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One Overlooked Muscle For Mountaineers

9/30/2020

When it comes to training for mountaineering, most mountaineers are familiar with training their 'big mover' muscles.

Muscles like their quadriceps, their glutes, their hamstring and their calves.

These guys get the majority of focus in a mountaineers strength training and for good reason!

They are definitely where you should be putting most of your work and attention. But around those big moving muscles, there are several smaller muscles which often get neglected by mountaineers.

Training For An 8000m Peak - Interview With Seane

9/30/2020

In this episode, I interview Seane Pieper, founder of Himalayan Guiding Australia, and he talks about his experience with Summit Strength and how he trained and prepared to tackle an 8000m peak in Nepal.

TFT119: Train The Body In Balance

9/29/2020

In this episode, I share a simple system a hiker can use to ensure they are training their body in balance (and not missing any important muscles).

Ankle Mobility For Mountaineers

9/23/2020

When it comes to physical preparation for mountaineers, mobility is often completely overlooked.

Which is a shame. Because if certain joints don't have the range of motion they prefer, then it can cause many compensations through the body.

Which can often contribute to discomfort, pain and injury.

And while aerobic conditioning and strength training should be two of the big blocks in any mountaineers preparation...

You would be crazy to ignore mobility!

And today specifically, I want to talk about ankle mobility.

Interviewing Miss Adventure Pants: A Body Positive Endurance Coach

9/23/2020

In this episode, I interview Sarah Maurer, also known as Miss Adventure Pants, who is a body-positive endurance sports coach who works with hikers, mountaineers and trail runners.

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