[Kylee Toth]

Hi Brett,

Thanks for your question. If you are not on a skimo setup with extremely light boots, skis and bindings we suggest being careful with the use of ME during “competition” season or your “specificity” season which for skiers is winter. You are right touring with a freeride or even normal backcountry setup has an ME effect in itself. Often clients with this type of setup can’t even do zone 2 work while skiing at first and need to either get a skimo, Nordic setup or run/treadmill to keep their HR’s low enough until they build enough fitness. As a rule of thumb for ski athletes a lot of the strength work should be done in the summer and especially the fall with maintenance weight training in the winter. Hope this helps!