Hello!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday, full of good food, friends, and family (and skiing!). We went up to Silverstar, BC for a long standing Nordic training camp for the local youth team that Sam directs. He coached a bunch of kids for double sessions, and we all had the pleasure of sharing a house with 10 teenagers.

The lifts were running too, so we got in some downhill skiing as well, which was a fun way to get back into the swing of skiing. Now I feel ready and really excited to get into the backcountry.

Thanks to everyone who joined the Zoom call. I’m so sorry to report that we forgot to hit record, so we weren’t able to share the call afterward. One thing we talked about was mobility, and I’m going to make a video this week about hip and leg mobility. We also talked about core and posture, and I don't think I’ve shared this video yet, so you can watch this and let me know what you think. It’s a little long, but it goes into why posture matters for our sports.

If you’re at all interested in Nordic skiing, the first of the World Cup races are happening right now, and are super fun to watch. Here’s the mens’ race from yesterday, and here’s the women's.

Training-wise, you’re starting the last build cycle! It becomes more specific now, and hopefully you’re finding that the strength work you did earlier in the program is paying dividends now as you start using the strength you built. The same idea goes for aerobic capacity. Our goal is to increase your aerobic capacity so you can utilize it later in the training cycle, or when you race. You can think about aerobic workouts as putting money in the bank to spend later. A hard workout or race effort spends a lot of proverbial money, so you want to make sure you’ve been accruing a lot before you spend it. Cha-ching.

Have a great week and let us know how things are going in Slack!