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…
Fit to Climb: Everest
One question we often get is: How fit do I need to be to climb/run/ski Everest or Denali or Rainier…or…?…
Skill vs. Strength Training in Rock Climbing
What do an NBA basketball player, a gold medal runner, and a professional tennis player all have in common? One,…
How to Locate a Belay When Ice Climbing
Alpinist Vince Anderson explains his thought process for locating and building a belay while ice climbing. The process is much…
The Via Valais
“That was the best trail I’ve ever run!” We each made that claim more than a few times during the…
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…
The Uphill Athlete Podcast: Getting into SkiMo with Sam Naney, Scott Semple, and Luke Nelson
Image by Patitucci Photo Coach Sam Naney is joined by athlete Luke Nelson and Uphill Athlete Coach–and 2019 Canadian Masters…
