Scott Johnston demonstrates proper technique for box step-ups and the heel touch.
Author: Uphill Athlete
Scott Johnston demonstrates shoulder and rotator cuff exercises—for those dealing with an injury and those seeking prevention from such injuries. Perform 20–30 repetitions of each position twice daily.
Scott Johnston demonstrates shoulder mobility and warm-up exercises, which are especially important for climbers.
Scott Johnston demonstrates closed-chain glute med activation and strengthening exercises using resistance bands.
In this Uphill Athlete video tutorial, coach Scott Johnston demonstrates box step-off exercises, which activate and strengthen the gluteus medius and vastus medialis oblique (VMO).
Kilian Jornet talks with Uphill Athlete co-founder and alpinist Steve House about his fastest vertical K (vertical kilometer; VK) time.
The Wake-Up Call In June 2001, I found myself standing atop 17,400-foot Mount Foraker in the Alaska Range, looking toward Denali. The Argentine alpinist Rolando Garibotti and I had just climbed the Infinite Spur in 25 hours, turning what was once a multiday testpiece of Alaskan mountaineering into a day climb. Staring at Denali—where I had established three new routes and climbed the Slovak Direct in a 60-hour push—it dawned on me that there was nothing bigger to climb as far as the eye could see. That season in Base Camp, I met the world-renowned Slovenian alpinist Marko Prezelj. We…
Kilian Jornet gives all uphill athletes one simple piece of advice: Keep your motivation high! Do the things you do seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously. Because in the end running up a mountain is—and should always be—joyful.
Each person has a different strength in ski mountaineering: either their muscles or their endurance. This also tells how you run or ski. Kilian Jornet explains this concept in detail—and how you can utilize it while racing—in a video interview with Steve House.
Kilian Jornet discusses training for multiple sports. He describes how everything is linked: your physical, technical, and mental preparation, even your gear. It needs to be an evolution of everything together.