What does Toby “Awesome” Dawson, the gold medalist at the 2005 World Cup Freestyle Skiing Championships and 2006 Olympic hopeful do when he’s not training at home? …Well, more training – only this time, instead of setting sail and “Screamin Seaman” off mogul runs at Vail, he was literally jumping off the walls at Radu’s Physical Culture on 57^th street in Manhattan.  He even piled on another workout using Balance Boards and Plyometric Equipment from Vew-Do.

I’m dead serious… The only way to describe a Radu training session would be to say it’s like gym class with a rocket in your pocket.   After Radu put Toby through a gauntlet of core training drills, * which included jumping 4 feet off the wall and leap-frogging over a maze of weight benches*  I wondered how much gas he’d have left in his tank to work with him on his balance and agility skills.

Little did I know….No problem.  That’s because Toby is a physical specimen; a rare genetic combination of strength, agility, lightning-fast reflexes and iron-man-like endurance. That was already proven when he placed third at Deer Valley, just 13 days after breaking his foot while playing volleyball. I just had to ask him how the heck he did it.  His reply was, “I didn’t have time to do any rehab.  I basically tossed the crutches for the day, competed and got right back on them as soon as my ski boots came flying off.”

Toby possesses so much natural balance and agility, that he was doing helicopters within five minutes on The Vew-Do balance board.   Then, with his powerful leaping ability, he breezed through a few sets of upper and lower body plyometric exercises.  After witnessing him train, Toby looks to be at the top of his game and performance ready.  

He’s a favorite to make the US Olympic team.  Then it’s off to Torino to stomp some mogul butt!  Good luck to you Mr. Dawson…

(Top) Toby "Awesome" Dawson nails a balance board helicopter.  (Bottom) Some balance board plyometric box jumps.

Brew Moscarello

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