
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…

High-Altitude Climbing: 14 Tips for a Successful Expedition
A successful high-altitude expedition is dependent on many factors. Fitness is the one factor completely under your control, and we…

Three Purchases Guaranteed to Improve Your Climbing
Ultimately, climbing in all forms combines fitness, skill, and judgment in varying ways dependent on the climb and conditions on…

The Weakened Weekend Warrior
Ever since we began getting emails in response to Training for the New Alpinism, there is one question in particular…

Training, Oxygen Systems, and Hypoxic Tents
Success Factors for Climbing Mount Everest and Other 8,000-Meter Peaks -by Steve House and Dr. Monica Piris Education about the…

30/30 Interval Training and the Need For Speed
Many athletes I work with throughout the year target long-duration events: high-altitude climbs, ultramarathons, and big ski tours. As avid…

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