9 декабря 2025 г.
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Empowering Human Performance: Federico Pellegrino
There are some athletes who seem to have been born to win, almost destined for greatness. And then there are others who seem to have built themselves to last. Digging a tunnel through tiredness and discipline, a corridor through the snow, to endure. And inside that narrow space, captain of his own destiny, moves a silent and surgical architect, who has been carrying the weight of an entire movement on his shoulders for almost twenty years. And doing so methodically.
Cross-country skiing is a brutal sport. It is a physical and mental equation, in which every error is a tiny debt that accumulates and every breath a large investment in the future. The nearest future, which is waiting for you just over the horizon. The grasshopper and the ant – and no one, truly no one, has ever been more ant than Federico Pellegrino, the man who has elevated to an art form the ability to repeat himself, to give breadth to his own illuminating quality. Many are good, a few less are talented. Almost no one is consistent.
Stamina, volumes, workloads: self-discipline elevated to an art form. In essence, a savage effort, which lasts the entire season, in summer as in winter, waiting to sparkle on the snow, when the eyes of the planet are focused on the bib, on the pumping legs, on the face distorted by fatigue. Huge aerobic capacity, beyond the imaginable, at the limits of what is human, which, precisely in the moment of maximum fragility, still has to find a response. And then another. The final sprint, the final metre.
A creature made of percentages, lactic thresholds, minutes, micro-corrections and planning. A human algorithm, capable of holding up an entire movement, of carrying Italian cross-country skiing on his shoulders when Italian cross-country skiing had only him. Of keeping Italy clinging onto the locomotive of the future, near nations that treat cross-country skiing as if it were a religion, and definitely not their second most important one. Pellegrino was the scientist who dared to enter the Vikings’ living room and sit at the head of the table.
A creature made of percentages, lactic thresholds, minutes, micro-corrections and planning. A human algorithm, capable of holding up an entire movement, of carrying Italian cross-country skiing on his shoulders when Italian cross-country skiing had only him. Of keeping Italy clinging onto the locomotive of the future, near nations that treat cross-country skiing as if it were a religion, and definitely not their second most important one. Pellegrino was the scientist who dared to enter the Vikings’ living room and sit at the head of the table.
The World Cups, the Olympic medals, the throne earned in the Valhalla of the discipline – honours that only begin to tell the story of who he was, who he is, who he will always be, because gold has never managed to define him, not to those who really know him. His real metal has been the everyday. And for an athlete like him, even the end could only be a project. Which is why Milano Cortina 2026 will not just be his last race; it will be a rite. The end of a four-cycle pilgrimage. An athlete saying goodbye to the world on his mountains, in front of his people, in the longest-standing format: the white marathon.
And we will be there to watch him. We will be a part of his fatigue, saluting a champion and an architect. Someone who has forged a path where there was nothing but space. Someone who has taught young people that greatness is not a dream, it is a consequence. Cross-country skiing will be different after him. It will be better. Because every athlete to come will walk into a house that Pellegrino has built brick by brick. The manifesto for the method. A rare example. A metronome with a human heart.
Elite Oxygen Uptake
70 ml/kg/min
Efficient Energy Use
~0.85
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Federico Pellegrino
Federico Pellegrino on the Technogym Skillup ergometer, from the Skill line, a core training element for cross-country skiers – a biomechanical interface that combines technical precision and functional development. Reproducing the dynamic of cross-country skiing extremely faithfully, the equipment allows him to train the specific muscles required by the discipline, maintaining continuity with the natural movement and tracking cardio-pulmonary response. This highly efficient tool is vital for all narrow ski specialists.
Anna Gasser
For Anna Gasser, working with cables is a fundamental part of her preparation; the Adjustable Pulley REV, from the AI-guided Biostrength REV line, is a highly versatile product that lets her increase muscle power under controlled proprioceptive instability conditions. Snowboarding, freestyle in particular, with its intrinsic asymmetry, requires a commitment to creativity even in the gym, where muscle groups need to be shaped under extreme stress while preserving their elasticity and ability to adapt at the same time.
Clément Noël
Clément Noël works on the Technogym Skillmill, from the Skill line, ideal for building the aerobic base required to tackle the relentless verticals of the circuit’s slaloms. A tireless athlete, the Frenchman never takes shortcuts with his gym preparation, vital for sustaining the fast pace of the descents between the narrow poles; as well as elasticity and strength, this scenario requires extraordinary aerobic capacity and solid breathing power. Skillmill Technogym becomes a pillar of functional conditioning.
Lara Colturi
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Miro Tabanelli
Miro Tabanelli is performing a set of asymmetric lunges with the Technogym barbell, which lets him work simultaneously on bodyweight strength and proprioceptive control, improving how he manages his body in space.
Flora Tabanelli
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