Orienteering is an exciting and challenging sport that demands both physical and mental resilience. With athletes needing to maintain speed, endurance, and navigation skills throughout a season, the importance of a well-structured training plan cannot be overstated. This article explores different periodization strategies that can help orienteers peak at the right time, with examples, recent … Continue reading Unleashing Your potential: 📆 Periodization in Orienteering Training
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Unleashing your potential: 🔥 Advanced HIIT Training for Runners and Orienteers
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is an indispensable tool for athletes, especially runners and orienteers aiming to enhance speed, endurance, and overall performance. In this article, we’ll explore the physiological impact of different HIIT protocols (30-30, 45-15, and 90-30), discuss how to structure HIIT across a training season, and include updated research to offer a comprehensive … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: 🔥 Advanced HIIT Training for Runners and Orienteers
Unleashing your potential: ♀️ Training and competition around the Menstrual Cycle.
For female endurance athletes, understanding the menstrual cycle's impact on both training and competition is essential for maximizing performance and well-being. Hormonal fluctuations throughout the cycle influence not only energy levels and mood but also endurance, strength, and recovery. By aligning your training and competition strategies with the different phases of your menstrual cycle, you … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: ♀️ Training and competition around the Menstrual Cycle.
Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧 (3)
Welcome to the third and final challenge in our "Road to WOC" series! This time, we stay in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town, presenting a simulated leg for the individual final. A key variable in this championship is route choice involving steep staircases. These legs are particularly challenging because runners lose significant time on … Continue reading Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧 (3)
Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧 (2)
The journey continues with our second post in the "Route to WOC" series, this time focusing on the Individual Sprint Qualifiers. We expect an interesting mix of fast and straightforward legs, combined with legs where route choice will be crucial. These qualifiers come with added stress as there are three parallel heats, resulting in numerous … Continue reading Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧 (2)
Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧
The countdown has begun! With less than 6 days remaining, the most significant event in the world of orienteering for 2024 is about to kick off: The World Orienteering Sprint Championship in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 11 to 16. As the excitement builds and the favorites finalize their preparations, now is the perfect time to … Continue reading Route to WOC24 Edinburgh 🇬🇧
Unleashing your potential: 🏔️ Uphill training for orienteers.
This article aims to provide orienteers and their coaches with an understanding of the importance and benefits of uphill training, by incorporating structured uphill workouts into their training programs, orienteers. Orienteering is a unique sport that combines navigation and endurance running, often across rugged terrain. Uphill training is a crucial component for orienteers, providing significant … Continue reading Unleashing your potential: 🏔️ Uphill training for orienteers.
Route to WorldCup Olten #bonus
Only 1 day left for Round-1 of the World Orienteering Cup kicks off in Olten (Switzerland)!! Exciting!! It was not planned before, but I couldn't avoid sharing one more simulation leg after the great reception of the previous posts. We come back to the most interesting area of the Olten map, where the final rounds … Continue reading Route to WorldCup Olten #bonus
Route to WorldCup Olten #3
Only 2 days before Round-1 of the World Orienteering Cup kicks off in Olten (Switzerland). The best athletes in the world are in the final stretch of preparation and, with the final bulletin already published, they have a lot of information to analyze and carry out simulations. Exciting! Today we suggest the third (and last) … Continue reading Route to WorldCup Olten #3
Route to WorldCup Olten #2
Only 3 days before Round-1 of the World Orienteering Cup kicks off in Olten (Switzerland). We can expect fast and tricky orienteering with a very high-level organization, as always Matthias & Simone Niggli (and the Swiss Orienteering Federation) are leading the event. Today we suggest the second simulation leg on the old map of Olten … Continue reading Route to WorldCup Olten #2
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