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tkbattaglia on October 9, 2019 at 1:33 pm · in reply to: Techniques for moving efficiently #29784

I would like to add one point, and ask Scott to comment.
While taking a Winter Alpinism group course in Chamonix, our instructors would emphasize that moving efficiently in the mountain most of the times was about not losing time trying to get things perfect, but rather making things work safely. As an example, it would be inneficient to store your ice axe on the backpack loops when you won’t need it for a while (what would require taking off your backpack), where one example of efficient choice would be to just pass it inside the backpack’s shoulder strap, “guide style”, avoiding loss of time.

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tkbattaglia on July 9, 2019 at 11:29 am · in reply to: Muscular Endurance #24771

Thanks Scott! I will try the routine you indicated.

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tkbattaglia on July 8, 2019 at 10:21 am · in reply to: Muscular Endurance #24684

Hi!
I am a trail runner who ocasionally ventures on alpine terrain and hight altitude (up to 6k). I included ME workouts in my training cycles since I read TFTNA a in 2017, and have been very impressed with the results. As described in that book, or at least as I interpreted, I have been trying to focus more on the load than on the speed. But with this approach, I can’t get the expected feeling, as described in the book, of burning legs and low heart rate. I do most of my ME WOs on the treadmill at 15% at a speed of 4km/hr, carrying loads up to 12kg (~24 pounds). With this settings, I usually get z3 heart rate (up to 150-155) and my legs don’t burn at all. I have tried in the stairmill with similar weights at 65spm with the same result. When I was tapering for my last trail race (UTMB Ushuaia, 130km with 7k elevation gain) I drastically reduced load to around 6kg (a bit more than expected for race day pack) and increased speed to 4,5km/hr. Surprisingly, I achieved the low heart rate burning legs feeling. Can you guys comment on that? Should I decrease weight and increase speed for the whole training cycle?