- Brian Gregg outlines a 7-day training plan prior to competing in a marathon, plus tips on getting through the race and how to recover afterward.
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- 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 sk...
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- After taking my first ski on the local trails yesterday, I quickly remembered how spoiled Anchoraguans are with Kincaid Park. But, a quick look at 6 Comments
- 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 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...
- 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...
- As the years roll by, you hone your skills in maximizing your workouts and can thoroughly break down your body. But as a result the recovery is also becoming harder to deal w...
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- Interval, strength and distance training are all good ways to improve, so why not do each every day? Training stresses the body and breaks it down which makes us weaker or ...
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- Believe it or not, there are people out there are just starting to get into athletics for the first time in their lives. Some of them still find ski equipment intimidating, a...
- The SMS training group finished the first half of their summer training with a great weekend of training. The group is progressing nicely and building an excellent endurance ...
- One thing that is agreed upon by some of the best coaches around the country is, that roller skiing is one of the most important training activities that a skier can do in th...
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- 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...
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- The New York Times health blog "Well" recently posted a piece on core strength, and the potential risks to the back. Many standard core practices are called into question.
- 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...