WEBVTT - This Intense Ski Workout Can Give Anyone ‘Eccentric Strength’

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Masser and

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Kelly on Bloomberg Radio. Yes, getting stronger every day.

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<v Speaker 1>This time for another edition of what we like to

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<v Speaker 1>call here on Bloomberg Business we except for Sweat. Today

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<v Speaker 1>it's about a new fitness concept called Shred that's got

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<v Speaker 1>your attention. I bet here with Morris to him son,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a song he's a freelance writer at Bloomberg Pursuits

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<v Speaker 1>and he does join us on the phone from Brooklyn.

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<v Speaker 1>So tell us about this workout. I love the name shred.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is it? Tim right, Well, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's uh, yeah, it's sort of interesting. It was put

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<v Speaker 1>together by this woman Carol and Levie who's a lifelong

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<v Speaker 1>skier and um found that she and her friends just

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<v Speaker 1>maybe weren't quite as ready for the season as they

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<v Speaker 1>thought they could be. And I think there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of stories out there are people who um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>go heavy on training their legs and think they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be ready. Then they get out there the first day

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<v Speaker 1>of ski season on a trip. They're super excited about it.

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<v Speaker 1>They've paid a lot of money for and then a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of planning for and they find that before the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day they're pretty well spent. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>do anymore. So, um, it's sort of trying to to

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<v Speaker 1>hedge against that and making sure people get the most

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<v Speaker 1>out of their vacation. And I love this terminology that

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<v Speaker 1>they used, Tim called eccentric strength and tell us what

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<v Speaker 1>that is, because I think it alludes to what what

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<v Speaker 1>you were talking about, this notion that you know, skiing

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<v Speaker 1>uses and anybody who's been skiing after that first day

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<v Speaker 1>of the season, regardless of how prepared you are, as

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<v Speaker 1>you say, things hurt that you didn't really realize you

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<v Speaker 1>had right exactly. And it's uh yeah, sort of different

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<v Speaker 1>use of the word eccentric than maybe we're used to,

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<v Speaker 1>although certainly some skiers can be eccentric. Um. It really

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<v Speaker 1>has to do with the idea of of sort of

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<v Speaker 1>more of a negative muscle movement. And so if you

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<v Speaker 1>think of what it feels like to hike or run

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<v Speaker 1>or walk down a hill rather than climbing up it,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's a lot of kind of resisting the

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<v Speaker 1>forces of gravity and then all of the stabilization that

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<v Speaker 1>goes into your knees and hips to make that possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a lot of kind of small muscles, tendings,

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<v Speaker 1>things that need to be conditioned to allow you to

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<v Speaker 1>really do that safely in a way that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>minimize the chance of injury and maximize your chance of

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<v Speaker 1>sort of having a really enjoyable day. And on top

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<v Speaker 1>of the sorry you took the class though, what was

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<v Speaker 1>it like? So the class is great, and it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>great because it uh it hits those things and in

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<v Speaker 1>sort of um a lot of this high intensity interval

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<v Speaker 1>training way that that you can do in other classes,

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<v Speaker 1>but in a very tailored way. So it's things like

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<v Speaker 1>UM split squats and uh lunges and a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>exercises balancing either on one leg or on knees or

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<v Speaker 1>on both legs on a bowsuit ball which is a

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<v Speaker 1>sort of half inflated UH ball that that creates a

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<v Speaker 1>kind of unstable surface that that requires you to balance,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's kind of the other part of it, UM

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<v Speaker 1>that this workout hits in the interval component is um

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<v Speaker 1>seeing involves a lot of core strength and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of balance and things that don't involve any sort of uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, squats or leg work out at all, but

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<v Speaker 1>that really involves keeping your whole body, uh upright and

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<v Speaker 1>even in space and having that awareness well and the

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<v Speaker 1>other and they use this piece of equipment called skiers Edge,

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<v Speaker 1>which I have to say they have at my gym

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<v Speaker 1>near my house. Uh it is you get on it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really kind of crazy, but also really does replicate

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the movement of skiing right now. It does.

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<v Speaker 1>It does. It's one of those things. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>very easy to look at it and and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a little gimmicky and be kind of skeptical,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, it has these independent foot platforms um

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<v Speaker 1>and as you go side to side, and actually there

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<v Speaker 1>are different machines that vary the height at which you're

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<v Speaker 1>sliding side to side. But it really does require you

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<v Speaker 1>to use each foot individually and angle the knees and

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<v Speaker 1>hips in a way that that does mimic skiing. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not a perfect thing, but it certainly does does

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<v Speaker 1>the job. And it's a good cardio work out as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny though it's it's been around since, uh since

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<v Speaker 1>the nineteen eighties, and like you say, they are they

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<v Speaker 1>are at a bunch of gyms and things and and

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<v Speaker 1>tend to be a little under used, but there I

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<v Speaker 1>think having a little bit resurgence. There is this sort

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<v Speaker 1>of eighties thing about it that it's sort of like

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<v Speaker 1>the if the Nordic track is on kind of this

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<v Speaker 1>to date end of the age workout spect and this

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of the amped up, ant up version of that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a great comparison. Can I just say look at

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<v Speaker 1>the picture that's associated and forgive me for everybody on

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<v Speaker 1>radio you have to go to Bloomberg dot com to

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<v Speaker 1>check it out, but there's a picture and it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of to some extent and do a little physical therapy

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<v Speaker 1>right now for like a neck thing. But it reminds

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<v Speaker 1>me of like physical therapy, like some of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that you're using to get back in shape. And that

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<v Speaker 1>is definitely, uh, that is one of the markets where

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<v Speaker 1>you'll see these things actually in physical therapist offices for

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<v Speaker 1>certain types of knee and hip we have, they are

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<v Speaker 1>actually using these more and more. And again partly it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's because of the motion, and partly it is because

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<v Speaker 1>it's um, you know, it's very low impact. There's there's

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<v Speaker 1>none it's not on a treadmill, it's not running, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just no real joint impact in the motion. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's great story. Check it out on bloomberg dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Timp Zone is a writer for Bloomberg Pursuits talking about

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<v Speaker 1>shred