Training Log Archive: Linear Ice

Lesson 3 of 22

This week, we covered last week again. About half the class didn't show up last week-possibly they thought the slight drizzle meant they should stay away but the weather is bound to get worse before it gets better!

We also worked on some new things.
Swinging on one leg at a time, pushing down hard with the leg on the swing (simulated kick). Then, actually taking a little jump on that one foot up the hill. Switch and do with other leg.
Then use the same motion but jump up the hill in more of a two legged skiing motion (more normal, in other words but trying to preserve the feeling of the push with the back leg and the swinging of the forward moving leg.)
Then same thing with poles, noticing that our strides get longer when we use the poles (and concentrate on long pole strides behind the butt)

Then, we worked on double poling technique... scrunch the body and extend up with lower abs and glutes. (without poles, just standing).
Then use same motion to use the poles to jump up the hill.

I think that was about it.