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In this episode of Training for Mountaineering, Steve House and Alyssa Clark welcome coach Martin Zhor onto the podcast to discuss tapering and the post-mountain blues. They discuss the dos and don’ts of tapering along with advice on the duration and types of workouts athletes should be focusing on during this time period.
Listen to this Episode: Episode 7 of the Winter 22-23 SeasonIn this episode of Training for Mountaineering, Steve House and Alyssa Clark are joined by veteran Uphill Athlete coach, Jason Antin. The trio opens by discussing the role of strength in Jason, Steve and Alyssa’s athletic careers and the purpose of strength training in the mountains. They continue with defining strength, strength training and its role in helping athletes move efficiently and safely in mountain objectives. Jason and Steve break down the three periods of strength training including transition, max strength and muscular endurance. Jason discusses his favorite max strength exercises and how single…
Listen to this Episode: Episode 8 of the Winter 22-23 SeasonIn this episode of Training for Mountaineering, Steve House and Alyssa Clark discuss the last training period before tapering, the climbing specific period. This stage follows the crucial base period, and serves to sharpen the skills a climber needs for a specific goal. Steve and Alyssa tackle how to navigate and plan this period from build up climbing trips, to training at home. They break down how a climber should distribute intensity, volume, recovery and strength throughout the week. They also touch on the importance of mental preparation and the confidence this…
In 2013, work friends invited my wife and me on a Tuscany biking (really wine-drinking) trip. I didn’t and still don’t care for road biking—Tuscany excepted—but I needed to get in biking shape. So I started mountain biking. In the subsequent four years, our group went on three more trips: Machu Picchu via Salkantay, the Dolomites hiking and biking, and a Canmore/Banff birthday bash. The more time I spent in the mountains, the more I wanted to be up there. I’m a retired electrical engineer living in Elizabethtown, Kentucky—we only have hills here—but I decided mountaineering was a sport I…
“Alaska favors the strong.” Uphill Athlete coach Jason Antin kept reminding me of this in the months leading up to our spring climbing trip to the Alaska Range. “You’ll be out there for twelve, fourteen, sixteen hours straight, trying to optimize a weather window,” he told me, “then you’re going to get into camp, and you’re going to need to have energy to build camp, build a platform, chop a ledge, put a tent up, get water going, feed yourself—and then sleep for six hours and go do it all again the next day.” Jason knew this from his own…