[Matt K]

Matt K on April 25, 2020 at 7:48 am · in reply to: Heart Rate Drift & staying in zone 2 #40897

Meant to say skip to 36:15 for the short answer

[Matt K]

Matt K on April 25, 2020 at 7:39 am · in reply to: Heart Rate Drift & staying in zone 2 #40895

Listening to episode 310 of the Endurance Planet ATC podcast might help answer the OP questions. You can skip to 35:15 for the short answer but listening to the whole episode is beneficial IMO.

I’ve been listening to Endurance Planet ATC (Ask the Coaches) series of podcasts for several years, about the same amount of time I’ve been following TFTNA. I find a lot of similar philosophies in the two.

[Matt K]

Matt K on March 1, 2020 at 10:40 pm · in reply to: Mt. Rainier & Mt. Baker back-to-back #39104

FWIW In 2019 I reached the summit of Mt. Baker via the Easton Glacier route and Mt. Shuksan via the Fisher Chimneys/SE Ridge routes with 4 days rest in between. ‘Rest’ meaning 4 days of work and travel between MT and WA. I prepared using the 24 week expedition mountaineering plan and maintained a CTL of 90-100 for 4 weeks prior to the climbs. Training-wise, I felt the weighted (50 lbs) Zone 3 steep hikes (1600 ft per mile ascent & descent) in the late stage of the training plan were the ‘money’ workouts and contributed to both summit attempts feeling mostly automatic in regards to the demands on my body.