Introduction Despite a population of only 5.6 million, Norway is a powerhouse in endurance sports. The country won the most Olympic gold medals at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Games and Norwegian athletes routinely win top trophies at the Olympic, World and European Championships. How to explain such a resounding success? Are Norwegian coaches planning, managing and monitoring training in a special way? Do they share of unique periodization principles or `secret` methods that may explain their athletes` outstanding and consistent performances? This is the question that a Norwegian research team tried to answer in two very interesting research papers, published in 2024 and 2025. In the study, researchers asked 12 highly successful Norwegian endurance coaches, who trained more than 370 medal winners across multiple endurance sports, to describe their macro, meso and micro-cycles periodization models, session planning and training intensity management strategies. This document summarizes their findings.
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