Before lifts, how did Olympians get up the hills?
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they walked thats all just like skiers did in the begining
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You need one leg balance, as you use leg motions much like skates. They go very fast!\n\nhttp://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/skiing/skateski.htm
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Skiing - Do you know how hard it is to pick your a$$ up off a hill with a board attached to your feet so you have to move them together???
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Correction Sir, Didley Squat was invented by Olympic Power Lifter Gilbert Didley...( cousin of Bo ) after pulling a quad muscle in the "88 " games...a little known fact...Dolphins wrote the old TV series Flipper...they also invented Reality TV....geez...you're right they ARE stupid !
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When you are walking up the hill, you are using your muscular effort to move your body weight forward and up against the force of gravity.\n\nWhen you are biking up the same hill, you are using your muscular effort to move your body weight plus the weight of the bike foward and up against the force of gravity.  In addition, you have the resistance of the gears which requires further muscular exertion to complete each revolution.  That's why you can usually only ride up a hill on a low gear which reduces the resistance on the pedals.
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The area most people seem to miss is the lower back.  All your power, especially when climbing, starts from your hip flexers and lower back (this kind of works as an extension of your glutes).\nYou want to know what muscles are used you need to see a pro-cylist without his shirt on.  Awesome calves, thighs, a**, and core muscles (abs and back).  Little dinky wrists.  Scrawny shoulders and neck.
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what u should do is practice practice and once ur done practice again. Also u should run hills and lift weight to make ur legs stronger.
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first the inside control is put into place...then the first section of the outside is built...then, they use side jacks to lift the inside up to the next level, and so on til they reach their height goal..
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Strides...or so they are called.\n\nIt's a technique that is done by holding small weights in each hand, such as 5 or 10 pounds, and stepping forward with one foot, while going down with the knee of the other leg, getting close to the ground, but not touching, and then back upright again.\n\nIn accordance with this, weight lifting such as the leg press and such actually decreases your vertical jump.\n\nHope this helps :)
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Squats, leg press, running, shoveling, manual labor, hiking, put weight on your legs and wlka or run.  There are thousands of ways.
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Do a lot of sprints and ladders (25 m,50 m,75, m, 100m, then back down.)  also a good thing is getting a 45 pound weight (Plate not dumbell) and tying to your waist with a long rope and running sprints on the field with it dragging behind you.  Also power lift in other words go for more weight for less reps.  Also first response is kind of right running on hills is hard but works Great.  Push Yourself all the time
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Heights!..How bout that?
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Anything that you can do at an incline
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Freestyle skiers are the adventurous athletes of the Olympic Winter Games. The Freestyle Aerialists fly into the air from specially designed ski ramps. There they perform acrobatics 50 feet in the air. Freestyle Mogul skiers seek speed and style while they race between and over mounds of snow. These freestyle events are fairly new to the Olympic Winter Games. At Deer Valley Resort in 2002, the moves and tricks will be better than ever.
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I'm in the US Army, and they used to make us do a workout called a fire hydrant.  You get down on all fours, and then lift your leg to the outside, kinda like you are a dog peeing on a fire hydrant.  I know it sounds really weird, but after about 75-100 each leg, you will start feeling it.
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Toe raises will help you get there, No fancy equipment needed, just get your toes on a 2x4 up and down. i think squat thrusts would hellp too.\n\nDamn 6'6 and you couldnt dunk?
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Gravity.\n\nAlso you have changed the terms of the original proposition.\nIn addition to simply going from point A to B and back, you have added LIFTING (applying additional force) to go UP the stairs. Going down the stairs your legs support your weight, as they always do (subject to a bit more force, perhaps), but when you go UP the stairs, your muscles have to raise your body weight, and pull it up.