Some people just don't know what's good for them and the Austrian ski coaches seem to be up there with the best. After suggesting that the reason the US ski star, Lindsey Vonn is kicking butt this year is because she's packing a few pounds, she promptly went about a 3 day demolition of the competition in Haus im Ennstal, Austria. Not a great result for the Austrians and I'm sure they'll be keeping their comments to themselves in future.

In case you think that the lot of a skibunny is all photo shoots and glamourous locations, check out this video of Lindsey training. Anyone know the german for ripped?

 You can read Lindsey's thoughts about the Austrians' comments on her column for the Denver Post.

 I was looking for a free fitness routine to get fit for an upcoming trip to the alps (ski touring whoo-hoo!) and I came across a fabulous Youtube video from the guys over at bumpsforboomers.com

The above playlist shows the videos in order. If you want to start at the beginning you'll get tips on warming up etc and the last video is a ski fitness Q&A. You can also go to the entire workout playlist so that you can jump back and forth among the videos.

Well, North America and Europe seem to be getting the winter started in earnest now. We've seen dumps across the US, Canada, France and Italy. It's warming up nicely for a great winter.