RESISTANCE TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

<p>Cross country skiing is an endurance sport that requires complex physiological and biomechanical capabilities. In recent years, resistance training has become an essential requirement for success in cross country skiing due to the evolution of the sport. Although important for success in skiing, resistance training recommendations are not well defined within the literature. The purpose of this study was to provide resistance training recommendations for cross country skiers by performing a systematic review on the current literature related to cross country skiing performance and resistance training. Four electronic databases were searched systematically to obtain original articles in peer-reviewed journals addressing the relationship between cross country skiing performance and resistance training through the use of an intervention. Nine articles were included following screening of each article for inclusion criteria. Studies were grouped in accordance with Synthesis Without Meta-Analysis (SWiM) reporting guidelines. The main findings were that ski-specific explosive training improves VO_2maxfor junior females, while most forms of ski-specific resistance strength training improve time to exhaustion and ski economy for a wide range of skiers. Based on these findings, it is possible to recommend supplementing traditional endurance ski training with ski-specific explosive training for junior females, and supplementing some form of ski-specific resistance strength training to a wide range of skiers.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health and Human Performance

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Hipp, Leo

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Sarah Breen

• cross country skiing
• resistance training
• strength training
• skiing performance
• oxygen uptake
• time to exhaustion
• skiing economy
• Exercise Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/662

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1706