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Training

Heart Rate Varies. So Does Every Other Training Metric.

Jim Galanes · October 2, 2026

Your Zone 2 May Be Someone Else’s Zone 1

Jim Galanes · September 27, 2026

Threshold Versus VO2max Training: Are We Asking the Right Question?

Jim Galanes · September 23, 2026

For Masters Skiers, More Recovery Is Not the Answer

Jim Galanes · September 8, 2026

Treating Compartment Syndrome Without Surgery: One Skier’s Season

Ned Dowling · August 26, 2026

Periodization Is About Emphasis, Not Elimination

Jim Galanes · August 13, 2026

When a Falling Race Heart Rate Is a Warning, Not a Win

Jim Galanes · July 16, 2026

Speed Creates the Load, Not Intensity

Jim Galanes · July 10, 2026

Why How You Start a Workout May Matter More Than the Workout Itself

Jim Galanes · June 23, 2026

For Low-Intensity Training, Consistency Beats the Big Week

Jim Galanes · June 11, 2026

Inside the Masters Skier’s Training Equation: Recovery, Strength, and the End of Hero Workouts

Jim Galanes · May 29, 2026

Keep Showing Up: Will Sweetser’s Unglamorous First Principle

Matthew Voisin · May 15, 2026

Development in Norway Isn’t Just a Plan. It’s a System.

Jim Galanes · May 12, 2026

If we know better, why don’t we do better?

Jim Galanes · April 25, 2026

Plyometrics: Where They Fit Within a Training Program

Jim Galanes · April 16, 2026

When to Increase Training Load… and When to Wait

Jim Galanes · April 8, 2026

Long-Term Development in Nordic Skiing: What We Say vs. What We Actually Do

Jim Galanes · April 3, 2026

Using Heart Rate Variability to Guide Training

Jim Galanes · January 27, 2026

The Long Game: Over-Training in the Development Years.

Jim Galanes · December 4, 2025

Long Drive, Good Thinking

Jim Galanes · November 20, 2025