Hi, I think there is a lot of good advice here. However I think you sound like you may be deeper down in the hole than you may realize. It’s important to take immediate and decisive action as suggested above as well as examine what may have contributed. But for sure you have to deload and focus on nutrition, hydration, sleep, and only very light recovery workouts. I think Thomas’ suggestion of a upper body (short, to the heavy side, think of a mini-max strength workout for the upper body) to illicit a positive hormonal response may help keep you healthy as real illness can be a big risk when your body is beat down. And yes! Please please please log your training.
Steve House
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KeymasterSteve House on February 11, 2023 at 1:06 pm · in reply to: non functional overreaching recovery #75602Keymaster
Hello Training Partners! We are currently finalizing creative and scheduling for announcements. We will be live to register on August 15 (maybe sooner)!
September 19 – Registration Closes and training begins!
KeymasterAdditional questions for new coaching intake form. Have you trained with a coach before?
How structured has your training been in recent months?
Please tell us why you’d like to start working with a coach.
What, if any, technology are you currently using to track your training?
What types of equipment do you have access to?
Are you familiar with TrainingPeaks?Hoping that goes live with the new form by the end of this week.
thanks everyone for the fantastic ideas!KeymasterThanks for all the great feedback. I’m wrapping this up tomorrow and starting to work on the website changes tomorrow (Monday), so if you have more ideas, please post soon or email me directly. thanks team!
KeymasterBilling for Phone consults: We are working on a new billing system for phone consults. The way I asked it to work (but please give me your input) is that you can set the number of minutes you spoke, and create basically a one-time custom billing link for say, 47 minutes. The athlete would then just click the link and pay the amount indicated. ($1/minute) Not sure if it’s going to work tho.
What do you guys think?
KeymasterSteve House on March 22, 2022 at 10:45 am · in reply to: Registration and discount for next training group #64623Sorry, the code is: take10
KeymasterRebecca Dent’s husband Kevin is a Scottish Mountain guide though he lives in Chamonix now. I’ve just sent him a text and will let you know what comes back.
I loooove the climbing in scotland. Always a good time.
KeymasterHi Seth,
I guided Cayambe many (10-20?) times back in the mid-90s. This is normal for Cayambe. From the hut the route ascends a sandy/scree ridge to its end.Basically you’re trying to get as much altitude as possible before you get onto the glacier which is quite active and ever-changing.
That said, I wonder if his guide had a clue as to where he was going because even 25 years ago there was a modicum of a trail. It was a PIA. And I do remember lots of clients turning around because of it. Also sounds like his guide didn’t pace him correctly.
Cototpaxi is usually a bit better for people because it’s only a touch higher, usually more straighforward (crevasse-glacier travel wise) and for whatever reason, it always seemed to have the best snow/ice conditions for cramponing.
Chimborazo also has a ton of crummy-volcanic scree hiking to get to the point where you can put on crampons.
Cayambe is also the most difficult for many because (since it is the lowest) it’s usually the first of 2-3 of these 18,000-20,000 foot peaks that are typically packed into a 2 week trip. Most of the canned commercial trips go something like: Hike to 14 from Quito, rest, drive to 14-ish, rest/skills day, climb cayambe, down/rest, climb cotopaxi, down/rest, drive to chimbo, climb chimbo. With the balance being slush days for weather, sickness, etc.
Hope that helps.
KeymasterSteve House on January 20, 2022 at 2:41 am · in reply to: ALL Zoom call Recordings posted here #62363First Half: Bridging Training from Group 1 to Group 2
Second Half: Why we train. How our beliefs support our process.
Topic: Bi-Weekly Mountaineering Training Group Call
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KeymasterSteve House on January 11, 2022 at 5:09 am · in reply to: Chamonix Mountain Fit indexing help #61914Jane-That would be amazing. Thank you. You can email me the results and I’ll get them up onto the product page.
thank you!KeymasterThank you John
That was a very nice way of saying that everyone needs to know this document inside and out! 😉
KeymasterSteve House on January 6, 2022 at 5:42 am · in reply to: ALL Zoom call Recordings posted here #61640Here ya go: Topic: Bi-Weekly Mountaineering Training Group Call
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KeymasterSteve House on January 6, 2022 at 5:41 am · in reply to: ALL Zoom call Recordings posted here #61639Zoom Session from January 5, 2022
Topic: Bi-Weekly Mountaineering Training Group Call
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KeymasterJustin-Very soon (hopefully next week) we will have a simplified CMF workout. Hopefully that will address your (very valid) concerns.
KeymasterSteve House on December 23, 2021 at 6:17 am · in reply to: ALL Zoom call Recordings posted here #61085Topic: Nutrition with Dietician Rebecca Dent
Bi-Weekly Mountaineering Training Group Call
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