The Season Starts Now

The lifts have closed, the skis are waxed and put away, and most skiers won't think about their skiing again until the first snow. That gap, from April to November, is where next season is decided.

This is especially true past 40. Mobility narrows a little each year unless you work on it, and the strength that let you ski all day at 30 doesn't maintain itself. None of this is a problem. It just needs a plan.

Here is the plan I give my own students: three phases, each with one job.