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Pro Workout: Continuous Level 3 Rollerski/Mountain Running with Juergen Uhl

Topher SabotSeptember 23, 2010

A native of Germany, Juergen Uhl raced for the University of Vermont for four years, capping a dominating collegiate career with an NCAA Championship in 2009. Uhl is continuing his studies in Vermont and will be racing this season as a member of the new XCVT team. Look for an article soon on this new addition to the elite racing scene. Technique, pacing, endurance, and mental toughness – all are worked and strengthened in Juergen...

General Health News Olympics Racing Tour de Ski Training World Cup

Kalla chooses Tour de Ski, Bjoergen skips this winter

Inge ScheveSeptember 22, 2010

SWEDEN - Two of the biggest favorites for the Oslo 2011 World Championships are choosing different ways to peak for the events in February/March: Charlotte Kalla (SWE) chooses to race the Tour de Ski again, while rival Marit Bjoergen (NOR) chooses the same plan as she did for the 2010 Olympics and skips the Tour.

Training Workouts

Making Sense of Training Principles

Inge ScheveSeptember 20, 2010

Scott Johnston doesn’t dish up a recipe for success or hand out a year-long training plan. This fall, he will coach clinics where he explains how to create sensible, individualized training plans aimed at maximizing individual potential based on proven principles of endurance training.

General News Technique Training

Neural Re-Patterning for Technique Modifications

FasterSkierSeptember 16, 20101

Adam St. Pierre is an exercise physiologist at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine in Boulder, Colorado. He is also the head coach of the Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team. In this article, St. Pierre outlines a strategy for athletes to gradually implement technique changes. Technique is an important component of cross-country skiing, but it is often difficult for athletes to make technique modifications once their motions have become habitual. As coaches, we often find...

Camps General News Training

Canadians Head to Quebec to Focus On Speed, Intensity

Kieran JonesSeptember 15, 2010

No one could ever accuse the Canadian National Ski Team of a lack of variety in their training locations–this summer alone, the team has held camps in Bend, Oregon, the Snow Farm in New Zealand, and the Haig Glacier. The current camp, however, has the team training in Mount Saint Anne, Quebec, home of Canadian National Ski Team (CNST) member Alex Harvey. According to Justin Wadsworth, the CNST’s head coach, the focus of this particular...

General Interviews News Training Workouts

Pankratov on Norwegian Training Culture: Variety and Wet Feet

Inge ScheveSeptember 15, 20101

NORWAY - Langrenn.com’s exclusive interview with Nikolay Pankratov from September 2, 2010, reveals a universe of difference between Norwegian and Russian training culture.

Camps Lifestyle Training

Tales From Down Under: A Junior Skier’s Trip to New Zealand

FasterSkierSeptember 15, 2010

This summer, Andrew Nesbitt, a rising senior at Gould Academy traveled to New Zealand on a trip organized by Alexei Sotskov. Five junior skiers from around New England made the journey. Andrew sent regular email updates to family and friends in the US, providing a first-hand account through the eyes of a junior skier. Perfect conditions, hanging with the US and Canadian National Teams and an epic storm were just some of the highlights....

General Interviews News Training Workouts

Daehlie: We aimed for PRs almost all the time

Inge ScheveSeptember 13, 20102

Bjoern Daehlie spills the beans about interval training in the 1990s.

General Lifestyle News Training

Totally Terrifying but Surprisingly Straightforward: FasterSkier Takes Up Ski Jumping

Nathaniel HerzSeptember 9, 20105

As I pulled into the parking lot in Lake Placid at 8:30 on a Saturday morning, two hours before the launch of my ski jumping career, I was feeling an appropriate amount of trepidation. Not none, but not a jaw-clenching, heart-thumping terror, either. More like pre-race nerves. I got out of the car, carried my backpack up to the lodge, and took a look around. I could see four ski jumps: the two gigantic Olympic...

Strength Training Workouts

Pro Workout: Goldsack Weighs In

Linnaea KershawSeptember 8, 2010

Drew Goldsack may be a recent addition to the Alberta World Cup Academy but he’s not stranger to hard training. After 8 years on the Canadian National Team, Goldsack joined the Alberta World Cup Academy, a recently instated Canadian Training Centre and he’s enjoying every minute of it. Being on the AWCA has reunited him with former National Ski Team coach Mike Cavaliere and former teammate Chris Jeffries. “Working with The Alberta World Cup Academy...

