JD Downing's Training Tips
"Movement is medicine, movement increases mobility, and a rolling stone does not get mossy. That's how the saying goes, and it is. Exercise is as important as eating and sleeping." ~Hilkka Riihivuori, former Finnish Olympic skier, current masters skier (and podium stander), 72 years old (so you know she knows what she's talking about!) Some years ago I spent a week at JD Downing's training camp in Bend. It was super fun and I learned a lot, as you can imagine. I dug out some of the notes I took that week in case you, like me, need a little boost in these dog days of summer. Winter is coming! "The tried-and-true method is lots of easy distance in the summer, with a small amount of intensity and tiny bits of easy explosive/plyometrics, then increasingly more intensity and more plyometrics in the fall. Transition period starts when you get on snow, and you can back off a little on the intensity and do lots of easy distance again, for about three weeks. Then w...