Jim Galanes on why a training year should change the dose of aerobic, threshold, VO2max, speed and strength work, and never remove any one of them entirely.
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Evan Palmer-Charrette, of Thunder Bay’s National Team Development Centre (NTDC), had an eventful 2016/2017 season, starting with compartment syndrome surgery in the summer to remedy an issue that had plagued him for four years, his classic sprint at Canadian Ski Nationals, behind two U.S.-based university skiers, which made him the top Canadian. “Awesome to be Canadian champion, but a surprise for sure in a classic sprint,” he told FasterSkier at nationals, reflecting his preference for distance...
Wednesday Workout: Over-Under Intensity with Brian Gregg
Austin CobbSeptember 9, 2015
Brian Gregg brings another take on a steady state threshold workout with some beyond threshold components. He likes to call the workout over under intensity and it can help improve more than just your threshold buffer.
This week's, Colin Foley of the Callaghan Valley Training Centre details one of his favorite intensity workouts, which felt like a sprint qualifier: max aerobic speed at 15-second intervals. "It’s something that we’ve done a few times and I really hope we do more in the future," he writes.
Wednesday Workout: Lactate Clearance with the AWCA
FasterSkierOctober 9, 2013
Since nordic skiing is a lactate-tolerable sport, it's important to know how to get that stuff out of your system and deal with it on race day. That's why AWCA assistant coach Stefan Kuhn loves this lactate clearance workout: "It's super simple to do, but it really makes you have to dig deep," he says.
FasterSkier caught the US Biathlon team during one of their hardest workouts of the training season in Lake Placid, with the added bonus of watching German gold medalist Andrea Henkel rollerski around with them.