Source: Langrenn.com Translated by Anders Haugen
There will be no significant changes in the training plan for next year says the head coach of the Norwegian women‘s national team, Svein Tore Samdal.
-It will be very similar to last year, says Samdal.
The women on the national team have been following Samdal’s training regime for 2 years now. According to the coach, Marit Bjorgen and Kristin Stormer Steira are the ones that have completed the hardest programs of all the women on the team, and these women are also the ones that have had the best results. Just recently Hilde Gjermundshaug Pederson revealed that she will also begin following Samdal’s training plan for the next season.
-Hilde and Kine (Beate Bjornas) have in the past been following a middle of the road plan but have now seen that those who have trained the hardest have had the greatest improvement. So they will also begin to follow the same plan as the rest of the team this year, says Samdal.
The training setup that was recently used at a camp was one of the harder blocks where the focus is to increase capacity. These blocks last between 8 to 12 days and this year Samdal will be adding an extra block to the overall plan.