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.

Strength Day

Today was our last day in Ramsau. Tomorrow we drive to Oberhof, Germany for 6 days of skiing in the tunnel.

This morning I did two hours of double pole only on the glacier. It was a tough workout and my abdominal muscles were a bit tired at the end. I don’t have any photos from this morning.

This afternoon I had an hour run then strength. Doing strength in different gyms can be challenging because they don’t always have the equipment I need to do my program. Today I had to make my own speed ladder:

And here I am using it:

Lastly, here’s some video from the bounding workout yesterday.