{"id":805540,"date":"2020-03-21T18:25:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T00:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=380817"},"modified":"2020-03-21T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T00:25:36","slug":"summit-county-fitness-experts-help-those-at-home-get-creative-during-coronavirus-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-fitness-experts-help-those-at-home-get-creative-during-coronavirus-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County fitness experts help those at home get creative during coronavirus shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nikki LaRochelle leads a strength and conditioning class for the Breckenridge Ski Patrol on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Breckenridge Recreation Center.<\/strong>
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For many people around Summit County, the past week has felt about as long as a month since ski resorts shut down last Saturday. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, locals have been encouraged to stay home to promote social distancing measures to mitigate the spread of the virus in the transient tourist communities.<\/p>\n

The stark change for Summit County\u2019s active community, including the closure of popular town recreation centers in Breckenridge and Silverthorne, has led individuals in our ski town to reassess how they can stay active. When it became apparent earlier this week that typical fitness routines across the county were being disrupted, Breckenridge-based fitness professional Linzee Vito considered what she could do to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in an active community, I think that people initially didn\u2019t know what to do and kind of panicked,\u201d Vito said, \u201cSo I thought it was a great way to show people that your health and your wellness is very important especially in a time like this. Number one: so you don\u2019t get sick in a time like this. But also for your sanity.  And so I started coming up with different things you can do at your house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past week Vito \u2014 who runs Howard Head Performance\u2019s Summit County location and trains at the Breckenridge and Silverthorne Recreation Center \u2014 has taken a different approach to her virtual training. Rather than just working one-on-one with clients who may be seasonal Summit County residents or on the road, Vito has been posting home workout videos on her social media free for quarantined viewers to watch and try.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Vito asked the followers of her \u201c@LinzeeVitoFitness\u201d Instagram channel \u201cwho\u2019s up for a stay-at-home challenge?\u201d It\u2019s one of several posts Vito has shared to her Instagram this week to encourage people to stay active. The social media posts have been as simple as Vito\u2019s third stay-at-home challenge this week, where she asked Instagram scrollers to \u201c#ShowMeYourPlank,\u201d sending her videos of how long they can hold a plank.<\/p>\n

Then there were other workouts this week that were a bit more challenging including the \u201cLouie\u2019s Birthday Workout,\u201d in honor of Vito\u2019s older brother and snowboarding legend and Dew Tour halfpipe champion Louie Vito.<\/p>\n

That workout consisted of three rounds of 20 repetitions each of the following exercises people could easily do in their homes: stair jumps (jump up one step, and step down), jumping jacks, pogo hops (arms above your head and soft knees jumping as high as you can without stopping), mountain climbers (start in a plank positing driving one knee toward your chest at a time, (squat jumps (start in a squatting position and jump up and down landing back in the squat position each time) and stationary lunges with each leg (take a step forward bending the front leg and having the back leg knee about two inches from the ground).<\/p>\n

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Looking ahead to next week, Linzee Vito plans to take the free at-home virtual workouts to the next level with live, interactive video classes on her Instagram or potentially another video-conferencing platform, like Zoom, broadcast from her home in Breckenridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll give you a chance to ask questions during the classes,\u201d Linzee Vito said, \u201cand have somebody responding to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if you can\u2019t join her for her classes, Vito encourages Summit County folk to get creative in how they stay active during social distancing and self isolation \u2014 even if that means using a gallon-water jug as a weight. Summit High School football head coach James Wagner also mentioned the water jug as a way to make a homemade weight if you don\u2019t have any at home. In terms of creativity, Wagner highly recommends what he calls the \u201cDeck of Cards Workout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just take a deck of cards, shuffle the deck, and pick a card off the top. If it\u2019s a 5, that means 5 repetitions of the workout of your choice, say, sit-ups or push-ups. If it\u2019s a Jack, that\u2019d be 11 reps, and so on and so forth up to a King at 13 repetitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you can do it with partner as well and create some competition,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cThat\u2019s always a fun one. It keeps it easy, fun and there\u2019s an element of surprise as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Happy Saturday! Looking for a simple, at-home strength program to keep you fit during this time? U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athletic Development Coach @mike_bing_ has put a little something together to keep each of you strong and healthy. Swipe \u27a1\ufe0f to see the workout, and keep an eye out for more of this content from different coaches in the coming weeks! \ud83c\udfcb\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f . A1) Backpack Front Squat \u2014 4 x 8-12 reps A2) Steven Nymans (@steven_nyman) \u2014 4 x 12 total reps . B1) Downdog Pushup \u2014 3 x 4-6 reps B2) Backpack Bent Over Row \u2014 3 x 8-12 reps . C1) Stagger-Stance RDL \u2014 3 x 8 reps per leg C2) Single Arm Carry\/Hold \u2014 3 x 60s per arm C3) Reverse Pike \u2014 3 x 8-12 reps The 7\ufe0f\u20e3 ingredients: Squat, Lunge, Push, Pull, Hinge, Carry, Core. Get creative, have fun, and stay consistent in your training!<\/a><\/p>\n

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While home this week, Wagner\u2019s fellow Summit High coach Karl Barth said he and his family have used the time together to do family yoga each morning, trying out new videos they come across on YouTube.<\/p>\n

For Summit County\u2019s avid ski and snowboarding community, yoga is a great way to keep your body \u2014 specifically your legs and core \u2014 in shape at home. Breckenridge local and accomplished ski mountaineer Nikki LaRochelle knows more about training specific to skiing than most anyone.<\/p>\n

For years, LaRochelle has led a strength & conditioning class for Breckenridge Ski Resort ski patrol<\/a> at the Breckenridge Recreation Center. With ski shape in mind, LaRochelle recommends getting creative at home, using a gallon of milk or even a small child or pet to do squats. LaRochelle also recommends wall sits, alternating lunges or jumping alternating lunges (what she dubs \u201ctele jumps\u201d), planks and glute bridges.<\/p>\n

Linzee Vito, Wagner and LaRochelle all agree staying as active as possible right now despite the shutdown is crucial to being where you want to be when it\u2019s passed. That\u2019s precisely the message Wagner is sending to his football players with training camp five months away.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI understand your resources may be limited, but the most important thing right now is to keep moving,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cDon\u2019t just sit around and lose everything you\u2019ve been working for. That\u2019s the worst thing that you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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