![]() ![]() Thomas: For your sport, do you do some cardio exercises or is it more about muscular endurance? ![]() I do squats with the barbell, jump squats, etc. Marta: In a typical week of training in summer, I usually spend three days in the gym in order to strengthen my leg muscles. Thomas: About training in the gymnasium, what do you do to prepare yourself concerning power and strength? All the physical abilities merge in just one thing meaning a balance between power and speed. After that, the most important thing is to be able to ski. I need strength and power but at the same time my muscles must be resistant and fast. It’s for those reasons that during summer I spend many weeks on my physical preparation. Marta Bassino: First, I need a good physical preparation because I ski at high speeds and the season is long. Thomas Kieller: What are the most important aspects (physical or technical) in order to be a good competitive all-around alpine skier? The written interview was done October 16, 2017. She is focused on her goals and we will see where it will lead her. Decidedly, Marta knows where she is going. During training, she works and refines the different disciplines of skiing. Moreover, the Italian skier always searches to improve herself on the physical aspect and also on the technical side. Over time, her performances on the slopes have earned her the right to be awarded in 2017 with the Longines Rising Ski Stars Prize attributed to the best young athlete (under 21 years old for the women). The next year, she won the European Cup at Sestrieres. Indeed, she excels more in this discipline where she won twice in 2013 in Passiria and Prato Nevoso in Italy. Determined, she has already obtained good results including three podiums at the World Cup in giant slalom. Face to the wind, she is not afraid of speed. The Italian woman from Cueno, which is a city at the footsteps of the Alps, enjoys skiing for the sensations that the sport procures to her. With an energetic and fluid style on the snow, Marta attacks the ski slopes, may this be in giant slalom, downhill, slalom or super-G. ![]()
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