I am stronger than my peers. I can lift more weight. I have faster agility. I am more co-ordinated. I have higher levels of flexibility. However, I wasn’t winning every race. Being physically the best in the world off the snow WILL 100% give you confidence that you have prepared the best that you can. It WILL help you recover from mistakes you make on your skis quicker. It WILL help you load the skis with more pressure. It WILL help you power out the start more efficiently.

To be the very best in elite level sport, you can’t just be the best technically. That will only get you so far. You can’t just focus all your energy on being the strongest in the gym. We always say a sport is far more mental than it is technical based on how you handle the pressure and manage your expectations. But even if you have more confidence in your abilities than your peers you still need to have the skill level and more to back it up to win.v

We are absolutely delighted to welcome Chemmy Alcott as Stratiam's new brand ambassador! As a 4X Winter Olympian and one of Britain's greatest skiers. Chemmy recognises that maintaining an ‘A’ game on the slopes requires rapid understanding of data from multiple sources... Just as it does for optimising for performance from any data sets. We’ll be working with Chemmy over the coming months on a series of blog posts related to skiing, data and performance optimization.