Friday Thoughts 118

Greetings! Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Thoughts, coming to you from Twin Mountain, NH.

SkiING

Over the past 10 winters I have had countless people make their return to skiing after a long hiatus. A lot of the conversations go the same:

Them:” “Hey, I went skiing for the first time in 20 years!'“

Me: “Wow. That’s incredible! How did it go?

Them: “Horrible. Everything hurt and my legs weren’t ready for it.

Me: “But you did it… And you just mentioned you haven’t tried in over 20 years…”

Nothing prepares you for skiing better than doing the thing. The positive aspect I aim to point out is that you were confident enough to try.

Anyway, I got to live this experience.

I hadn’t been snowboarding since 2007, I was a senior in high school.

After spending the morning honing in my skiing skills with Elliot, I strapped on my snowboard and proceeded to be shocked at how much came rushing back to me.

I was nervous the whole way up on the chairlift, because no one wants to fall getting off one of those. And somehow I managed a smooth dismount, and then it all came rushing back. I was strapping my other foot on while standing on, hoping along flat spots and riding like I never had a break. Expect for my legs. Wow they were burning!

All I could think of was that my legs weren’t prepared—and the only thing that could have prepared them? More exposures to snowboarding, not more time in the gym.

That’s all for this week, catch you in the gym on Monday!

—Justin Miner