In the episode, Scott Johnston talks with Damon Tedford who recently returned from successful climbs of both Mt Everest and Lhotse. While Damon and Scott have been in sporadic communication over the past couple of years using our phone consultation service he has been completely self-coached, using first our book Training for the New Alpinism to create his own training plan for the first couple of training cycles. For this final training build up prior to the Everest-Lhotse trip he bought and used our 24 week expeditionary mountaineering plan and slightly modified it because we consider those plans to be…
Author: Uphill Athlete
A Race Report from the 2022 Tahoe 200The 200-miler is the most exciting discipline in mountain running. The distance is alluring because it requires the endurance and strength demanded by an ultra-marathon and the problem-solving required on a multi-day fastpacking expedition. The discipline is a puzzle. Each race presents a challenge that, once overcome, allows some pieces to fall into place while never quite revealing the full picture. For me, tackling this puzzle amidst a 60-hour work week as a leader at a start-up and among all of life’s chaos and entropy has been a challenge and a privilege, as…
How the jet-setting biomedical engineer Ruchika Singhal made it to 7,000 meters on Mount Everest Growing up in a conservative middle-class family in Delhi, India, Ruchika Singhal never had much exposure to sports. Beyond a walk around the neighborhood, athletics were simply something women didn’t do. During her undergraduate and graduate years of study in the United States, little changed; Singhal would play the occasional game of basketball, but never pursued exercise seriously. The basic concept of sports was, “I like this from a distance, but I don’t do this,” she says.Then Singhal decided to climb mountains.A biomedical engineer by…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qXUxlTk0IMClimbing the Slovak Direct was a pivotal experience in my climbing career. So it was really fun to be able to reflect upon it 22 years after the climb, and help those that have climbed it in a new record time appreciate and celebrate their own experience. Step by step, swing by swing, climbing’s deepest experiences are not about climbing, but about understanding our fears, our loves, our courage, and who we are as humans in this rich tapestry of experiences. -Steve House
What is HRV? Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is technology that claims to score our HRV and predict how long we need to recover from a given workout and when we’re ready to train again. Whether it’s an app or a program built into a watch, it is wonderful to think that one metric is all we need. But inaccurate recommendations, especially false positives, mean that this technology must be treated with deep skepticism.For more on the purpose of monitoring HRV, and how to measure it accurately, in our comprehensive article.We also have an updated article to share how our coaches…
Nikki LaRochelle is joined by fellow Uphill Athlete coach Mike Foote in interviewing ultra running phenom, Clare Gallagher, a major contender in the ultra running scene. Listen to this Episode: Also Listen On : Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify Listen on Google More Episodes and Posts View All Aerobic Training Capacity Training vs Utilization Training Aerobic Training Intensity Monitoring during Training Aerobic Training Determining Aerobic Threshold Using Breath Monitoring Aerobic Training Breath Intensity Monitoring Physiology Athlete Stories Giselle Cesin Becomes First Venezuelan Woman to Summit Denali Athlete Stories Stuss Leeds Summits Makalu (8,485 Meters) Videos How to Do Core:…
In the mountains, so many things are beyond our control; weather, snow conditions, avalanche hazard, rock quality, injury and illness to mention some of the more common. How one deals with them is what can make the difference between a little adventure and tragedy. Scott Johnston is joined by Kylee Toth dive into how experience and fitness allowed she and two companions to handle a recent unplanned bivouac during a scouting missing for their planned Bugaboo to Rogers Pass ski traverse. A few weeks later, in better conditions the three of then set the fastest known time for this very…
Get to the ultrarunning finish line strong with this 20-week training plan, designed for big elevation gains. Specialized leg strength workouts included.
Want to get into ultrarunning? This 20-week ultra running training plan boosts your trail running performance because it focuses on both uphills and long distances for optimal results.
Beginner-friendly 8-week mountaineering training plan by Uphill Athlete, suitable for easier 4000-meter and 14,000-foot peaks.