Monday, Nov 6, 2023
Today's Paper
In competitive skiing, strategy can often determine the outcome of a race, particularly in a mass start. Pro Team athlete Fabián Štoček draws on extensive research from cycling, running, and skiing to highlight how drafting helps you to win or lose a ski race.
In this article, we revisit the topic to explore whether high-intensity workouts are more effective as steady efforts for some and as intervals for others, and what kind of intervals skiers should do. We consulted Ville Vesterinen, a sports physiology expert at the Research Institute for Olympic Sports, for insights.
Having competed in four Olympic Games as a biathlete, the Slovenian is now embarking on an exciting new career: the 38-year-old, who achieved fourth place in the Olympics, has helped develop new roller skis with brakes for skating.
As summer approaches and long-distance skiers begin to plan for the next season, it’s essential to consider the importance of strength training. Specifically for double poling, developing upper body strength and endurance is crucial. Read our article to get some tips about how to incorporate it into your training plan.
Hopefully your interest since our first Australian Ski Classics Challengers was announced a few weeks ago has been perked! We are back with a follow up of Exploring Down Under. Take a look at Part 1 if you missed it, Part 2 is some of the extracurricular activities you can do around your skiing holiday down under.
April is already at the doorstep, and spring should gradually arrive, but winter still holds its grip tightly, and skiing conditions are at their best. Therefore, it’s not time to hang up the skis but rather to take full advantage of the excellent skiing conditions.
Does frequency affect skiing speed, how has it changed over the years, and does it affect coaching athletes? Finnish coach Jussi Piirainen is researching the topic in his doctoral thesis.
As summer approaches and long-distance skiers begin to plan for the next season, it’s essential to consider the importance of strength training. Specifically for double poling, developing upper body strength and endurance is crucial. Read our article to get some tips about how to incorporate it into your training plan.
There is a lot of technology available today to support elite sports. How does the technology and the data it generates help ski coaching, and where are we at in that area? In an interview with Maastohiihto.com, Olli Ohtonen, Head of snow sports at Vuokatti Olympic Training Center and the University of Jyväskylä’s Department of Sports Technology, talks about the topic.
Cross-country skiing has been considered the toughest outdoor sport, but why is it so? ProXCskiing talked to three experts to understand what makes this sport so hard.
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