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Nordic Training Academy — Est. 2019

YOURSEASONSTARTS.

Classic technique. Skate power. Backcountry silence. Find the trail that changes your winter.

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❄CLASSIC TECHNIQUE

⚡SKATE SKIING

🌲BACKCOUNTRY TOURING

🎿YOUTH PROGRAMS

📍MASTERS RACING

🏔LOPPET PREP

❄CLASSIC TECHNIQUE

⚡SKATE SKIING

🌲BACKCOUNTRY TOURING

🎿YOUTH PROGRAMS

📍MASTERS RACING

🏔LOPPET PREP

Disciplines

Four trails. One season.

Whether you're chasing your first 50K loppet or shaving splits in the masters race, every program is built on real terrain with coaches who've done it themselves.

Classic cross-country skier on groomed corduroy track through birch forest in winter

Foundation

Classic Technique

Master the diagonal stride, double-pole, and herringbone on groomed corduroy tracks. The language of snow begins here.

Weeks

Sessions/wk

Skill Levels

All

Skate skier in aggressive V2 position on wide groomed lake track at golden hour

Performance

Skate Skiing

V2, V1, and offset across wind-polished lakes. Build the hip drive and edge control that turns effort into flight.

Weeks

Sessions/wk

Min. Level

Intermediate

Backcountry skier ascending through dense birch forest with touring skis and heavy pack

Expedition

Backcountry Touring

Birch corridors that swallow sound. Read the terrain, trust the skin track, and earn every descent through untracked powder.

Days

2–5

Distance

15–40km

Terrain

Backcountry

Young skiers laughing and learning classic technique on a gentle groomed trail in winter sunshine

Next Generation

Youth & Family

Wax under fingernails and pine resin in their hair. Ages 7–16 learn to love the cold through games, adventure, and real technique.

Ages

7–16

Format

Weekend

Group Size

Max 12

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Methodology

Training built like interval sets.

The 80/20 polarized model proven across elite Nordic programs. Most athletes train too hard on easy days and not hard enough on hard ones. We fix that.

Weekly Intensity Distribution

Recovery Glide

60–70% max HR3–4 hrs/wk

Long slow distance on groomed tracks. Build aerobic base, perfect technique, recover between hard efforts.

40%

Aerobic Threshold

70–80% max HR2–3 hrs/wk

Comfortably hard. The pace you hold for a 50K. Builds lactate threshold and fat-burning efficiency.

30%

Tempo Intervals

80–87% max HR45–60 min/wk

10–20 min blocks at race pace. Teaches your body to sustain discomfort. The bread and butter of masters training.

15%

Lactate Threshold

87–93% max HR20–30 min/wk

Short intervals at 5K race effort. Brutal, brief, and brutally effective for shaving seconds off your splits.

10%

VO2 Max Surges

93–100% max HR10–15 min/wk

Sprint efforts at maximum output. 30-second to 3-minute blasts that expand your ceiling.

8-Week Program Arc

Base Building

Weeks 1–3

Long aerobic volume, technique drills, mobility work. Your engine needs displacement before it needs RPM.

Threshold Development

Weeks 4–6

Tempo intervals and lactate threshold work. The weeks that hurt. The weeks that matter.

Race Specificity

Weeks 7–8

Simulation efforts, course-specific terrain, taper protocol. Your body remembers what you practiced.

Athlete Outcome

94%

Complete their target race

−18%

Average split improvement

3×

Return enrollment rate

12km

Avg. weekly volume gain

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III

The Staff

Coaches who've done the work.

Every coach on our staff has raced at the level they coach. They know what it costs. They know what it's worth.

ClassicSkateMasters

Astrid Bergmann

Head Coach — Classic & Skate

Former Norwegian national team member. 14 Birkebeiner finishes, 3 podiums. Coached 200+ athletes to their first loppet finish.

3:41:22

Birkebeiner PR

200+

Athletes Coached

Seasons

BackcountryTouringAvalanche Safety

Mikael Sørensen

Backcountry & Endurance

AIARE Level 2 guide. Trans-Canada Nordic traverse 2022. Specializes in multi-day touring and terrain reading for advanced athletes.

1,200+

Touring km/season

AIARE Level

Expeditions Led

YouthDevelopmentClassic

Priya Nakashima

Youth Programs & Development

Certified CSIA Level 4 and youth sport specialist. Built the Stride Junior Academy from 8 to 60 registered athletes in two seasons.

Junior Athletes

CSIA Level

Camps/Year

Pack of cross-country skiers cresting a ridge at golden hour, breathing hard, grinning

847+

Athletes Trained

94%

Race Completion Rate

18%

Avg Split Improvement

Seasons Running

Athlete Transformations

Real athletes. Real splits.

Thomas Eriksen

Minneapolis, MN

Classic Foundation

"I came in barely able to ski 10km. Eight weeks later I finished the American Birkebeiner. The methodology is real — it just works."

Before

8:42/km

After

6:15/km

HR Peak

174 bpm

Keiko Watanabe

Madison, WI

Masters Performance

"Shaved 22 minutes off my Birkie time in one season. The interval structure and zone 2 discipline changed everything. My coach saw exactly where I was bleeding time."

Before

7:10/km

After

5:48/km

HR Peak

168 bpm

The Okonkwo Family

Chicago, IL

Youth & Family

"Our kids now beg us to go skiing on weekends. They have wax under their fingernails and that look in their eyes. Best thing we ever did as a family."

Before

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After

3 junior racers

HR Peak

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Start date

Jan 18, 2026

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