From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Bounding Video

Here is the video (courtesy of U.S. Ski Team coach Jason Cork) of my bounding session yesterday:

The session was a 25 minute running warm-up, then one hour of bounding the uphills and running the downhills around a twelve minute loop. The focus of the bounding is to imitate classic striding. I am focusing on transferring some of the work load from my legs to my arms. I am also thinking about “gliding” even though you can’t glide in running shoes. This allows me to have a low, long stride. I then run 20 minutes for a cool-down.