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Anybody Can Ski on Snow” – Training to Race Fast Without Snow
Dec 16, 2009 - By Maria Stuber
 - Whether you get the chance to travel to snow in November or not, there will inevitably be a time when you want to race fast without having spent much time on snow. Lots of ski racers live in places where snow is not a given in the month of January. 5 Comments
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Cross Training for Nordic Skiing
Nov 20, 2009 - By Garrott Kuzzy
 - Skiing is a great sport because, unlike almost all other sports, you can only ski during one season of the year. This means that there are three other seasons op...
USSA Releases Coaches Conference Material
Nov 3, 2009
 - USSA has posted PDFs from this fall's Coaches Education Conference.  All told their are 11 articles available, covering topics from designing mental-skills training plans to...
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Video Release – Successful Cross Country Coaching Series
Oct 30, 2009
 - This 3-DVD set is a cross country ski-specific presentation from experts in the field. You're going to hear from Sweden's cross country physiologist H.C. Holmberg, USST's spo...
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Ski Specific Strength Training
Oct 19, 2009 - By Garrott Kuzzy
 - Are you interested in getting the greatest benefit out of your limited workout time? Ski specific strength is arguably the most efficient workout of the CXC Vertical Limit Te... 2 Comments
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General Strength
Oct 5, 2009 - By Karl Nygren
 - Skiing demands an interesting balance of cardiovascular fitness and strength.   Light yet strong muscles are therefore the answers and skiers tend to cut but not large.  It...
Biomechanical Analysis of Double Poling in Elite Cross-Country Skiers
Sep 18, 2009
 - USSA has posted the article "Biomechanical Analysis of Double Poling in Elite Cross-Country Skiers" on the USSA website.  This academic article takes a close look at the bio... 2 Comments
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Strength Through Roller-Skiing
Sep 2, 2009 - By Shane MacDowell
 - Strength is something that every competitive racer needs in order to be successful.
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Building a Foundation for Sprint Success
Jul 6, 2009 - By Nathaniel Herz
 - Junior coaches may shy away from sprint and speed training for fear of pigeonholing their skiers or limiting their aerobic development. But many of the country’s top sprint... 3 Comments
CXC Academy Training Period Two Released
May 27, 2009
 - The CXC Academy helps you get started on your Period 2 development with a training plan, Dartfish Video Analysis and the new cycling series by Vision Quest Coaching and cycli...