The Norwegian Way: What We Can Learn From Their Success

Norway is one of the most advanced sporting nations in the world, thanks to a unique structure which allows athletes to access the latest science and coaching. The team speak to Oyvind Sandbakk, the Sports Director at the Norwegian School of Elite Sports and a Professor at the School of Sport Science at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. A former World Cup cross-country skier himself, Oyvind has worked with many of Norway's top athletes in Nordic sports and talks in detail about the famed 'Norwegian Method', how the best minds combine to produce some of the best sportspeople in the world and what the future of sports training may look like. SHOW NOTES STUDY: Training session models from Norwegian coaches STUDY: Best Practice Training Characteristics Within Olympic Endurance Sports, As Described By Norwegian World-Class Coaches STUDY: The Evolution of World-Class Endurance Training: The Scientist’s View on Current and Future Trends STUDY: Perspectives of World-Class Endurance Coaches on the Evolution of Athlete Training and Performance STUDY: A paper Oyvind did on double-day training compared to single session Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Norwegian Way: What We Can Learn From Their Success is an episode from The Real Science of Sport Podcast by Mike Finch.

This episode is 1:32:23 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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