Week 22

This late summer volume week is designed to build base efficiency and will focus on controlled L1 and L3 training. Keeping up with volume (easy distance) training in September is crucial to ensure skiers carry good fitness throughout the entire ski season without early winter peaks. September is also a month when we focus on lower body ski-specific power development (see Morning Mechanics Skate). Remember to keep the easy distance pace L1 this week and keep the L3 interval sessions controlled; think 30-50k race pace. This time of year we also like to increase our focus on core and stability training with mid-week core sessions (see Kurt core).