ELITEAM 2015- Day 1- It’s ON!
A DAILY DOSE OF DOUG… It’s ON! It’s good to be back at ELITEAM surrounded by energy, honesty and young people ready to push their limits. I happened to be at the Burpee Station during the afternoon rotation of activities. After talking about how our Burpees were doing double duty, …
ELITEAM’s 100,000 Burpee Challenge!
ELITEAM is joining forces with Positive Tracks for the ELITEAM 100,000 Burpee Challenge this summer! ELITEAM is the nation’s top fitness camp for young ski racers. Positive Tracks is the charity that helps kids get active and give back using their own sweat. THE ACTION: ELITEAMers do a ton of Burpees. This …
Val Gardena World Cup DH
Val Gardena’s Saslong Downhill by Doug Lewis I can remember inspecting Val Gardena’s Saslong course for the first time at age 19. About halfway down, I stood (barely) on the section called “The Mauer” – a frozen, bumpy, nasty, treacherous, near vertical schuss that takes you from 55 mph to …
See you in 2015!
Thanks for another great summer of pushing limits! Remember to dig deep this winter. Hope to see you next year!
Last Hike, Last Pits, Last FUN!
COACHES CORNER- Hiking Mt. Ellen with Coach Morgan… Today we ventured up to Sugarbush for a hike up Mt. Ellen. The hike was steep and rocky but all the campers made it to mid station, many made it even higher. We had some tired campers in the back that hitched …
Teamwork and Suffering
COACHES CORNER Coach Demi at the Ropes Courses- Today we woke up early, skipped a morning run and headed straight to Essex for the Northern Lights Ropes Course. After dividing into groups where a coach and counselor were harnessed up along with the kids, each group was sent to a …
Noodles and Escalators
Morning run was a bit more subdued today as everyone’s muscles are starting feel pretty sore. However, we cranked out 75 Push-ups anyway. We then fueled our bodies with a big breakfast of French toast and eggs before loading the bus to go to Green Mountain Trails – our mountain …
Tuesday was a knock out!
Today started with a morning run and stretch to wake up the muscles, but also work them out with 75 push-ups and some core. After breakfast it started to get crazy. The campers were split into five groups and rotated between boxing, gym agility, berg und tal, fit light quickness, …
