For skiing & snowboarding
For skiing & snowboarding, reverse Nordic rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that build different things for skiing & snowboarding, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Reverse Nordic. Eccentric quad strength for absorbing bumps and landings.
For quad growth, reverse Nordic rates well ahead on our research criteria: more of the work on the quads, more stretch.
For skiing & snowboarding, reverse Nordic rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that build different things for skiing & snowboarding, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both take some practice.
Cossack squat needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Reverse Nordic needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere.
About the same: both rate Good for injury protection in our research rubric.