Fitness Cross-Country Skiing (Fitness Spectrum) [Paperback]

Steven Gaskill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 1997 | Series: Fitness Spectrum

Fitness Cross-Country Skiing is the perfect training tool for the more than five million people in the United States and Canada who have discovered the benefits of this healthy, low-impact form of exercise. The book's 58 color-coded workouts challenge skiers according to their fitness and skiing ability, and three sample training programs show how to put it all together for high-level conditioning, cross-training, or racing.

Ski expert Steve Gaskill guides readers through the best skiing workouts, drawing on over 25 years of ski coaching experience, including 10 with the U.S. Ski Team.

Highlights of the book include:

- Tips on choosing the right equipment
- Fifty-eight great workouts spanning six color-coded training zones, from low to high intensity
- Forty-three indoor and summer workouts for year-round fitness
- Cross-training advice for running, cycling, hiking, and in-line skating
- Three levels of training programs for high-level conditioning or racing
- Guidelines for setting up a personalized training program

Editorial Reviews

Review

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"""Fitness Cross-Country Skiing is a thorough resource for both athletes and non-athletes who want to follow an effective training plan for cross-country skiing, and who want to understand why it's effective. This book presents all the components necessary for a well-rounded training program for the novice as well as the advanced skier. It allows flexibility within a structured plan, which is important for staying motivated and fitting training into one's schedule. Gaskill does a good job explaining the terminology and the body's functions."""
Suzanne King
U.S. Ski Team member
1996 and 1997 Cross-country Skiing National Champion
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""Fitness Cross-Country Skiing is a thorough resource for both athletes and non-athletes who want to follow an effective training plan for cross-country skiing, and who want to understand why it's effective. This book presents all the components necessary for a well-rounded training program for the novice as well as the advanced skier. It allows flexibility within a structured plan, which is important for staying motivated and fitting training into one's schedule. Gaskill does a good job explaining the terminology and the body's functions.""
Suzanne King
U.S. Ski Team member
1996 and 1997 Cross-country Skiing National Champion

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics (October 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880116528
• ISBN-13: 978-0880116527
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Skiing > Cross-Country

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars for the serious cross-country skier, December 4, 1999

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Ann E. Kureth (northern Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fitness Cross-Country Skiing (Fitness Spectrum) (Paperback)

This book is definitely for the cross-country skier who is also a racer, or wants to begin racing. This is not the book for the occasional skier who only wants to slide and glide on the golf course. Steve Gaskill, the author, was coach of the US Ski Team for ten years. Since it was written by a coach, "Fitness,Cross-Country Skiing" is a very highly organized, step by step instructions for getting it top shape to compete in the demanding sport of Nordic racing - everything from 5K sprints up to 50K marathons. Everything a competitor needs to know is here, dry land training, on snow training, exercises in the hills, on the flats, roller blading, stretching, and rest days. There are heart rate charts, calories burned charts, and suggested levels of training for everyone from the out-of-shape weekend racer to the elite world class athlete. This is a wonderful resource of the competitor or one interested in total fitness.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good book on ski training, September 1, 2000

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Aurthor (Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fitness Cross-Country Skiing (Fitness Spectrum) (Paperback)

Fitness Cross-Country Skiing by Steve Gaskill is a commendable book for anyone who wants to train seriously. It covers pretty much everything but stops short of integrating technique with fitness. Other books which I found useful in my training were Training for cross-country ski racing by Brian Sharkey and Tao of Skiing cd rom by xczone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good for beginning training, January 11, 2007

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Craig A. Peter "SnowFire" (Rhinelander, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fitness Cross-Country Skiing (Fitness Spectrum) (Paperback)

This book has the basics and more for someone beginning a training program for Cross Country Skiing. It also contains an endurance test, strength tests and stretches specific for Nordic skiing. The wide variety of levels/workout programs will fit anyones needs and desire, with some exercises and training sessions for each level. This book is skiing specific with some equipment selection and skiing technique infromation. There is also some handy tables and forms. *THINK SNOW*