Prepare your body to ski stronger, longer and with more control.
Personal ski fitness coaching by a French State-qualified ski instructor. Online wherever you live, on snow in the Alps.
- QualificationFrench State ski instructor diploma
- Teaching since1998
- Racing backgroundDownhill and super-G
- CareerCourchevel, French Alps
Teaching skiing since 1998 has taught me this: most skiers run out of legs long before they run out of technique.
I build your physical preparation around your level, your dates and your week, then follow your progress by video. When the season starts, we can ski together.
About Jean-Marie
Online coaching
A programme written for your week, with video check-ins and weekly adjustments.
Discover online coaching
On-snow coaching
Half days, full days or several days together on the slopes of Alpine resorts.
Discover on-snow coachingWhat skiing asks of your body
Skiing is braking work, done in repeated hard efforts and often at altitude. These figures come from published studies of skiers.
87%
of maximal heart rate during downhill skiing, as reported in a 2019 review.
Burtscher et al., 2019
24 h
at least. How long braking strength in the thighs stayed reduced after four hours of skiing, in fit recreational skiers.
Koller et al., 2015
1 in 3
injuries in recreational skiers involves the knee.
Posch et al., 2021
−6.3%
aerobic capacity for every 1,000 m of altitude gained, measured on endurance athletes.
Wehrlin and Hallén, 2006
Built for the way you ski
Your programme trains each of those demands in the proportion your skiing needs. Every exercise comes with a demonstration like these.
Braking strength
Thighs and hips that control pressure through thousands of turns.
Balance
Staying centred on one ski, on ice or in changing snow.
Power
Jumps and soft landings, for quick edge changes and fast reactions.
Core stability
A strong trunk that links your upper and lower body in every turn.
Train at home, coached online
Strength, balance and power work you can do in your living room or on your terrace, with my corrections by video.
How we start
Four steps from your first message to your first session.
Questionnaire
Three short steps about your skiing, your training and your goal.
Assessment call
We talk by video and run a few simple movement tests.
Your programme
Written for your week, with a demonstration of every exercise.
Follow-up
Video check-ins and adjustments, at the rhythm of your plan.
Three ways to work together
Every plan starts with an assessment and a programme written for you. Prices on request.
Basic
For a ski trip coming up
- Personalised programme
- Updated every four weeks
- One video check-in a month
Medium
By the season or by the year
- One live video session a week
- Programme adjusted every week
- Feedback on videos of your skiing
Premium
Complete, closely personalised coaching
- Ski technique and theory
- Complete physical preparation
- Closely personalised follow-up
