Kylee Toth
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Hi Tinsch,
Thank you for your question. Please read this article on our website https://evokeendurance.com/evoke-endurance-athlete-female-physiology-basics/ specifically the section on, “Hormonal Health and the Endocrine System.” Feel free to message after if with any additional questions. What you are experiencing is very normal and many women experience a similar thing albeit to varying degrees. If it is very pronounced for you, you might consider getting your estrogen and progesterone hormones checked to make sure you don’t have any severe imbalances. You also didn’t mention your age. When women go through puberty and towards menopause which commonly starts in women’s 50’s but can start earlier hormonal changes and symptoms can be more prominent. Feel free to ask more questions or schedule a call with specific questions.
Kylee
Hi,
I actually race world cups and know exactly what you are observing. Skin choice is an art and science. We will study the race course profile and plan exact skins for each climb to maximize what we need. A lot of racers use 59 width skins and only 62 for steeper icy sections. We also have different length skins some quit short and some up to a foot and a half behind our rear bindings. We generally hot wax our skins (google pomoco hot waxing skins for a good video) on how to do this. You are right mileage on skins makes them faster a quick way to help wear in skins is to ski downhill with them if your are in a hurry. So in summary your main tools for making skins quicker:
1. Shorter and less wide
2. waxing to improve waterproofing
3. liquid waxes like you described above
4. wearing them in
Tips to make skins grippier
1. longer and wider
2. Pomoco grip skins instead of race pro
One overlooked factor when watching WC racers is technique often the look glidier because they have world class technique when skinning. We do technical skinning practice often and have coaches who analyze our stride. If you are interested in this consider booking a phone consult or custom coaching. To do this on your own practice skinning in race gear at a nordic Center and video yourself, you will surely pull out things you can improve. Also, consider hoping on classic xc skis and getting a lesson if you have no Nordic background.
Hope this helps!
Kylee
Hi Brett,
Thanks for your question. If you are not on a skimo setup with extremely light boots, skis and bindings we suggest being careful with the use of ME during “competition” season or your “specificity” season which for skiers is winter. You are right touring with a freeride or even normal backcountry setup has an ME effect in itself. Often clients with this type of setup can’t even do zone 2 work while skiing at first and need to either get a skimo, Nordic setup or run/treadmill to keep their HR’s low enough until they build enough fitness. As a rule of thumb for ski athletes a lot of the strength work should be done in the summer and especially the fall with maintenance weight training in the winter. Hope this helps!
