This
innovative piece of cross-country
ski equipment has the potential
to provide you with some
of the most powerful cardiovascular
workouts you'll ever experience
in your life.
One
of the best all-around physical
activities for improving
your health and fitness
just got better. What activity
am I talking about? It's
cross-country skiing!
However,
what I'm about to tell you
could change the way you
look at cross-country skiing
forever...
[Note:
if you're not into cross-country
skiing, but have friends
or family who are, please
pass this information on
to them - it has the potential
to dramatically improve
their skiing and they will
have you to thank for turning
them onto it!]
If
you've ever tried cross-country
skiing, you know exactly
what I mean when I say it's
one of the best all-around
physical activities for
improving your health and
fitness. It's truly one
of the most effective ways
to get your body into shape
quickly. Not only does it
work practically every muscle
in your body, burning large
amounts of calories in short
periods of time, it is one
of the absolute best forms
of exercise for developing
your cardiovascular system.
I
think we all agree that
cross-country skiing is
a great form of exercise,
but what do you do when
there's no snow on the ground?
What if you live where there
is no snow? What if you
do if you have snow but
there are no trails close
to you?
Enter:
the CAT Ski.
(http://www.catskier.com)
"CAT
Ski" stands for "Classic
All-Terrain Ski" and
its goal is to allow you
to cross-country ski on
any terrain on almost any
surface in any season! Does
the CAT Ski achieve this
goal? You're going to find
out...
Recently,
I met the inventor of the
CAT Ski, Dale Niggemann,
at his manufacturing facility
in Wisconsin. After touring
the facility and learning
how the skis are made, I
took a pair of CAT Skis
out for a "test drive."
How The
CAT Ski Works:
The
construction of the CAT
Ski is deceptively simple.
At first glance, it appears
to be a fairly regular ski
complete with a sliding
foot plate with strategically-placed
bungees attached to it.
It
can be tricky to visualize
just through a written description
alone but, basically, you
plant the ski on the ground
and your foot slides forward
on the ski, stretching the
bungees. Then you do the
same thing with the other
foot. While you are doing
it with the other foot,
you lift the ski off the
ground, removing your bodyweight
from the ski and the bungees
pull the slider back into
the start position where
you can go again from there.
In
essence, the ski itself
isn't actually sliding -
you are sliding on top of
the ski, using the top surface
of the ski itself as snow
instead of sliding on the
ground.
Click
here to see a video demo
of how the CAT Ski works.
Sliding
on the ski rather than the
ground is an extremely powerful
and useful concept - the
bottom surface of the CAT
Ski is basically just a
stable surface upon which
you slide. You can place
this stable surface on practically
ANY other surface, from
pavement to sand to grass
to gravel and still be able
to slide freely on top of
the ski itself. The ski
doesn't slide on the ground
- you slide on the ski!
Is The
CAT Ski Effective?
In
a nutshell, yes. The CAT
Ski is extremely effective
in terms of not only mimicking
the "Classic"
style of cross-country skiing
(the diagonal style you
normally associate with
cross-country skiing, as
opposed to the "skating"
style), but also in terms
of cardiovascular benefits.
Cross-country
skiing holds undeniable
benefits to the person interested
in improving their cardio
capacity and losing bodyfat.
CAT Skiing, in my experience
after testing the CAT Ski
as compared to many years
of cross-country skiing
on snow, is actually MORE
challenging to the cardiovascular
system than regular snow
skiing. And, you can do
it anywhere, any season!
You
will know you've done a
workout when you get done
with a CAT Ski session!
It does get easier as you
develop your technique and
get more comfortable on
the CAT Skis, but the challenge
is definitely still there
as are the tremendous cardiovascular
benefits.
I've
also found the CAT Ski to
be an excellent piece of
equipment for teaching better,
more efficient cross-country
skiing technique. Let me
put it this way...as a former
cross-country ski racer
myself, I felt I had reasonably
good skiing technique. After
using the CAT Skis for only
half an hour, I could feel
EXACTLY how my technique
could be improved to dramatically
increase my skiing efficiency
and speed.
It
wasn't something that could
be easily explained or demonstrated
with standard teaching methods
- the "feel" of
the CAT Ski and how it operated
actually taught me how to
better transfer power and
improve my stride.
Who Is
The CAT Ski Appropriate
For?
The
CAT Ski will work best for
you if you are already comfortable
with basic cross-country
skiing technique. The more
experienced a skier you
are, the easier the technique
for the CAT Ski will come
to you.
Unfortunately,
it's not a piece of equipment
that you will be able to
jump on and immediately
start skiing down a dirt
road like it was snow. You
can definitely achieve that
level of skill but it does
require some practice.
The
first session is not going
to be easy. In fact, you
will get a great workout
just learning the basic
technique! Once you've started
picking up the technique,
improvements come quickly,
though, and those who are
more recreational skiers
will certainly be able to
benefit greatly from the
CAT Ski.
If
you have never cross-country
skied before, however, this
is honestly probably not
the equipment for you.
But
if you are an avid cross-country
skier, interested in improving
your skiing technique, you're
going to LOVE the CAT Ski.
It is an extremely powerful
piece of training equipment
that can help you dramatically
improve your technique in
a very short amount of time.
It
will also help you get in
and stay in amazing shape
for skiing year-round! When
you hit the ski trails in
the winter, you'll already
be at the top of your game.
Conclusion:
Is
the CAT Ski a useful piece
of training equipment? Absolutely.
Is the CAT Ski for everyone?
Probably not. But if you're
familiar with cross-country
skiing and looking to make
rapid improvements in both
technique and cardiovascular
capacity, the CAT Ski could
be one of the most powerful
training tools you have
at your disposal.
To
learn more about the CAT
Ski, how it works and where
you can get a pair, please
visit (http://www.catskier.com)
now!
The inventor of the CAT
Ski, Dale Niggemann, can
be contacted at:
Sisu
Co.
8057 Lake Rd.
Stevens Point, Wisconsin,
54481
1-800-380-8412
sales@planetxc.com
http://www.catskier.com
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