Natural Fitness Lab Winter Program
Most of the following events have been posted to the GuideGatineau events calendar but here's full detail as received from Dave McMahon of Natural Fitness Laboratories.
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Natural Fitness Lab
"Living and Coaching Natural Fitness through Clean Oxygen Fed Sport."
The perfect combination of trail running, snowshoeing and nordic skiing to build applied core strength, cardiovascular endurance, aerobic power, agility, balance, and confidence in a pragmatic and natural environment. Free yourself from the roads and engage in a richer and more enduring experience. Experience natural fitness through Nordic Skiing – the ultimate clean oxygen fed sport. Achieve superior total-body conditioning with one sport. Build power-endurance, core strength, coordination and high dynamic range of physical literacy.
www.naturalfitnesslab.com is a not for profit company promoting health and fitness.
-----------WINTER PROGRAM --------------------16 weeks (80 available sessions)
Nordic Skiing sessions begin 01 Dec
For Adults 18+ (Parents are welcome to bring teenagers 16+ and we will coach them for free)
All sessions are your choice of either classic or skating technique.
MONDAYS 6:30pm "Learn to Ski" technical sessions classic or skating for all levels and abilities. Place: P6 Mackenzie King Estate. Beginners and Novice Skiers are encouraged to attend this session to begin with. The complete "Learn to Nordic Ski" curriculum is published on DVD from www.xczone.tv
TUESDAYS 6:30pm "Train to race" group workouts classic or skating. Place: TBD www.trirudy.com This workout is meant for intermediate to expert skiers. You are stongly advised to show up early and warm up a bit before the Tuesday workout. Routes are posted on http://www.trirudy.com/region/OE/traininggroup/
every week. The complete "Nordic Sking Technique and Training" curriculum is published on DVD from www.xczone.tv
SUNDAY 1pm-3pm Group "Ski Touring" easy group guided sessions. It is suitable for novice skiers and better. Place: TBD posted on www.trirudy.com
OTHER ACTIVITIES
We will spice-up the sessions with optional events and activities:
- Biathlon
- Ski Orienteering
- Hut-to-Hut Skiing
- Potlucks
- Ski and Spa
- Ski and Yoga
- Snow Shoeing
- Trail Running
- Winter Adventure Racing
SPECIAL CLINICS
We will run a number of special clinics this season on Saturday afternoons:
- Beginner-Novice Skate Skiing and Classic
- Intermediate+ Skate Skiing and Classic
- Downhill skiing on cross-country skis
- Women and daughters on skis (Fast and Female)
- Instructor Clinic
- waxing, equipment selection, training etc
RACE TEAM EXTRA TRAINING (OPTIONAL) e-mail me directly
SATURDAY 9AM-12 - Race Team Training (time trials) Place TBD
SUNDAY 9AM-12 - Race Team Training (LSD) Place TBD
Note: The race team is pacing about 19km/hr-24km/hr for a 50km event (about top 200 in the gatineau loppet) whereas the speed of the regular group is <10kph for touring on skis.
COSTS
The cost for early registration in the Fall-Winter programs is $150 until Dec then the cost increases. This includes the 80 expert lead technical and training sessions, special clinics, coaching support and fun.
FREE for students for the year
FREE trial session
$10 drop-in fee
We run group skiing sessions MON, TUES, SAT and SUN every week for all levels and abilities in the Gatienau Park. With over 500 members it is one of the largest adult program in the country. We also have a number of special clinics.
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IMPORTANT LINKS TO INFORMATION
More details about the program: http://www.xczone.com/adultskirunprogram.pdf
Our coaching philosophy: http://www.xczone.com/philosophy.pdf
The main site: www.naturalfitnesslab.com
Our DVD resources for technique and training: www.xczone.tv
Practices are posted under group training on: www.trirudy.com
The Chelsea Nordic web site: www.chelseanordiq.ca
Join the group's social networking site to read the latest reports and see photos/video etc www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33051366958
For a detailed description of many of the trails go to http://www.motionbased.com (search xczone).