Training With Daniel Tynell: “Dare To Challenge Yourself In The Downhills”

Uphill and downhill skiing is challenging for many skiers of all levels. In the new article, Langd.se’s coach Daniel Tynell shares his training tips for developing your technique in the downhills and on the uphills. 

Uphill and downhill skiing is challenging for many skiers of all levels. In the new article, Langd.se’s coach Daniel Tynell shares his training tips for developing your technique in the downhills and on the uphills. 

Are you racing at Vasaloppet this winter? Vasaloppet legend Daniel Tynell shares his training tips: key sessions, technique, and tactics – until Vasaloppet on March 5, 2023.

Daniel Tynell has won Vasaloppet three times, one of only a handful to achieve this feat in the race’s over 100-year history. Tynell has been on the Vasaloppet’s podium seven times and among the top seven, ten times.

Training With Tynell

Daniel Tynell is now a coach on our Swedish sister site Längd.se. During winter, Tynell goes through everything, from double poling technique to mental preparations, what it takes to perform at your best and which key training sessions should be included in the run-up to Vasaloppet.  

Tynell brings training advice and recommendations for both elite and recreational skiers – whether you start in the first wave and are chasing a new personal best or far behind and want to complete the 90km race in style.  

Double poling, kick double pole, and diagonal striding was the last article’s focus.

Read More – “Vasaloppet Training With Daniel Tynell: “Double Poling Or Not – That Is The Question” 

In today’s training article, Tynell goes through the downhill and uphill techniques.

Click Here To Read – “Vasaloppet Training With Daniel Tynell: “Dare To Challenge Yourself In The Downhills” 

During winter, Daniel Tynell will write columns on ProXCskiing.com’s Swedish sister site Längd.se (hence the column is written in Swedish), and you can access Tynells’s eight-part training program. To read the text (from the second article), you need to register as a member.

As a member, you have access to Tynell’s eight training articles. 

Register HERE as a Member.

As a member of ProXCskiing.com, you get full access to all content on the site (including langrenn.com – Norwegian; maastohiihto.com – Finnish; and langd.se -Swedish) and live streaming of Ski Classics Pro Tour events with English commentaries on SC Play.

When you become part of one of the world’s leading XC ski communities, you will receive many exclusive offers all year round.

Are you interested in training? Here you have a collection of articles about Training. 

Show sharing buttons

Subscribe to our newsletter

Most read

  • 20.01.2023, Zuoz Switzerland (SUI): Chris Andre Jespersen (NOR), Astrid Oyre Slind (NOR), (l-r) - Ski Classics La Diagonela, Zuoz (SUI).
    1

    Coach leaving Team Aker Dæhlie

    by Ingeborg Scheve
    11.05.2026
  • Northug Syrstad
    1

    Northug finally gets the green light – after six months of drama

    by Ingeborg Scheve
    19.09.2026
  • Myhlback Stolpe
    1

    Ski stars confirm: “We are moving in together”

    by Ingeborg Scheve
    24.09.2026
  • Vasaloppet
    1

    Strong performances and decisive moves define Vasaloppet 2026

    by Leandro Lutz
    01.03.2026
  • Sandra Schützová
    1

    Months of uncertainty: Sandra Schützová took the risk and it paid off!

    by ADÉLA ROČÁRKOVÁ
    22.09.2026

More Articles

  • Bruse Sauerland Ski Team — Pro Team presentation Season XVIII

    Germany's leading long-distance skiing team enters its fifth season in Ski Classics, having finished 22nd in the Pro Team Competition last season.
    by Leandro Lutz
    12.10.2026
  • Learn to train smart: How to avoid training stagnation

    by ADÉLA ROČÁRKOVÁ/André Santos
    12.10.2026
  • Fired after fraud scandal, biathlon star hired by regional ski committee

    by Ingeborg Scheve
    12.10.2026
  • Bardo Ski Team — Pro Team presentation Season XVIII

    by Leandro Lutz
    11.10.2026
  • Nutrition guide for recreational cross-country skiers

    by Teemu Virtanen
    11.10.2026