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Time to rest: How the elite wind down after the season
As the snow begins to melt and the final winter competitions wrap up, April signals a well-earned rest in the world of cross-country skiing.06.04.2025
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Time to rest: How the elite wind down after the season
As the snow begins to melt and the final winter competitions wrap up, April signals a well-earned rest in the world of cross-country skiing.
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Annual training cycle and its planning
If you want to improve your performance, it’s a long-term commitment. Even though it might not seem so at first glance, planning an annual training cycle (ATC) is one of the key components that helps us improve. It allows us to track training sessions, evaluate them continuously, and monitor our performance.
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Train smarter, not harder: How to optimize your ski training
Many train hard and in a one-sided manner, without listening to their own bodies, which sometimes leads to a lack of desired progress. Learn to train smarter by understanding training intensities.
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Vasaloppet: A measure of strength
As the iconic Vasaloppet approaches, the focus intensifies on the crucial role of strength, beyond endurance and skill, in conquering the arduous 90km journey from Sälen to Mora.
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Sodium bicarbonate – A miracle aid for skiers or just hype?
In skiing circles, the well-known “miracle powder” promises a 1–2% performance boost, but it also comes with side effects.
12.02.2025 -
The benefits of cold training in cross-country skiing
When exposed to cold temperatures, the body undergoes a range of physiological responses aimed at preserving core temperature. Frontiers in Physiology explores this topic by reflecting on the fascinating effect of cold exposure, which is a shift in how the body utilizes energy during exercise.
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Recovery is a crucial part of training
The training season is in full swing for skiers, and many kilometers have already been covered on early snow tracks. When training hard, rest between sessions is often neglected. Recovery might be the greatest asset an athlete can have. Training hard also requires remembering to rest.
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Music in sport: A psychological perspective
Music has long played a significant role in sport and exercise, influencing motivation, mood, and performance.
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Understanding the heart health of master athletes
As a master cross-country skier, you dedicate countless hours to training and competing in one of the most demanding endurance sports.
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Better than Strava?
A Norwegian analysis tool offering athletes a better way to fine-tune their performance has become a hot topic in the ski community.
26.01.2025
