You might never strap on skis, but you should still aspire to have the endurance of a Nordic skier. Some of the fittest athletes on the planet, cross-country skiers have extraordinary ...

Combined with motivation and practice, sport-specific training can ensure that you achieve that personal best. Sports conditioning can help you improve all aspects of your chosen activity.

as if you are both pulling and pushing/propelling yourself along a cross-country ski track. In other words, the coordinated effort of your entire body wins the day (or in this case, the workout).

Make a note of this number, and try to go faster during your next workout. A ski machine is a training tool for cross-country skiers, but the general fitness community has also embraced it.

Even compared to previous studies of lifelong endurance athletes in their 80s, the skiers were about 40-per-cent fitter, suggesting that the full-body workout provided by cross-country skiing is ...

Cross country skiing is a great way to exercise in the snow. Christine Peterson While both skating and classic skiing are a great workout, people who are runners or cyclists are most often interested ...

Cross-country skiing is one of my favorite winter activities. It's cheap (no lift ticket), it's easy (mostly no downhill involved) and it's a great workout (like running on skis). Cross-country ...

The northern Europeans are experts when it comes to cross country skiing, and it's not hard to see why they love it. Not only can you head out just about anywhere there's snow, but it's a workout ...