I just attended a skate ski class here in 🇳🇴 - for V1 (Norwegian “padling”) we were taught not to rotate the hips, maintain a wide stance, and keep the center of mass in the middle of the stance (i.e. no excessive weight shift). This was rather beginner level, so advance xc skiers may have more advanced methods, I don’t know. But what your skier in this “old” video does seems to be the hip rotation (due to narrow stance) we’re trying to avoid.
best investment in learning to Nordic Ski. I have experimented with the lessons above and have had some success.... just more practice now. One very happy customer!
In our ski club we have been coaching the wider stance this year. My only issue is in soft sugar snow conditions the wider stance can be much harder on my bad knee. I am not a high level skier having switched to skate skiing 4 years ago after being a NASTAR alpine racer for almost 20 years.
I think you need to adjust your tempo and range of motion. It took a lot of practice, but now I can climb steep hills with much less exertion. The trick is taking smaller steps, only as quick as needed to keep the skis running. Do more no poles climbing on a gentle hill to learn to control heart rate, then build from there. Let me know if it helps, please.
I just attended a skate ski class here in 🇳🇴 - for V1 (Norwegian “padling”) we were taught not to rotate the hips, maintain a wide stance, and keep the center of mass in the middle of the stance (i.e. no excessive weight shift). This was rather beginner level, so advance xc skiers may have more advanced methods, I don’t know. But what your skier in this “old” video does seems to be the hip rotation (due to narrow stance) we’re trying to avoid.
best investment in learning to Nordic Ski. I have experimented with the lessons above and have had some success.... just more practice now. One very happy customer!
Thank you. That's very kind.
The first with the wider stance was Petter Northug. In 2006 I noticed the difference in is offset technic.
In our ski club we have been coaching the wider stance this year. My only issue is in soft sugar snow conditions the wider stance can be much harder on my bad knee. I am not a high level skier having switched to skate skiing 4 years ago after being a NASTAR alpine racer for almost 20 years.
I tried this new climbing style, it seems more effective and faster for me, but heartrate climbs fast too. Thank you for posting these videos!
I think you need to adjust your tempo and range of motion. It took a lot of practice, but now I can climb steep hills with much less exertion. The trick is taking smaller steps, only as quick as needed to keep the skis running. Do more no poles climbing on a gentle hill to learn to control heart rate, then build from there. Let me know if it helps, please.
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