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Train Smarter for the Summit: Mountaineering Strength Training Part 4

2/23/2016

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by Carrie Lane, Director of Sport Performance

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Here we are, the final summit push of our strength training blog.  Of course, it involves the most grueling and most fun phase of training-- Strength Endurance.  This is where it all comes together for an alpinist.  Strength Endurance encompasses your ability to ascend and descend under load (the load is your pack) all day long, while executing intermittent powerful movements, and quickly recovering from those movements.  Referring back to our riverbed analogy from part 3, once you have taught those riverbed hoppers in your neuromuscular system to travel efficiently (power phase), and then you recruited a lot of them (strength phase), you can finally train them to keep going for miles and miles while utilizing fuel as economically as possible (strength endurance).  


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Train Smarter for the Summit: Mountaineering Strength Training Part 3

2/23/2016

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by Carrie Lane, Director of Sport Performance

Let’s learn how and why a mountaineer should build pure strength and power.  In part 1 of this blog series, I addressed some movements necessary for a well rounded lifting routine for mountaineers.  In my 2nd blog for the series, I discussed how to arrange these movements into General Strength circuits that build coordination, increase aerobic energy mechanisms, and aid recovery.
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