
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…

The Uphill Athlete Podcast: Meet Art M., a 74-y.o. athlete in training.
In this episode Scott Johnston is joined by Art Muir. Art is a seventy-four year old mountain enthusiast who has…

Recruitment Fingerboarding: An Island in the Chaotic Sea of Rock Climbing Training
Add this simple and effective recruitment fingerboarding workout to your training to track and improve finger strength over time. -by…

Professional Alpinist David Goettler Gets Strong with Uphill Athlete
I’ve been doing sport for as long as I can remember, mainly mountain sports like rock, ice, and alpine climbing.…

All of Utah’s 13,000-Foot Peaks—Nonstop in 33 Hours
Anticipation is an interesting thing, both exciting and stressful. It also grows and builds as the moment nears. Two days…

10 Tips for Training Your Core for Ski Mountaineering
We rely heavily on something we call Scott’s Killer Core Routine, as detailed in Training for the New Alpinism. This…

How to Maximize Your Fitness: Duration vs. High-Intensity Training
A common refrain we hear from amateur athletes is that they do not have time for high volumes of training.…