Camps General News Training

Randall Gives Boost to Canada’s Female Talent Squad

Kieran JonesSeptember 8, 2010

Since the Olympics, Kikkan Randall has had anything but a relaxed spring and summer. Her activities have included the International Ski Federation (FIS) Congress in Turkey, a visit to Norway to spend time training with Marit Bjoergen, and a three week training camp in New Zealand. Randall’s latest stop has finally brought her a little closer to home. While the Ontario High Performance Camp in Barrie, Ontario, was still far from Alaska, at least she...

Camps General News Training

Learning to Fly in Lake Placid

Nathaniel HerzSeptember 8, 20103

How do you get dozens of youngsters to try out a sport like ski jumping? For the staff of the New York Ski Educational Foundation (NYSEF), that’s not just an idle question to ponder. It’s crucial for the club to attract large numbers of kids to try out the sport if they want to turn out athletes with hopes of ever competing at an elite level. From the outside, ski jumping seems like it should...

General Health Lifestyle News Training

Got Nutrition Questions? Send Them to Us!

FasterSkierSeptember 7, 20105

FasterSkier is planning an interview with recently-appointed U.S. Ski Team Sports Dietician Adam Korzun later this month. If you have any questions about nutrition for which Google is no help, shoot them our way, and we’ll do our best to get you an answer! You can send your queries to us at info[at]fasterskier.com, or just leave them in the comments below.

Health Training

Back to School: Staying Healthy

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

Josh Smullin is the XC Ability coach for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. He races for Team Rossignol. School has started and the weather is about to get colder. You will soon be spending more time indoors in close quarters with germs and the combination of these stressors increases your likelihood of getting sick. I want to give you a few guidelines to follow that can increase your chances of staying healthy this fall. The...

General News Training Workouts

Norwegian National Team Wants to Learn From Ulvang, Increases Running Training

FasterSkierSeptember 2, 2010

Earlier this summer FasterSkier ran an

Strength Training

How General Strength Makes Specific Strength Easier

Maddy WendtSeptember 1, 2010

Jessie Diggins recently graduated from Stillwater High School in Minnesota, where she earned three individual state championship titles, among other impressive national and international results. Diggins skis for CXC Team Vertical Limit. One might wonder why an endurance athlete like a skier or runner would ever bother lifting weights. Isn’t specific strength enough? Shouldn’t skating without poles, single-sticking and double-poling build all the muscles a skier would need? The truth is, general strength does more...

Health Lifestyle

Recipe of the Week: Granola from Scratch

Maddy WendtAugust 30, 2010

Whenever nordic skiers are being stereotyped, you are almost sure to hear the word granola, often accompanied by words like crunchy, and nature. So what better to bake than a food that will fulfill all the world’s stereotypes about us? Because granola can be made with just about anything, the recipe is wide open to your interpretation. Substitute craisins for raisins, throw in your leftover almonds, replace the fiber with chocolate – go nuts!

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Cross-Pollinating Future Ski Champions

Inge ScheveAugust 26, 2010

NORWAY – Bringing young athletes from all the ski disciplines onto one team is the recipe for excellence in the future. “Team Morgendagens Helter” is 5-year talent development project organized by the Norwegian Ski Association and backed by major sponsor Statoil, designed to share training strategies and increase the pool of experience across the different ski disciplines.

Training Workouts

Pro Workout: Continuous Bounding with Ivan Babikov

Nathaniel HerzAugust 25, 2010

The harder the race, the greater the chance you’ll see Ivan Babikov at the top of the result sheet. So it’s no surprise that he uses a brutally difficult training session to prepare himself for the winter. In an interview from his home in Canmore, Babikov said that this workout – a variation on bounding intervals – was a holdover from his younger days training in Russia. In Canada, Babikov said, most athletes do their...

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Skjeldal: Floating on Old Habits

Inge ScheveAugust 24, 20101

NORWAY – Former Norwegian national team skier Kristen Skjeldal enjoys uphill racing, who retired years ago, still beats the current national team skiers.

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