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debourgknecht1 on June 12, 2018 at 8:51 am · in reply to: grip training and shoulder injury #10298

Thanks for the tips guys!
I will try to lower the weight a bit and work with more shoulder engagement. Sounds that it is the weak link right now…

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debourgknecht1 on June 9, 2018 at 4:07 pm · in reply to: grip training and shoulder injury #10247

I think that it is indeed a factor… but I hava a hard time to engage the shoulder (especially with that much weight) while hanging on 1 arm.

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debourgknecht1 on April 16, 2018 at 9:38 am · in reply to: How to change your diet while training? #9387

Thanks Robert,
This is very helpfull material.
Interestingly, since I created that topic I have dramatically changed my diet. I now eat about 300g carbs/day and 120g of prot (powder proteins isolate) and almost no more fat. I can see that my body fat is going down (and the same for my upper body muscles) but I went on the balance today and the result was a staggering 89kg ! I have never been so heavy in my life, but I must say I start feeling preety light while training (hiking uphill). I think that the body weight that I am gaining is probably muscle mass in the legs. Is that a typical response to training below aerobicc treshold hiking uphill?

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debourgknecht1 on April 11, 2018 at 11:15 am · in reply to: How to change your diet while training? #9296

Thanks for all these responses… definitiely helps!
Makes me realize that I was still eating way too much carbs, hence the weight gain.
I guess a good strategy for fat adaptation would be to limit carbs to a max of 100 or 150 grams/days and compensate the calorie loss with prot and fat.
Do you guys know the minimum amount of carbs per kg of body weight recommended for endurance athletes during a training cycle?

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debourgknecht1 on March 29, 2018 at 9:06 am · in reply to: zone1-nose breathing #8964

Hi Scott,
Thanks for your answer.
According to TFTNA, nose breathing becomes noisy and labored at the end of zone 1. Here is the exact sentance in the book: : “AS you increase the intensity/speed gradually, note the point at which this nose-breathing becomes noisy and labored. This is the upper end of zone1”
Would it be a fair aproximation to say that nose-breathing becomes labored and noisy at the end of zone 1 and that it usually becomes almost impossible (or at least highly uncomfortable) at the aerobic treshold (end of zone 2)?

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debourgknecht1 on March 6, 2018 at 10:47 am · in reply to: How to balance climbing and running #8483

What about going for a good training session at the climbing gym in the morning and a 2 hours run in the afternoon? Would that be counter-productive?

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debourgknecht1 on February 28, 2018 at 2:27 am · in reply to: Basic fitness test: box steps-up #8313

Thanks for your answer Scott. Then what are the reference times for the uphill hiking test?

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debourgknecht1 on February 27, 2018 at 5:42 pm · in reply to: Basic fitness test: box steps-up #8299

Sorry I didnt formulate clearly. You would not be doing the step test just on one leg. You would alternate the leg you bring down to the ground between each step (hence steping up with each foot alternatively). The stepping up part of the exercice would be exactely the same but the stepping down part of the exercice would be much faster. Aparently many cross-fit athlets do it this way…In House and Johnston s book (training for the new alpinism) the reference time for excellent, good and bad performence are the same for the 1000 feets box step up test and the 1000 feets hill test and it sounds to me that if you take down both feets to the ground between each step you would take much more time for the 1000 feets box test than for the 1000 feets hill test.