| Being taught to snowboard by a partner can be the | | | | leaf, re-energise their body, stimulate their mind and |
| quickest way to end a perfectly good relationship. So | | | | re-vitalise their soul practicing yoga is a must. Yoga |
| why not ditch your man for a week and head off to | | | | can also bring huge benefits to snowboarders by |
| the slopes on your own? By the end of the week | | | | vastly improving their skill, ability and endurance on |
| you could have improved immensely; gained fitness | | | | the mountain... and there are number of women's |
| and be a lot happier about going snowboarding with | | | | only snowboarding weeks that include YOGA. Check |
| him next year. If you or your partner needs | | | | out rudechalets" rudegirls week - featured in the Daily |
| convincing that this is a good idea here are a few | | | | Mail Ski and Snowboard Magazine. |
| great reasons why. | | | | - Get chilled - De-stress and relax |
| - Get fit - Burn some serious calories | | | | Snowboarding is not just about charging around the |
| Learning to snowboard can burn up to 300 calories an | | | | mountain! The cosy mountain restaurants with roaring |
| hour - fact. So if you are super keen and make first | | | | log fires, the après ski bars with panoramic |
| lifts and ride all afternoon you will burn as many as | | | | sun terraces and the steamy outdoor hot tub back |
| 1200 extra calories per day! By the end of the week | | | | at the chalet mean there are plenty of opportunities |
| you will have easily worked off the 6000 calories | | | | to kick-back, relax and soak up the mountain |
| which the average person is said to consume on | | | | ambiance. And if you want to push the boat out you |
| Christmas day! | | | | can arrange for Heinrick the masseuse to give you a |
| - Get social - Find yourself a female companion for | | | | quick rub down... safe in the knowledge that "what |
| future trips | | | | goes on tour, stays on tour" |
| Everyone knows the saying "no friends on powder | | | | - Get cultured - Brush up on your language skills |
| day"...well this should really be extended to | | | | "Excuse em wah.. un beer please and un portion of |
| encompass wives and girlfriends and husbands and | | | | frites" You love him to bits but every meal he insists |
| boyfriends... because it works both ways. Let me | | | | on ordering for you.. so with him nowhere in sight |
| paint the picture... the night before the big snowfall | | | | you can re-discover your love for foreign languages. |
| arrives he spends every waking hour adjusting his | | | | Not only does learning a foreign language stimulate |
| stance, waxing his board, adjusting his stance again, | | | | your brain thus enhancing your communication and |
| packing his bag and so it goes on until he has every | | | | thinking abilities, it also gives you a greater cultural |
| eventuality covered. In the morning he wants to miss | | | | understanding of a different country and the world in |
| breakfast, not wait for anyone and is in a constant | | | | general. So before you head off dig out your old |
| state of stress. And you're quietly thinking... I don't | | | | French GCSE Tricolore books, they can be surprisingly |
| want to spend the day tearing around after him | | | | rewarding. |
| whilst he searches for every fresh line in the tree | | | | - Get healthy - Eat less junk food |
| sections secretly knowing that although he does a | | | | If you choose the right company for your holiday |
| great job of talking it up he doesn't have the skills to | | | | you will likely spend the week eating energy packed |
| make it out the other side unscathed. And this is | | | | breakfasts... porridge, honey, cereals, eggs etc and |
| when you thank your lucky stars you met Julie on | | | | nutritious evening meals made from seasonal |
| the women's only week last year... you can relax | | | | vegetables, fresh meat and local freshwater fish. Add |
| knowing a quick stroke of his ego and the line "I | | | | this to your daily snowboarding work out and you |
| wouldn't want to hold you back darling.. I am going to | | | | are going to be ending the week leaner and stronger |
| spend the day with Julie" will help you avoid a ruined | | | | as well as fitter. And it has to be more fun than |
| day on the mountain and a costly taxi back from the | | | | going to the gym. |
| back end of nowhere. | | | | Lots of companies offer womens only snowboarding |
| - Get Positive - Take up yoga | | | | weeks so why not give one of them a try. I hear |
| The benefits of yoga are so far reaching (pardon the | | | | that rudechalets offer great weeks in their morzine |
| pun!) that for anyone wanting to turn-over a new | | | | accommodation. |