Simo-Viljami Ojanen, coach of Electrofit, a company offering both individual and group training in Finland, says that in the summer, recreational skiers should focus on developing the qualities that they don’t have time for during winter. Summer is a good time to focus on developing, for example, strength and core, among other things.
Anton Järnberg, Pro Team Director for Lager 157 Ski Team, talks about the hard work outside the competition season to be the best. How does a long-distance team train in the pre-season, and how do they set up their plan to perform at the top when the competitions start?
Marko Rossi, a physiotherapist working with the Finnish national team, believes that passive stretching is not the best possible mobility training. There are also studies on the subject that show that stretching does not speed up recovery, remove metabolic waste products or affect post-exercise muscle pain.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) has been given the green light to run a private altitude training plan towards the 2022/23 season, even though the World Championships will be held in the lowlands and none of the national teams will go to the altitude.
ProXCSkiing talks with Arnaud Du Pasquier, Team Nordic Expérience, about Season XII. He also shares his training plans and ambitions for the next season.
May marks the official start of the Nordic skiing training season. As the Summer is just around the corner, many long-distance and traditional cross-country skiers are already thinking about next season’s events and how to prepare for them.
Now that the ski season is over and off-season has approached, many athletes and coaches reflect on the past year’s successes and challenges. One of the best ways to comprehensively do that is to look at a training log from the past season.
A long Visma Ski Classics season came to its end almost three weeks ago in Ylläs-Levi, where the Finnish Lapland offered some real challenges in soft snow for the Pro Team skiers. ProXCskiing talked with some of the Pro Team skiers to find out how they are spending their April and how it differs from what they do during the season.
It’s April, the ski season is over for most people, and many are already bringing their running shoes. It can be a risky project. Our sister site Langrenn.com has talked to the former running world record holder in 5.000 and 10.000 meters, Ingrid Kristiansen, who comes up with tips on the transition from skiing to running.
Let’s take a look at five great workouts for double poling skiers.
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