Once on the slope, a couple of things to bear in mind are food and clothing. Skiing requires a lot of energy - but this should be ingested in the form of complex carbohydrates such as potatoes and pasta rather than fat. A combination of fatty food and heavy apres-ski could result in you putting on weight, despite exercising all day. Skiing and snowboarding are not only physically strenuous, but need mental concentration as well. Clothes need to allow free movement, and should keep you warm.
Layers are much better than one thick item of clothing.
The sun can also wreak havoc on normally office-confined skin. So while toiling to perfect your parallels, wear very high factor sun cream and lip salve. Skiers are more likely toi have an accident at the end of a session that at any other time. Fatigue, combined with cold, can to poor judgment and accidents. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Links to other Health stories are at the foot of the page.