Prepare for your next alpine rock climb.
TRAINING PLANS
Alpinism: Beginner with Steve House
HR-Based
A short-term training plan designed to prepare you for your alpine rock climbing goals.
Build your aerobic and climbing fitness.
This 5-week foundational plan is for those who want a shorter-term training plan that prepares them for an alpine rock climbing objective, or our intermediate or advanced alpinism plans. This plan calls for 1 climbing day, 3 aerobic training days, and 2 strength training days per week. The focus of the plan builds general fitness that is capable of supporting good climbing technique. This plan will lead to improvements based on your technical climbing ability and prepare you for more challenging plans.
This training plan requires you use a chest-strap heart rate monitor and GPS watch to log all your training.
Smartwatch compatibility for strength workouts will be added to all our training plans in 2024.
Plan details
- Ideal plan for shorter alpine rock objectives.
- Written and tested by IFMGA guide Steve House.
- Designed to be customized to your climbing objectives.
- Built as a stepping stone for more challenging plans.
- Buy it once. Own it forever. Unlimited Updates.
- Workouts uploaded to your smartwatch or GPS device.
- Email support and forum support.
- Easy-to-follow instructions.
To buy this plan, you will be taken to TrainingPeaks to complete your purchase.
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Built by Uphill athlete coaches with input from world-class alpinists
This plan is designed for the climber who wants to improve their fitness for a specific alpine rock climbing objective. To follow this training plan you will need access to a climbing gym, a hangboard, a weight gym, and you must have the ability to train via a weight-bearing modality such as hiking or running (indoors or out). The program assumes you have one day per week to climb.
This training program assumes you have the ability to hike for a minimum of 90 minutes or run at a slow-to-moderate pace for 45 minutes. The program assumes you can climb either indoors or outdoors one day per week. If you do not feel you are at this fitness level yet, we highly encourage you to do our Beginner Mountain Fitness plan.
If you’d like to take on the next level of training, check out our intermediate alpinism or advanced alpinism plan.
ALPINISM TRAINING PLANS