How to Do
The heavy water-skiing should begin with good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the heavy water-skiing.
Beginning
1. Begin by sitting in the water with your knees bent and your weight shifted to the back of your skis, so the front tips of your skis poke out of the water.
2. Maintain your balance; the forces pushing and pulling will make balance difficult.
3. As the boat speeds up, it will start to pull you along with it. All you have to do at that point is stand up.
Movement
1. Begin in deep water, with your legs together.
2. Allow the boat to do the work and stay in a crouched position until you're ready to board a plane.
3. Straighten your legs once you're up.
4. Teach your boat driver the proper towing speed around 30 MPH for water-skiers.
5. Once you're comfortable on two skis, you can switch to slalom skiing by removing one ski.
ACSM Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American College of Sports Medicine advocates that you take part in a combined 30 minutes of moderate to intense aerobic or anaerobic activity most days out of the week.
What does that mean for you?
Based on the intensity and your typical hour-long strength training and cardio program, that usually works out at three to five sessions each week.
