The thought of 50 knot winds and threatening skies and not even having lights did not discourage the 24 skiers from doing the deuce, 24 reps in under an hour! Tonight we blasted through the reps before impending darkness fell and it gave a whole new meaning to recovery (there was none). We not only made the double dozen we had quite the variety of strokes and technically did really quite good for the most part. Despite my persistent prodding to the contrary, the amount of “running” is going down and the “skiciphic” effort is improving, really….however, since you asked, I still see the same things:
· Head down
· High foot carry (running)
· Hand/arm collapse (when tired)
· Not enough POOF.
The good news is that the bad points are occurring less and less and say halleluiah dear friends most are GETTING IT. Nice.
You need/must to go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomp/?saved=1 and review the video of Santi Ocariz. Santi is a former UWGB student, now CXC Team skier and good kid. Compare the “punch” he has. Be sure and run your mouse over the cursor to freeze it. As always expand the image to get the best view. If you see ANYTHING look at the forward lean FROM THE ANKLE that he has. That, dear friends is PROJECTING your weight forward. That, dear friends……..comes from the hip.
After viewing go back some weeks and compare other videos, it’s always fun….once you get over the depression.
Steve says he was gassed after our twenty four reps (he missed a few if you’re counting). While this was a solid workout (did you like the accelerations?) we need to keep up that focus on technique. Next time we will have lights and hopefully no wind but at least the bugs are gone and we had a great night. Good effort. Keep going out and if you ride or run the Ashwaubenon Duathlon is this weekend. http://skiwithanst.org/?p=1 and keep the groove and the wind behind you the next few days with http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm692_earth-wind-fire-lets-groove_music Next week we start at 5:27pm.
· Head down
· High foot carry (running)
· Hand/arm collapse (when tired)
· Not enough POOF.
The good news is that the bad points are occurring less and less and say halleluiah dear friends most are GETTING IT. Nice.
You need/must to go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/incomp/?saved=1 and review the video of Santi Ocariz. Santi is a former UWGB student, now CXC Team skier and good kid. Compare the “punch” he has. Be sure and run your mouse over the cursor to freeze it. As always expand the image to get the best view. If you see ANYTHING look at the forward lean FROM THE ANKLE that he has. That, dear friends is PROJECTING your weight forward. That, dear friends……..comes from the hip.
After viewing go back some weeks and compare other videos, it’s always fun….once you get over the depression.
Steve says he was gassed after our twenty four reps (he missed a few if you’re counting). While this was a solid workout (did you like the accelerations?) we need to keep up that focus on technique. Next time we will have lights and hopefully no wind but at least the bugs are gone and we had a great night. Good effort. Keep going out and if you ride or run the Ashwaubenon Duathlon is this weekend. http://skiwithanst.org/?p=1 and keep the groove and the wind behind you the next few days with http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm692_earth-wind-fire-lets-groove_music Next week we start at 5:27pm.
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