯 Let’s not overcomplicate getting ready for the season.

👍🏻 You’re probably doing a lot of the right things already!

✅ If you want the make sure, use the pre-season checklist I made just for you and get my 4 day training program as part of the FREE RESOURCES in Legaski Club - Free

📲 Message me “SKI STRONG” and I’ll send info on how to get started!

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11/26/2025

⛷️ I’m headed to for my combined ski retreat with .org_ and I’ve been using the to map out the best areas to ski

🗺️ Having a 3D map makes it so much easier to understand the slope aspect, and I love how the app integrates the weather and other important data to make trip planning easy

📲 Message me “NEU” and check it out before you next ski trip

11/25/2025

I’m curious what your return to ski process looked like if you had ACL tear….

🎿Did you rehab team give you any on snow guidance?

🎿 How did you know you were ready to progress?

🎿 What do you think would have been more helpful?

11/25/2025

Looking for 10 people who would be down to go Cat Skiing 1/15 or 1/16 at Cascade Powder Cats (located about 1.5 hours outside Seattle). Cost would be $400 per person for the day.

Let me know ASAP if interested, as I need to book today.

Send a message to learn more

11/24/2025

🤕 I never considered injury insurance until I personally had my season ending crash and realized how costly injuries are (both financially, emotionally, and physically)

🙌🏻 Now for just $395 for the year, myself and other skiers can avoid that whole headache when it comes to getting injured with injury insurance

📲 If you’re interested in learning more and why I personally signed up, message me “BLISTER” and you can see how it could benefit you!

😊 The best part is, you can use it to see providers like me who aren’t normally covered by your insurance

11/23/2025

☃️ Winter…I’m ready whenever you are!

11/23/2025

👎🏻 Doctors are clearing people to return to skiing without any testing and guidance and this is totally unacceptable!

🤔 Did they even ask what skiing looks like for you?

🤔 Did they do a functional screen to make sure you and perform the movements that are safe for skiing?

🤔 Did they advise on how to overcome the PTSD from when you got injured in the hill?

🤔 Did they give you guidance on how to progress once your back to the hill?

🗣️ I hear from skiers all the time that they aren’t confident getting back to skiing so I made a rehab checklist to ensure you’re properly ready to return!

🆓 Message me “SKIHAB” (without the quotes) and and I’ll send you the link so you can access it as a member of Legaski Club - Free!

And….

👨🏻‍⚕️ After you do the checklist if you find yourself in need of guidance to confidently return to the hill, consider working with me to help you!

📲 Schedule a call with me and I’ll help you guarantee a successful return to the hill www.MeetTheSkiPT.com

11/22/2025

👏🏻 THIS IS SKI-SPECIFIC TRAINING 👏🏻

🚡 For downhill skiing, we take the chair up and ski down which is controlled deceleration against gravity

⛷️ This is known as eccentric loading, and it’s more demanding on the legs and contributes to increased soreness

👍🏻 If you’re not doing eccentrics as part of your ski training, I’d highly suggest adding it in, and you’ll likely ski your ski-endurance significantly improve

⚠️ Fair warning, these may make your legs much sorer than your normal training so lighten the load and adjust accordingly

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📲 Message me “SKI STRONG” to access my ski-specific 4 day training program in Legaski club - Free and ski stronger this season!

11/21/2025

What would you choose and why?