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jimmyharris on November 4, 2018 at 3:37 pm · in reply to: Combining 2 Workout Plans??? #14276

Hi Terry,

I’d also suggest that you could use the 24 week mountaineering plan and modify some of the workouts in it to be more skill-based using the suggestions in the TfNA book. The book discusses training for both a mountaineering objective (largely improving endurance) and a technical alpine objective (endurance plus improving skill). Reading it (if you haven’t already) should give you a good idea of what changes might need to be made.

Jimmy

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jimmyharris on October 21, 2018 at 1:50 am · in reply to: Which training plan for me? #14036

A vote for the 24 week expedition plan from me.

I find 6 months is a good amount of time for a training program and it gives you a reasonable amount of training in each training period. It’s generally two strength sessions per week, 2 or 3 runs per week and then 2 or 3 run/hikes as well (6 sessions per week in total).

Thanks to Steve and Scott for their great work on both the book and the training plans. I’m a (relatively serious) hiker rather than a climber and the expedition program has been perfect for me to prepare for 7-10 days off-track hikes in the Tasmanian mountains.

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jimmyharris on March 16, 2017 at 2:41 pm · in reply to: 24 week big mountain training plan (In Progress) #4277

I’m with you in that the strength and power and structured specificity is new to my outdoor training though it was very much a part of my (long ago) competitive rowing career.

Since I left rowing many years ago, I’ve kept up pretty good fitness in my legs and aerobic system but my upper body and core have been left to weaken without any real targeted training other than a few hours on the rowing machine here and there. No surprise then that I then suffer on the long upward days with a heavy pack.

Thanks for posting your experiences and good luck on Denali. It would be great to hear how you go and how you think your training contributed. While I have the thanks out, a big thanks to Steve and Scott, both for their book and this site. TftNA was a turning point for my training and the training plan is really the icing on the cake.

I’d also like to hear from anyone else who’s doing one of the longer training plans, so if you’re out there then speak up!

Jimmy

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jimmyharris on March 16, 2017 at 4:02 am · in reply to: 24 week big mountain training plan (In Progress) #4272

Hi Matt,

Thanks for posting about your experience of the 24 week plan. I’m also doing the plan but I’m only a few weeks in so still well within the transition period. I won’t be heading off on my expedition until mid-November so I’ll fill out the plan with some extra base week training.

I’m not sure if you have it, but it’s absolutely worth buying “Training for the new alpinism” if you don’t. Steve and Scott have really done an amazing job with the book and it’s been very useful as a reference for me even in my early stages. (I own both an actual book as well as an ebook which is rather easier to carry in my backpack…)

I may be a bit unusual for this site but I’m primarily a hiker and snow-shoer rather than a climber and I’m using the plan to train for a 14 to 18 day remote hike in Tasmania, Australia later this year. No altitude as such to worry about down there but plenty of scrub, scrambling, long days, and heavy packs to go around and the plan looks like it will be perfect for getting me in good shape for the trip.

Jimmy