Cross Country Ski Training News and Tips

Openings at NENSA Gaining Ground Coaches Clinic

11/14/2007 - By Janice Sibilia

This clinic is geared towards coaches who are interested in either obtaining Level 1 or 2 certification, or who simply want to gather more in depth information to help them become more effective coaches.,

Rarely does one picture say so much: V2

11/14/2007 - By Ernie Brumbaugh

Here is an elite national class racer doing the V2 on an uphill. He has completely shifted his weight onto his left gliding ski, yet his right foot is still hanging out to the side. Old technique would dictate...,

CXC Team members recently hosted Clinics in Houghton and Ashland

11/12/2007 - By CXC Skiing

Last weekend CXC Team skiers headed north to host several Get Your Nordic On! ski clinics in Ashland, Wisconsin and Houghton, Michigan.,

US Biathlon Team in the Torsby Ski Tunnel

11/12/2007 - By US Biathlon Association

This past week the US Biathlon Team has been training in the Torsby ski tunnel. Ever wonder what a ski tunnel is like?,

En Route

11/12/2007 - By Zach Caldwell

Right now Kris is somewhere over the North Atlantic on his way to Norway. He’ll be in Beitostolen for the next two and a half weeks preparing for the World Cup distance opener there.,

Rarely does one picture say so much: Doublepole

11/9/2007 - By Ernie Brumbaugh

Beckie, on the right, is using the new double pole technique, leaning slightly forward, raising up on her toes and planting her poles pointing backwards in a direction that will give immediate forward propulsion. The skier next to her?,

Milan Baic Nordic Clinic at Hanson Hills

11/6/2007 - By Justin Andre

Hanson Hills Recreation Authority will be hosting the MILAN BIAC Nordic Ski Technique and Training Clinic on December 15-16, 2007. ,

Common Training Mistakes. How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Fall

11/6/2007 - By Karl Saidla - XC Ottawa

Fall is just tough for cross country skiers. We have to train with diligence, because racing starts soon. At the same time, we don't even actually get to do the sport we are training for.,

Park City Testing Camp

11/5/2007 - By Pete Vordenberg, TeamToday.org

The World Cup team is done with fall testing, and the Continental Cup team starts today...,

Ready to Race

11/5/2007 - By Zach Caldwell

On May 1st Kris did his first sustained intensity session of the training season. He just did his 16th (including time trials) and last of the training season. Now it’s race season.,

All Up (almost)

11/1/2007 - By Zach Caldwell

Kris is on his way back home from Utah right now. Earlier today he did his VO2max test and the numbers look very interesting.,

CXC Team joins US Ski Team at Lake Placid

11/1/2007 - By Bryan Fish

There was a balance between group workouts and individual team sessions. Our goal was to train on steeper and longer ascents in some of our threshold and higher intensity sessions, so many of these efforts were done on our own.,