Maddie Mastro is a decorated professional snowboarder who has competed in two Winter Olympics (2018 and 2022) and earned multiple medals in the World Championships and X Games. Known for her incredible athleticism, Maddie stays active in and out of the snow. Recently, she shared an Instagram post about her love of biking, captioning it, “I’ve missed you Canyon Road.” Here’s how Maddie keeps herself fit and ready to dominate the slopes.
1. She Bikes
As you can see from her Instagram post, Mastro likes to bike ride to keep herself in shape. A Healthier Michigan states that biking has a lot of health benefits. “Biking is a calorie burner. All that work your body is doing by pedaling and balancing not only works muscles in your arms and core, but it counts as serious cardio exercise and burns calories with every spin of the wheels. By biking at a moderate pace, about 12 or 13 miles per hour, a person weighing 155 pounds burns nearly 300 calories in 30 minutes, according to statistics shared by Harvard University. Like to pedal faster? A person of that same weight doing a fast pace of 14 or 15 miles per hour burns more than 370 calories in 30 minutes.”
2. She Snowboards
Naturally, snowboarding is one of the exercises that keeps Mastro in shape. Snowboarding has a lot of benefits. The University of Rochester states, “Skiing and snowboarding are thrilling activities and great workouts. Both sports are excellent cardiovascular exercises that strengthen the heart. They are also weight-bearing exercises. So hey strengthen your bones as they tone your muscles.”
3. She Walks
Mastro likes to walk to keep herself in shape. She shared this post on Instagram of herself out walking, captioning it, “Evening stroll 💕 bonus content of a fit check included.” The American Heart Association states that walking has a lot of health benefits. “Research has shown that walking at a brisk pace at least 150 minutes a week can help you: Think better, feel better and sleep better. Reduce your risk of serious diseases like heart disease, stroke, diabetes and several types of cancer. Improve your blood pressure, blood sugar and blood cholesterol levels. Increase your energy and stamina. Improve your mental and emotional well-being and reduce your risk of depression. Improve memory and reduce your risk of dementia. Boost bone strength and reduce your risk of osteoporosis. Prevent weight gain.”
4. She Uses Weights
Mastro shared this workout video on Instagram. In it, she is seen doing exercises with weights. ACE Fitness states that using weights has a lot of benefits. “Strength training with heavy weights improves muscle definition. Muscle definition occurs as the result of muscles remaining in a state of semi-contraction and heavy strength training recruits the larger type II muscle fibers responsible for a muscle’s appearance.”
5. She Does Lunges
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Mastro is also seen doing lunges in the previous Instagram video. ACE Fitness states that these have a lot of benefits. “They’re a form of unilateral training, which means you’re working only one limb or side of the body at a time. And unilateral training is a more effective way to build functional strength (than using both legs) because these types of movement mimic other everyday motions, like walking and climbing stairs — and not just to the working leg. Research suggests the strength gains to the nonworking side are about half of the strength gains of the working side.”
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