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- What would be the perfect classical striding roller ski?
- Does it exist?
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- Safety?
- Where can you use them?
- How well do they simulate ski motion?
- How well do they simulate kick?
- Type of cardiovascular workout?
- Does it build strength effectively?
- Is it easy to relax and focus on technique?
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- Non Impact Total Body Workout
- The Ultimate No Snow Ski
- Ski on or favorite trail
- Works on beaches, dirt trails, soccer fields & etc.
- Safer than skiing on snow
- Time efficient
- Simulate skiing up hill
- Ski in the evening or at night safely
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- It is a cross country ski that doesn’t need snow. It can be used on
virtually any surface.
- Simulates striding up a gradual uphill
- You must stride up and down hill.
- It designed for everyone no matter what skill level.
- Doesn’t use wheels on the ground.
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- Front wheel to guide ski through rough terrain
- Bottom ski or the base of the ski set on the ground.
- Glide Carriage is what the binding mounts to and what moves back and
forth across the bottom ski.
- Front and rear wheel are ratcheted.
- Rear Tension adjuster is what controls the variable resistance.
- Grippers are what set on the ground and can be replaced easily when they
wear out.
- Resistance bungee is the return mechanism for the CAT Skis
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- The CAT Ski consists of a bottom ski with grippers to keep it from
slipping on whatever surface you exercise on. Mounted on top of the CAT
ski is aluminum glide carriage. The carriage can slide back and forth on
top of the ski. The CAT ski works by the carriage gliding over the top
of the bottom ski. (Note: The bottom ski doesn’t slide on the ground).
After gliding to the front of the bottom ski on the carriage, the skier
will shift their weight to the other ski. This weight shift to the other
ski allows the bottom ski to shoot forward with the aid of the bunjee
and the cycle starts all over again on the other ski. By using this
system you have the perfect ski trail where ever you go. The bunjees
that are used to shoot the skies forward are also used for resistance.
By using the resistance adjuster on the back of the ski you can simulate
a variety of ski slopes. The more resistance you have, the steeper the
hill it simulates.
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- Down hills
- Speed/Stability
- Cars, pot holes, cracks, rocks and etc..
- Kick simulation
- Easy of use/Learning
- Transition to Snow
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- Can safely descend hills
- Stops when you stop
- Can ski on virtually every type of terrain.
- Simulates the kick of a snow ski perfectly.
- With instruction most people can learn how to cat ski in minutes.
- Virtually perfect transition to snow
- No snow solution to Classical technique
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- You may go for a 3-4 hour easy tours.
- Simulates ski walking up a slight up hill even on a flat.
- For some people this may take a little time to learn how to ski easily
on them.
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- Will improve your VO 2 Max quickly and efficiently
- Increase Specific Strength
- Will increase foot speed
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- My Dad has thousands of kilometers of lighted CAT ski trails in his back
yard.
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- The kick must push down like a snow ski or you will slip.
- Teaches how to bring the foot forward quickly or the ski will smack the
heel hard
- Teaches high to medium tempo
- Teaches not to shuffle
- Safer than skiing on snow
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- Cat skis kick zone is under the foot like snow skis
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- Not Relaxed- heel smacks
- If you over stride you will hit the front and ski will shoot forward
erratically
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- Going down hill is very safe with CAT skis but you must be careful when
first learning!
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- The CAT Skis are so close to how a ski works sometimes you must wax.
- A spray on kick wax that adheres even when the ski is wet
- You may use kick wax but it builds up sometimes and can be hard to
apply.
- Blue kick works for most conditions.
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- No kick? Check to make sure wheels are ratcheted.
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- LT 75 – For skiers (180cm) 5’11”and taller
- LT 65 – For Skiers (180-168.5cm) 5’11”-5’6”
- LT 55 – For skiers (168.5cm) 5’6” and shorter
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- Teaches higher tempo
- Easy to teach skiers
- Safe
- Can be done most anywhere
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- If you don’t shift your weight and you try to shuffle you will run out
of "trail" and hit the front.
Thus, you must release the ski from the ground and let it shoot
forward. Also, many people slip
at first when they are learning how to CAT ski. Just like a snow ski,
you must push down to achieve “kick”.
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- My biggest breakthrough on teaching people how to ski came from Lee
Borowski. When he teaches people how to stride he has them take little
strides and little glides. By taking a little glide about 10-12cms,(5-6
inches) and a little stride the ski will not shoot aggressively forward.
As you feel more comfortable increase your length of step and glide
more.
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- When you increase the tempo on the CAT ski you decrease the distance you
are gliding.
- You could also increase the bungee tension to decrease the glide
distance so you don’t hit the front. However, you must stop and adjust
the bungee tension.
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- If the shock absorber hits the rear wheel hard this means you are
pausing at the end of the push/kick. This is where the CAT skis are your
best coach because once you eliminate this problem you will eliminate
the pause and ski faster.
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- It is safe and fun.
- Works a higher tempo type of dance on your skis.
- When going down hill you will ram the front of the cat ski.
- On down hills I actually teach beginner cat skiers how to do this so,
they can descend the hill safely.
- When first learning, I recommend coming to a complete stop after each
step.
- Another way that was recommended by Chris Rolfe was to drag the back ski
to slow your decent on the other ski. Thus, the more you drag the rear
ski the more control you will have going down hill, much like Telemark
skiing.
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- The CATs are mechanical marvels to watch work but you must look forward
not down when skiing.
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- When striding you want to swing your leg through with the hip and land
on a flat foot.
- You don’t want to pick up your knees like you are walking. By doing this
you transfer the energy of your push forward to the ski in the track.
- By doing this drill on pavement, the slapping sound is amplified so the
CAT skier can work on swinging their hip through and landing on a flat,
forward flowing foot. Within minutes skiers learn how to ski and not
walk on skis.
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- Jump from one ski and glide on the other
- Repeat with the other leg
- Eliminates shuffling
- Focus on setting the gliding ski down in front of the other ski not
beside it.
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- Increased VO 2 max
- More efficient ski technique
- More Strength
- The CAT ski will help you improve all of these.
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- How can world cup skiers jump skate up all the hills in a 10 km Race?
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- Correct timing
- Timing is driven by the core
- When the core activates, it initiates the legs and the upper body
movements at the correct time
- The core is the communication link between the upper body and the lower
body
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- Double pole is the fundamental motion of skiing.
- Both the upper body and lower body is used in double poling.
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- By doing the broad jump and measuring how far you jump in one jump
- Can chart jumping distance progress
- Can evaluate core strength
- You can also measure how far you jump in 10 or more jumps and how long
it takes you.
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- Similar to the up motion in the broad jump
- The up motion is what initiates the push with the legs.
- The up motion maintains forward momentum
- Naturally brings the hips forward
- Makes for perfect timing if the push is initiated at the core
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- When skiing with the core you have a direct link of communication
between the upper body and the lower body.
- All skiing starts and ends with the movement of the core.
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- Go to Catskier.com for the latest jumping workouts and for more info on
how jumping can improve your skiing.
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