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Swede H.C. Holmberg has just finished his doctoral degree in cross country skiing and double poling. He believes that cross country skiers have a lot to gain by becoming stronger in the upperbody. Source: Langrenn.com Holmberg’s is now working as a physiologist for the Swedish Olympic committee. His doctoral work is based upon three elements. – My doctoral work is divided in three blocks. The first is about the importance and the adaptation to training...

We recieved the following report from University of Alaska Anchorage SkI Coach Trond Flagstad on Friday: Here are some pictures and a snow report from Anchorage Alaska. The road up to Hatcher Pass was paved a few years ago; depending on how far down you start you can rollerski for hours and hours. Our men did 2 ½ hour and our women 2 hours of distance skate skiing level 1-2. Today we had to end...

– The average values for the boys is a little higher than in the past, explains the Norwegian junior national team coach, Jon Arne Schjetne following last weeks O2 test. The Norwegian junior national team just finished a camp at Toppidrettssenteret in Oslo, along with 25 skiers from various skigymnas (ski high schools). The camp included a time-trial and a MaxV02 test. – It looks like the skiers are in good shape, but its how...

The US Ski Team and a number of other ambitious skiers from around the country are currently doing altitude training in Park City, Utah. Video filming, heart rate control, training evaluation, rest or training, hard or easy, short or long distance workouts are important topics. Here are some photos. The World Cup qualifiers in West Yellowstone, December World Cup races in Canada and the Olympics are all at altitude. Some altitude preparation is therefore a...

Junior World Champion Petter Northug is traveling to his first ever on-snow altitude camp on October 10. He will be training with the Norwegian men’s team. – I’m hoping to do some skiing with the men’s team, and to get some guidance, says Northug. Northug is in his last season as a junior skier and is traveling to Val Senales on October 10, on the same day as the Norwegian men’s team. – My training...

Coach Gordon Lange sent us some photos from a Wednesday September 26 rollerski interval workout with the juniors From The National Sport Foundation (NSF) in Park City, Utah. The location is Lambs Canyon. Five miles of gradual uphill on brand new pavement. Dead end and very few cars.

Almost half of the Norwegian junior team will be doing on-snow altitude training in Central Europe in October. The coach, Jon Arne Schjetne believes that you can become equally good by staying home. Source: Langrenn.com 5 out of the 12 skiers on the Norwegian junior team will be doing on-snow altitude training in central Europe in October. Among those are junior World Champions Marte Elden and Petter Northug. But Anders Gloersen, Erik Kurland Olsen and...

Four skiers on the Norwegian national team set new personal records in their last MaxVO2 test. Tore Ruud Hofstad tested highest with 92 milliliter/kg. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen – This was very good. Most everyone set PR’s, explains national team coach Krister Sorgard. He has lately been observing his skiers being tested at the elitesport center in Oslo (toppidrettssenteret) Hofstad highest Tore Ruud Hofstad tested highest with a new PR of 92...

Living and training at altitude has its benefits (for one, sleeping in an altitude-oxygen tent is pretty unnecessary, and we get first crack at the water that runs down the hill to the lowlands before it hits the sewage treatment plant), but when you’re ski training, it can have its disadvantages as well. Doing VO Max intervals at 7,000 feet just doesn’t cut it, and it can make you pretty tired for the next round...

You know you've had a good workout when you have a duffelbag full of sweaty clothes when you're done. With snow and skiing only a couple of weeks away, a small subset of the Ester Dome Ski Imposters with an average age of over 50 did the first, possibly annual, Ester Dome Quad – four trips ski-walking with poles up Ester Dome on Saturday, October 1. Snow had fallen three days earlier, and our major...

Beautiful fall colors, frost on the lawns in the morning, frozen water hoses. Tights and jackets one morning, shorts and T-shirts the next. The Düsseldorf World Cup opener is less than one month away. Juniors, elite and masters are making ticket and lodging reservations for camps in Fairbanks, Silver Star and West Yellowstone. Olympic hopefuls are renewing their FIS license and entering the early Continental Cup races. Skis are being stoneground, rockskis are waxed up...

This morning I had breakfast at 7:45. It included a banana, oatmeal and raisin bran. Then I got my classic stuff and headed out to the van at 8:25. I jumped in and waited for everybody else to get in. Chris Cook and Kris Freeman were the last to get in. The first thing you think when you see Cook is that he must be a weightlifter or bodybuilder, not so much a skier. He...

Several members of the Norwegian women’s team had a tough time at the start of their first altitude camp in Livigno, but the team still believes in a medal rush at the Olympics in Torino. Source: Langrenn.com — Translated by Torbjorn Karlsen Related article: Bjorgen Hit The Wall In Time-Trial Sprint relay action at Oberstdorf Worlds. Gold for Norway. Photo: Stian Hœgland

It is always a good time at the end of each season to sit down and review what happened and how we could modify our training to produce better results next season. As a masters skier with family and job commitments I don’t have access to the latest laboratory testing. A lot of review is done by feel and being honest with myself. Oh yes and my wife helped me by giving me a heart...