I agree with what Max and Liam have said. The US Ski team follows the same rules, 4 days on snow one day off. Having said that I don't always follow this rule. It's mainly about snow time greed and because I have to travel to ski. Over the presidents day holiday and the week that followed I skied 9 days in a row and a lot of those days were pretty hard days. I am sure that I pay for this on snow but I definitely pay for it when I get home and it takes several days for my legs to come back. I skied in Tahoe thursday 3 days after the previous 9 days stretch and we skied in tight steep trees all morning in poor visibility and my legs were gone before lunch. But it was a pow day so I skied til 3. Probably a mistake but I was also skiing with HA and LP for the first time.
BW, your 28 year old body has little relevance with the approaching or over 50 gang (I am 52). Enjoy it!! Having said that the best skiers in the world are following this plan and they are in world class shape. You may want to play around with throwing in some off days when you can and see if it pays big dividends in that you can work harder and go harder.
It's obviously a lot easier to follow this rule if you don't get pounded with fresh snow!!
Lastly, this may may pertain to me more than most because I did so much endurance athletics training for so many years. I upped my strength training substantially this off season and cut back substantially my cycling and aerobic training. I am stronger than in any ski season that I have skied and my legs have held up better than in any season before as well.
Great rule!!
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