Wow it's what I want to practice! I've wondered for a while how some people can go up to a steeper hill along the tracks, hope I can make it next winter😊

Great tips for tempo and balance which is good for my endurance.

Today Ill go and try it. Thanks for a great hint! Just to give some insight I am just skiing for a good feeling of it and did not learn from professionals. I am at my 50 and by classic skiing my usual speed average is between 9-10km/h (20-40km / 400-800 h.m.).

Very useful - thanks. This and your other video about this topic are very relevant to the stage I am currently at in classic skiing. I am trying to balance better on my gliding ski and am noticing this slapping occurring. I shall try and correct this based on your helpful advice.

Excellent video! This has helped me so much understand the dynamics of striding up a hill. Thank you so much!!

Balance is the hallmark of skate skiing. When switching skis, almost click your ankles together before switching your weight. Keeps your center of gravity over the ski without lurching from one to the other.

Thanks

I enjoy your videos--brief and concise, yet highly informative. The blue jacket you're wearing in this video, who's the manufacturer?

I wouldn’t do anything after applying paste wax, you’re just removing what you’ve just applied, imho.

I've ordered a pair of Snowfeet but are curious which size poles to get for this. Would you say cross country-height poles or skating-height poles work best? Thanks for the helpful video!

One of my biggest problems is at 2:23 where I slide out when the deck is very hard packed. I feel like a pro when there's fresh snow or even churned up sugar on the trail because I can confidently glide and push without flailing. I'll try more edge, but I'm afraid I'll develop a bad habit of not landing on a flat ski for glide. Any tips?

What form! Slick old man you’re a legend

Thanks Keith.. Im a nordic inst in eldora ..its.my first yr teaching ..this weekehd my first private and group .. Any advice on private vs group .ive shadowed our more experienced instructors ..so i got their take on it ..but im.coming more from a naturalist point of view .. Its a sport yes but beyond more if a way of life and being more connected to the wilds of the forest ..since much of our nordic trails here at eldora are in national forest .very few open flat areas..thanks for your great content

Good grief!

I must be doing something wrong, because whenever I stand up to kick, the ski just slips backwards and I get 0 propulsion. I have to lunge in order to get the scales to bite into the snow at all. 4 year old video, but if anyone sees this and has a suggestion, I would appreciate it. Seem to be getting by just fine with my "incorrect technique" so far, though.

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telemark in deep snow

I see they make snow feet specifically for nordic skating now. I really want to try them but which length and binding?

Old school educational video. Great done.

I used to race in high school, back before skating took over. Now I find myself volunteering with my daughter's high school team! I really appreciate your channel for helping me explain classic technique to the kids. In addition, I tried skating for the first time this morning! I found your videos valuable in getting started without looking too foolish.

I hope your area receives good snow this season?

I found this video in 2024

I used one of these benches last week when I was on a xc ski trip with a friend who had one. Far lighter than our old & heavy Swix one (Swix came out with a lighter one after we bought ours). The Xcman bench worked really well, as well as the heavier bench, though the heavier bench can take a ski form or clamps on each side, so 2 people can wax at the same time. After using the Xcman bench though, I think I’d prefer 2 of these lightweight benches if we needed to wax several pairs of skis, rather than the one heavier one.

Very good and useful.

Super thankful for you Keith! I am new to cross country skiing and am so glad to have found your channel.

You are shredding bro!

Does this apply to skate skiing as well?

Another great xc training video! Thanks

What are the widths of skis used for this?

The ability to keep an athletic body position with hip (center of mass) over the feet is to push down our push off from the mid foot in order to transfer your center of mass (weight shift) over to the other ski so that you can balance on that ski which allows the leg and foot in back to hang with ski off the snow. You're now balancing and gliding. Now the body movement of flexing the ankle, knee to push off again recreates the 3 skills of xc skiing. The timing of the push off comes when the arms come to parallel position along the waist as the arms swing diagonally forward and back for extra body forward motion. Try the drill without poles. Slow and easy then progress to more power and tempo.

The formula for Continuous Forward Motion is Push Off creates Weight Shift to give you Balance on 1 ski = Glide. Repeat.

Race veteran Motocross, Play Badminton, pickle ball, hackey sack.

Summer for rubber , Winter sticks on my feet.

Mountain biking is fantastic for having fun in the forest when there's no snow. So actually almost the whole year. For me a perfect combination with xc skiing and I enjoy both activities a lot. Just don't forget about building the foundation - I mean strength and mobility before the xc skiing season. I'm too lazy for that and doing only mtb & skiing is not enough for my body as I'm struggling sometimes with back pain - so IMO mtb is awesome but still not enough to be healthy.

Very useful analogies.

Your videos are the best!❤

That was great! Thanks Keith

Do they feel slow in the tracks?

Just in time for ski season! I first saw this tire exercise from @LawrenceVanLingen as a drill for running form. The cue there is NOT about initiating with a forward lean of the body, but rather to stay balanced over the feet and create forward shift by extending through the hip with a more powerful push to the rear. I might suggest you also try this with a longer rope and a simple loop to set the height around the hip joints directly with the rope, rather than a belt over the waist.

To get top results, use crossover tires.

Neat suggestion! Good to see you and looking forward to another season. -- Kind Greetings from Mid-Michigan, USA

Striding is running.. shuffling is walking.

If your ski's aren't leaving the track, it's equivalent to trying to run without lifting your feet of the ground. That's called walking.

Looks like you are still skiing your solo extremes. My favorite boot!

what roller skis are you using?

Nice video. Really makes me want to get out and XC ski

So the read is it's pretty much a normal alpine turn until the part where you would kinda pick up your uphill ski to keep it parallel, at which point you ease the uphill ski into parallel by dippin' into the tele stance. So is the point of the stance to spread out the supporting edge in the crotch of the turn to create a more robust suspension out of your body position? I just picked up tele gear... it's September, but I'm stoked to learn. It's gonna be fun.

Omg

I'm having trouble with my kick. I have marwe skis, and madshus boots, which don't have much ankle support, I think. Do I need carbon cuffs as well?

I noticed while you are standing on the balance board, your heal is positioned at the far edge. I bought one recently, and wanted to know what part of my foot should I have centered on the board. Should I have the dead center of my foot on the centerpoint, or should I align the balls of my feet with it, etc. Im trying to develop strength in particular my toes to push down, if that makes sense.