
How to Administer and Analyze a Heart Rate Drift Test
Heart Rate Drift Test This test has become our go-to test for all our coached athletes. We like it…

Talking Health, Performance, and Longevity, with Jesse Charles, M.D
Scott Johnston is joined by Doctor Jesse Charles, M.D. Jesse is a rural medical doctor and longtime adherent to the…

Nose in a Day in the Time of COVID-19
Our Nose in a Day project wasn’t supposed to take so long. COVID closures, issues with training, the California wildfires—nothing…

Muscular Endurance Seminar Video: Live in Wenatchee, WA
One of the most crucial components to success for endurance athletes—skiers, runners, cyclists, climbers, and more—is muscular endurance. In this…

The Climbing Marathon
If you know the history of rock climbing in Yosemite, you know that many of the famed Stonemasters would winter…

Steve House and the Roots of Uphill Athlete
In June 2001, I found myself standing atop the 17,400-foot Mount Foraker in the Alaska Range, looking toward Denali. The…

Pacing Mistakes
Walking uphill as fast as possible at 12,000 feet, my mind racing, no, shuffling, through thoughts of frustration—get it together,…

Cody Townsend, Pro Ski Mountaineer, gets put in the hot seat by his coach Sam Naney
In this episode coach Sam Naney talks with his athlete, professional free skier and ski mountaineer, Cody Townsend. Cody has…

DIY Skimo Core Strength
Core strength plays a supportive, albeit critical, role in locomotive sports like skimo racing. That role is to provide a…