The C2 skierg is really to train the double-pole action of classic skiing. If you get after it with proper technique, your hamstrings and calves will be burning on hard efforts.
You’re seeing now on flatter/faster XC ski courses that people are mostly double polling most of the race. I last did the Korteloppet in 2018 and I double polled nearly the whole thing. It’s a net downhill course. I only kicked uphill, otherwise I was double polling. Thank you swimming for the upper body muscular endurance. Took 30 mins or so off my time and got 4th in my age group. Partly technique, partly fitness (I’m an adult-onset Nordic skier, which is about as tough or tougher than AOS IMHO).
If you need to train your legs for Nordic, go hill bounding, run with a weight vest, ride or row. Most people are skating now, so they need the skierg to train upper body. I suppose swimming would also work as cross training. Plenty of successful Nordic athletes that started as swimmers.
"The person on top of the mountain didn't fall there." - unkown
also rule 5
You’re seeing now on flatter/faster XC ski courses that people are mostly double polling most of the race. I last did the Korteloppet in 2018 and I double polled nearly the whole thing. It’s a net downhill course. I only kicked uphill, otherwise I was double polling. Thank you swimming for the upper body muscular endurance. Took 30 mins or so off my time and got 4th in my age group. Partly technique, partly fitness (I’m an adult-onset Nordic skier, which is about as tough or tougher than AOS IMHO).
If you need to train your legs for Nordic, go hill bounding, run with a weight vest, ride or row. Most people are skating now, so they need the skierg to train upper body. I suppose swimming would also work as cross training. Plenty of successful Nordic athletes that started as swimmers.
"The person on top of the mountain didn't fall there." - unkown
also rule 5