Skiers go into the weight room to turn strength into power, and as the big races approach, to turn this into ski specific power. With the New Year here the racing season is very much underway for most skiers. For those with Olympic aspirations, many athletes are getting more ski specific with their strength and power building, both in the weight room, and on snow.
Andrew Newell V2ing uphill en route to a fast prologue at the 2004 West Yellowstone Sprint. (Loefshus photo).
Newell and I have been in the strength room consistently, three times most every week. Following is yesterday’s post Nove Mesto World Cup strength session. With warm-up and a light cool down, the session took 1 ½ hours.
EXERCISE SXR INT WEIGHT Warm-up Track -Based Drills Ladder Drills 6x2 Plyometrics Tuck Jump 7x10 DB Squat Jump 4x10 Hurdle Jump(18") 7x10 Bounds- Vertical 7x10 Lifting Back Squat + Jump 5x5 70.0% Of 1rep max Squat Jump 5x10 Explosive MedBall Bench Press 5x10 70.0% Of 1rep max MB PB Sit-up Throw 5x10 Explosive Pull-ups 3x10sec Shoulder Series 2x15 Core Back Extension Twist 4x24 Russian Twist 4x24
Newell doing a squat jump with 60 pounds of resistance at the USST’s Park City weight room.
This explosive Back Squat Jump is immediately followed by a set of unweighted jumps.
This is contrast training, a specific way to translate strength into power and take this power into ski specific movements. In contrast training, the load is lowered, while the speed of the lift is emphasized. All lifts should be done explosively. However, it is not possible to move anywhere near max speed while under max load, thus a lowering of the load is mandatory. Work like this helps make power… (power = strength x speed).
.</font></center><BR> </p><p>As you can see in the workout plan, only a couple specific lifts are done. It’s not always this way. More lifts are done in spring and summer than in the fall and winter as progress stagnates, can even deteriorate, if athletes do the exact same lifts all spring, summer, fall and winter. As the big races of the season loom ahead, work in the weight room gets more ski specific, and strength drills on skis take on a greater preference. </p><p>Workouts like this once a week are doubly important when the snow fliers as the transition from rollerskiing to skiing causes changes on the body. Rollerskiing is more power based than skiing. While rollerskiing, skiers V2 and double pole much more and generate speed through strong impulses. To help keep the strength gains of rollerskiing, US Ski Teamers do specific strength workouts of alternating ten minutes of double poling with ten minutes of single sticking, for up to an hour. This is good stuff. Give it a try.</p><p><BR><center><img src=)
Rollerski racing this fall, pushing the V2 in hilly terrain, on the test loop at Soldier Hallow. Hopefully this strength isn’t lost when the real racing season begins (Vordenberg photo).
Below follows the Breakdown of Periodization the U.S. Ski Team is using for the 2005/2006 season:
PHASE 0 — General Strength Work 3/1 — 4/30
PHASE I — Technique/ Preparation 5/1 — 6/12
PHASE II — Base Power 6/15 — 7/22
PHASE III — Power Velocity 7/25 — 8/24
PHASE IV — Max Strength / Power 8/30 — 11/3
PHASE V — Sport Specific Power- Velocity 11/6 — 12/29
PHASE VI — Maintainance 1/3 — 2/28
Best of luck with the season. -Torin
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