Nordic SkiingCross Country - Czech Republic
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For many years, Lukas Bauer & egrave; state & nbsp; l & rsquo; talent in & nbsp; cross-country skiing in the Czech Republic. After good performances in the Olympic season has decided to retire from & rsquo; activities & agrave; professional. At the ripe et & agrave; 36 years, Bauer began & nbsp; & nbsp another Olympic cycle, and is training at the most. As l & rsquo; Last year, Bauer has spent the days of training with some of his more & ugrave; great rivals. & nbsp;
Tuesday 19 August 2014 7 minutes reading time
Lukas, recently you trained to Oberwiesenthal (GER). Who was in the group d & rsquo; workout?
I was with a group of 7 skiers, led by Alexander Legkov. I had already & agrave; planned to meet some of the most skiers & ugrave; strong this summer. Gi & agrave; Last year I trained with the Russians and had gone well.
Alexander Legkov & egrave; one of your most & ugrave; great opponents d & rsquo; winter. The Russians were not concerned to grant to train with their team?
It all depends on the person preparing the training program. Coaches must be d & rsquo; agreement. And of course, the athletes must support it, in Particular way the leader of the team, as Alexander Legkov. None of them had any objection to me in the aggregate to the team for Their workouts.
Com & rsquo; was l & rsquo; atmosphere of the team?
Very good, they work and train in a very relaxed atmosphere. I also tried to communicate with them in Russian and then sometimes it was very funny. I think they were surprised when they saw me in the gym, I guess you have said: & ldquo; Com & rsquo; & egrave; possible that one cos & igrave; can ski fast? & rdquo;
E & rsquo; been difficult to keep up their pace in the gym?
The training of power were very hard, but it went well. Russian athletes are at a completely different level than the Germans or Norwegians when it comes to strength. We have other strengths that make us good skiers.
Did you train with Legkov and his team also l & rsquo; past year. You have made some special preparation to train with their quest & rsquo; year?
No, no preparation. I had not felt particularly exhausted last year. I was surprised at how many are able to lift weights and at the same time remain very strong in the race. In particular Legkov & egrave; a & rsquo; great runner. Revolutionizes the concept that athletes strong and muscular are scarce in the race. Everything & ograve; & Egrave; truly inspiring, I trained not only to improve the weight lifting, but above all to understand the balance of their workouts. Not egrave &; a great problem to train with them for a day or two. The key point & egrave; how can you manage a period pi & ugrave; long reaching a positive effect.
What are the pi & ugrave; large differences in the & rsquo; training of the Russians?
Their training is not based on the & rsquo; train the maximum number of hours possible, as the levels d & rsquo; intensity & agrave ;. I think their system is more & ugrave; close to Norway to Russia. Not egrave &; that kind of training in Russian which every part of the body you have to hurt. Obviously & egrave; hard, but in a different way, they do not rest much, practically worked all the time. Such intensity & agrave; & not egrave; very common in Czech schools cross-country skiing.
You train independently from the rest of the Czech national team. How often do you train with your teammates?
I have a family and want to spend more & ugrave; time at home. I also think that I should not be under control all day to train well. I asked for the opportunity & agrave; not to be compelled to go to the retreat of the Czech national team. I would like to build my workouts in order to provide cover both my family life that my idea about preparation. Before & rsquo; winter I aggregher & ograve; with the national team for two training camps. But during the season & will not have ograve; a special program. I would like to ograve &; be allowed to skip the Tour de Ski, since my priority & agrave; are the world championships of Falun and especially in the 50km classic technique. In addition, I would like to participate in pi & ugrave; two races over long distances. & nbsp;
What are your plans after l & rsquo; training in Oberwiesenthal?
Passer & ograve; a few days with my family in the Bohemian Switzerland. Then I allener & ograve; for a week at home and then I allener & ograve; with the Czech team in Oberhof. Then I aggregher & ograve; the German team in Goms in Switzerland for their summer training pi & ugrave; hard. We will do so skiroll from the valleys to the summit of the mountains.
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http://www.fis-ski.com/cross-country/news-multimedia/news/article=cross-country-talk-lukas-bauer-cze.html
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