Dans article about sporting backgrounds got me thinking about something I'm wondering for a long time. When you are very active from a youn age, does that get ingrained into your body?
Growing up I was an alpine skier and so I was always very active. In the winter our team spent Saturday and Sundays on the skis from 9am-4pm. We had two afternoons off from school so that we could get three more hours on the snow on both Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday evening (and sometimes Thursay as well) we spent 90 minutes and did conditioning stuff (running, strength, jumps, coordination etc.)
That was in the winter. In the summer we spent 4-5 days a week just doing conditioning stuff. I always found it interesting how my soccer friends trained like two times a week and we, as winter sport guys, did more than double from what day did. Holidays were always an occasion to go to the glacier summer skiing for some days or we did a conditioning training camp. This was when I was around 10 years old and it was quite a lot of sport we did. But I always enjoyed it and the training was very variable. We did climbing, hiking, strength training, balance drills etc. along with the skiing.
I quit skiing when I was 13 and then hat some 4 years where I did sports only for fun and enjoyed all the other parts of the life. Then I got into heavy endurance sports and I think I just need to do a lot of activity everyday to be satisfied. And when I look at my former skiing teammates, nearly everyone is still quite active. Some are into mountainbiking or triathlon, others do extreme sports and one guy is even into wrestling.
When I look at my other friends, like those who did soccer for example, none of them is very active.
I always get the impression that have a sporting background that required them to be very active from a young age (swimming, gymnastics) very often stay active for their whole lifes or they get back into sport after a little break. You also see it in Triathlon. The sport requires a lot of training and a lot of guys come into the sport with a background in another demanding sport.
I always wonder if that is because you are getting used to being active from a young age.
10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40
Growing up I was an alpine skier and so I was always very active. In the winter our team spent Saturday and Sundays on the skis from 9am-4pm. We had two afternoons off from school so that we could get three more hours on the snow on both Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesday evening (and sometimes Thursay as well) we spent 90 minutes and did conditioning stuff (running, strength, jumps, coordination etc.)
That was in the winter. In the summer we spent 4-5 days a week just doing conditioning stuff. I always found it interesting how my soccer friends trained like two times a week and we, as winter sport guys, did more than double from what day did. Holidays were always an occasion to go to the glacier summer skiing for some days or we did a conditioning training camp. This was when I was around 10 years old and it was quite a lot of sport we did. But I always enjoyed it and the training was very variable. We did climbing, hiking, strength training, balance drills etc. along with the skiing.
I quit skiing when I was 13 and then hat some 4 years where I did sports only for fun and enjoyed all the other parts of the life. Then I got into heavy endurance sports and I think I just need to do a lot of activity everyday to be satisfied. And when I look at my former skiing teammates, nearly everyone is still quite active. Some are into mountainbiking or triathlon, others do extreme sports and one guy is even into wrestling.
When I look at my other friends, like those who did soccer for example, none of them is very active.
I always get the impression that have a sporting background that required them to be very active from a young age (swimming, gymnastics) very often stay active for their whole lifes or they get back into sport after a little break. You also see it in Triathlon. The sport requires a lot of training and a lot of guys come into the sport with a background in another demanding sport.
I always wonder if that is because you are getting used to being active from a young age.
10k - 30:48 / half - 1:06:40