The present cross-country skiing and exercising machine includes a stand and a skiing platform slidable into and out of the stand. The platform includes channeled tracks on which ride skates with rollers. The tracks are carpeted to provide resistance to the rollers with a minimum of noise. ...
The present cross-country skiing and exercising machine includes a stand and a skiing platform slidable into and out of the stand. The platform includes channeled tracks on which ride skates with rollers. The tracks are carpeted to provide resistance to the rollers with a minimum of noise. Free...
Benefits of Cross-Country Skiing NordicTrack skiers were designed to mimic the motion of cross-country Nordic skiing. Cross-country skiing is a full-body aerobic exercise that burns hundreds of calories per hour without the discomfort of high-impact exercise. Benefits of Nordic Skiing Using the nat...
The cross country skiing simulator has a frame supporting a walking belt (1). The user holds a pair of simulated ski sticks (3) with the lower ends mounted to slide in slots in the frame to the left and right of the user. The lower ends of the sticks are connected to pneumatic resis...
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FIG. 4 is a right end view thereof; FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the opposite side shown in FIG. 1; and, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the combined cross-country and slalom skiing exercise machine of the present design....
The Preserve is 175 acres of land east of Aspen that has been preserved to allow its natural ecology to continue with a minimum of human impact. Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are one of the few uses permitted on its flat, open meadows close to the Roaring Fork River. Please stay...
Conclusion:Cross-country (XC) skiers repeatedly applied exercise intensities exceeding their maximal aerobic power. ΣO2-deficits were higher during uphill skiing compared to flat which has implications for the duration and magnitude of supramaximal work rates that can be applied in different types of...
Cross-Country Skiing: An Exercise in Aesthetics and Challengesdoi:10.1080/00913847.1975.11948151WillShapiraInformaworldPhysician & Sportsmedicine
Postexercise heart-rate (HR) recovery (HRR) indices have been associated with running and cycling endurance-exercise performance. The current study was designed (1) to test whether such a relationship also exists in the case of cross-country skiing (XCS) and (2) to determine whether the magni...