Week 19
Welcome to September! The dog days of summer are behind us which means skiers will transition into more high intensity training. During September our training weeks will often combine one L3 interval session and one L4 interval session. All NTS plans will enter a 3-week training block: Med, Hard, Volume. This is a change from our previous 3 week cycle to a 4 week recovery cycle.
This week we recommend a short interval set ladder. Check out Skiing: A Power Based Endurance Sport for information on how these session help skiers build power and cardiovascular elasticity. Our L3 recommendation this week includes 10-minute intervals designed to help athletes build sustained sub-threshold on-time. We re-post the article How We Plan L3 Training to better explain the training theory behind L3 periodization.