Source: Langrenn.com
Over the last few weeks there have been several articles on how the men and women on the Norwegian national team train. There are obviously some differences. First and foremost it deals with training prioritization, how one divides up the training volume from week to week. The men train hard and easy all the time while the women will have periods of up to week and a half once a month, of only high intensity training. The other weeks their training will be mainly easy workouts, or as the Norwegian’s women’s coach Svein Tore Samdal puts it: -Good old fashion Nordic training.
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Both of the training methods have been successful, with Marit Bjorgen being a product of Samdal’s training plan. Kristin Stormer Steira also was among the top last season. The men are missing a superstar like Bjorgen but instead have a large degree of depth within their roster and a slue of top results in the World Cup and Championships to show for it.</p>
<p>Bjorgen’s incredible success though still hasn’t made the men’s coach Krister Sorgard consider changing his strategy.<br />
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