In this 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.
Author: Uphill Athlete
In this video interview, Kilian Jornet describes how the obstacles you encounter in the mountains can help you progress as an athlete.
In this video interview with Steve House, Kilian Jornet talks about goals and why they are important for training. Not only for staying motivated each day, but also for knowing what you actually have to do to achieve the goal: each year, each month, each week, each day. Training is the process that makes you into a different person. A fitter athlete. Kilian also points out common mistakes with goals, including not being realistic about having the time to do the work needed to achieve your objective.
Kilian Jornet explains in this video interview why he is no longer doing any interval training. He tells Steve House what he does instead, which leads to a discussion of how he manages to race a range of distances and terrain types.
In this video interview with Steve House, Kilian Jornet shares some essential training advice. He touches on athletes who start training later in life, especially those who take on a high training volume while also working and having a family. This means that they have a lot going on besides only training. Kilian points out that whenever you train, it adds stress to your system. Because of this, it is important to remember that time spent at work and/or with family is not necessarily rest for your body. A key takeaway: Training is a long-term progression. As best you can,…
In this video interview with Steve House, Kilian Jornet describes his journey to being able to train by feel. After educating himself about training theory for several years, Kilian began to self-coach at the age of 17. Eventually, thanks to his extensive training and theoretical background, he began to proceed by feel.
When Kilian Jornet started training for skimo racing when he was 13 years old, he worked with two coaches. One coach provided training plans each month, and the other conducted technical training (e.g., how to stride and glide, avalanche courses, and general mountain skills). Between the ages of 13 and 17, Kilian was immersed in this kind of structured training. As a teenager, Kilian didn’t just train; he describes himself as being obsessed with training. He would frequently run 25 kilometers to and then back from school, or he would cycle 60 kilometers to find snow and then do his…
Kilian Jornet talks to Steve House about his childhood. His father, a mountain guide, introduced him to the mountains at a very early age. By the age of 3, he was doing ski ascents and descents of nearby mountains, and by the time he was 5 years old he was climbing 3,000-meter (12,000-foot) peaks with an ice axe and crampons.
The MAF method, short for Maximum Aerobic Function, is a third option for determining Aerobic Threshold (AeT). It’s quick, easy, and we promise that you won’t break a sweat! This is a method that we recommend for those who have never engaged in organized aerobic training. It uses a simple formula that Dr. Phil Maffetone developed over 30 years ago. The MAF method gives a conservative estimation of an individual’s AeT. With this method, your aerobic base training will be most effective if you use the resulting number as the top heart rate for Zone 2. The calculation is simple:…
Endurance is the ability to maintain a high rate of work output for long durations. But what powers that output? What is it that fuels the muscle contractions that propel you through hours of climbing or racing? The answer is a single molecule: ATP (adenosine triphosphate). Training for endurance is, at its most fundamental level, an organized method to increase your muscles’ rate of ATP production. This article provides a simplified overview of how your body produces energy for movement, how the two metabolic pathways interact, and why the aerobic system is the foundation of endurance performance. For deeper treatments…