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nickdhulster on November 14, 2022 at 10:32 am · in reply to: Weight gain during Transition and Base Phase? #72617

That makes sense. Thanks for the reply

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nickdhulster on October 12, 2022 at 5:54 am · in reply to: Vertical/ Sprint Races #71496

Thanks for the reply. Colorado! A few of the USSKIMO sanctioned races have the first day dedicated to a vertical or sprint. There is also some resorts that put on vertical races but nothing too competitive. They really seem to like the longer individual formats. Not that I’ve been doing this very long but it seems there is much more variety in the EU and other ISMF countries. When you organize the shorter races do you have the team/individual race the next day? It seems punishing to try and compete at the podium level for both in one weekend.

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nickdhulster on May 30, 2022 at 8:44 pm · in reply to: Power @ AeT Improving, but AeT HR is not #67799

Bill,
That calculation is wild! I just plugged in the numbers and it’s almost identical to what I was seeing last season before this style of training. It’s changed for the better over a couple cycles. It’s almost like a MAF number but more personalized. Thanks for the info.

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nickdhulster on March 28, 2022 at 7:12 am · in reply to: Bouldering – Mountain Running Friend or Foe??!? #64808

I’m coming from a different stand point as I mostly am a climber who has started running and skimo training this season. If I use bouldering for strength training I keep that discipline of climbing at about 30-40% of my overall climbing training. I use the (rainbowing) as you put it as ARCing on easier terrain for 20-30 min loops with 5 mins rest for base building. The actual strength training of bouldering is hard 5-10 move powerful problems, with a lot of rest in between. If I’m going to do long harder loops or 4x4s on powerful problems that is happening at the end of my training season strictly for power endurance, kind of like interval training in running.

All that being said if your not really training for climbing and just want to pull hard and get movement skills you’re probably fine. I would only recommend if you split the longer bouldering loops into ARCing (easier very mild pumpy climbing) for 5-10 min loops and then keep the hard climbing to shorter more powerful problems you may see better results. The easier loops will improve your technique because the sheer volume and the shorter hard problems will actually test your fingers and muscles.

My power in climbing has certainly suffered from all the running but my technique is still pretty good and I feel fresh after a 2 hour climbing session between running and skiing.

Hope this is helpful! Enjoy the spring.

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nickdhulster on March 27, 2022 at 4:18 pm · in reply to: Good Labs in Front Range Colorado/ Denver for MET testing? #64786

Excellent, thank you Scott.

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nickdhulster on February 6, 2022 at 6:55 pm · in reply to: Test results from a VO2 max #63006

Thanks for the reply guys.
I read the article about two days after the test and knew immediately it was pretty much worthless. Today in a skimo race I was able to maintain a race pace of HR 160 (on skis at about 6-7000ft higher than i normally run) for about 2.25 hrs, which then I felt muscular and cardio wise fine just very hungry. After about 300 calories I went another 45 mins but still had to replenish before the last transition.
Thought I would see if the test had any accuracy but it seemed that HR would be just tapping into the low-mid zone 3 for me. Then again I’m very new to using HR to gauge zones, especially when i switch sports. I’m doing and AnT test in a couple days and will have a nice meal as the article suggests before hand.

Thanks again for the reply’s