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Midwest Nordic Rendezvous: Ski and teach better!
Midwest Nordic Rendezvous: Ski and teach better!

Midwest Nordic Rendezvous: Ski and teach better!

12/15/2019 - By Amy Powell

Learn to ski better or learn to instruct other skiers how to ski better!

Liebner announces schedule of clinics, training, time trials
Liebner announces schedule of clinics, training, time trials

Liebner announces schedule of clinics, training, time trials

4/23/2019 - By Mike Muha

UPDATED 5/30/2019: Andy Liebner is holding a set of 16 different group technique, training, and time trial sessions this summer in southern Michigan.

A training recommendation for Master Skiers specifically
A training recommendation for Master Skiers specifically

A training recommendation for Master Skiers specifically

11/6/2018 - By Ian Harvey

Are you happy with your overall ski experience or would you like to be faster and have a more diverse skiing experience?

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CXC offers on-snow ski camp at Yellowstone Ski Festival
CXC offers on-snow ski camp at Yellowstone Ski Festival

CXC offers on-snow ski camp at Yellowstone Ski Festival

8/21/2018 - By CXC Skiing

Athletes and coaches are invited to take part in the CXC Nordic On-Snow Ski Camp and Festival in West Yellowstone to kickoff the season.

Announcing Team NordicSkiRacer Junior Ski Club
Announcing Team NordicSkiRacer Junior Ski Club

Announcing Team NordicSkiRacer Junior Ski Club

1/30/2018 - By Ricardo Lung

Our goal is to give young skiers an opportunity to ski with their peers, advance their skiing skills and have FUN. Skiers of all abilities are welcome (parents of young skiers are more than welcome too).

Identify and work on your weaknesses
Identify and work on your weaknesses

Identify and work on your weaknesses

2/8/2017 - By Ian Harvey

It does not yield much good to focus on strengthening our strengths (training what we are already good at), but rather trying to identify our weaknesses and then turning them into strengths.

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Level 4 bounding intervals 7x4 minutes
Level 4 bounding intervals 7x4 minutes

Level 4 bounding intervals 7x4 minutes

10/3/2011 - By US Ski Team

Level 4 ski bounding intervals (7x4 minutes) with Andy Newell and Skyler Davis

Speed and Power
Speed and Power

Speed and Power

9/13/2011 - By Mike Muha

Video of Simi Hamilton and Liz Stephen side by side in a speed and power workout. The kicker? He skates, she classics.

2011 Southern Ontario Training Camp
2011 Southern Ontario Training Camp

2011 Southern Ontario Training Camp

9/6/2011 - By Jim Mihell

Check out the dryland exercises in the second half of the video. This 5 day camp featured over 100 athletes and 30 coaches from Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland.

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The mechanics of ski walking and ski bounding
The mechanics of ski walking and ski bounding

The mechanics of ski walking and ski bounding

8/23/2011 - By Mike Muha

An excellent CXC Skiing video showing how to ski walk (one foot always on the ground) and ski bound (some air time) with correct technique.

Speed session, with a twist
Speed session, with a twist

Speed session, with a twist

8/9/2011 - By Matt Whitcomb

This workout focused on 15-30 second efforts. While the longer duration can get away from pure speed, we focus on high-quality (L1 / L2) distance training between each interval to prevent accumulating fatigue.

Double pole intervals
Double pole intervals

Double pole intervals

7/22/2011 - By Matt Whitcomb

5 x 3 min intervals building from high threshold (L3) to maximum effort on the last effort, 3-4 minute recovery between each. We choose safe roads, and a gradual grade with smooth pavement to ensure high speed.

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