Our Story
Ski Strong for Life isn't a repurposed gym program. It's the year-round training system one masters skier built to keep skiing strong — and now shares with athletes 45–75.
I'm Mike. I've been strength training for 48 years and skiing for longer than that — 50+ days a season at Snowbasin and Powder Mountain in Utah. I'm a StrongFirst SFL and AGT certified instructor.
For years I did what most dedicated skiers do: I trained hard, but with programs that weren't built for skiing — or for an aging athlete. CrossFit chewed up my joints. Generic strength splits left me strong in the gym but burning out halfway down the mountain. Skiing-specific YouTube workouts never added up to a system.
Ski Strong for Life is the system I built for myself. I spent years figuring out what actually transfers to the hill — and discovered that strength training alone wasn't enough. Adding functional balance and anti-burn endurance was the missing link. Now I'm sharing the complete system with masters skiers who want to keep skiing strong for the next 10, 20, or 30 years.
Three convictions shape every program in Ski Strong for Life.
Every program is built around the actual mechanics of skiing — the balance, the leg endurance, the eccentric load of holding an edge — not borrowed from a 25-year-old's bodybuilding split.
Volume, intensity, and rest are tuned for athletes 45–75. You build real strength without grinding your joints or showing up to the hill already exhausted.
Strength alone was never enough. Adding functional balance and anti-burn endurance — periodized across the full training year — was the missing link.
Ski Strong for Life is built and run by Ski Fit Nation, LLC — Mike's home for ski-specific training content and coaching for masters athletes.
Read more about my approach at SkiFitNation.com →Year-round, ski-specific strength training built for masters athletes — at your own pace.