Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete Author: Steve House | Language: English | ISBN:
B00ILZ8S0K | Format: EPUB
Training for the New Alpinism: A Manual for the Climber as Athlete Description
In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances. Whether you work as a banker or a mountain guide, live in the city or the country, are an ice climber, a mountaineer heading to Denali, or a veteran of 8,000-meter peaks, your understanding of how to achieve your goals grows exponentially as you work with this book. Chapters cover endurance and strength training theory and methodology, application and planning, nutrition, altitude, mental fitness, and assessing your goals and your strengths. Chapters are augmented with inspiring essays by world-renowned climbers, including Ueli Steck, Mark Twight, Peter Habeler, Voytek Kurtyka, and Will Gadd. Filled with photos, graphs, and illustrations.
- File Size: 27781 KB
- Print Length: 464 pages
- Publisher: Patagonia Books (March 11, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00ILZ8S0K
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I received this book from a Mountain Madness guide, as a gift. I have been climbing seriously for two years, and in that time, I have endeavored to find a book that lays out, in detailed and in a no nonsense manner, the physical and fitness parameters involved in Alpinism. I have always wondered, what did the greats like, Buhl, Messner, House and others possibly use as physical training. In addition, I have been an avid fitness enthusiast for years. I found this book irresistible, so far as its content, clarity and instruction are concerned. What I found impressive was how the authors utilized a very intricate, scientific manner in their studies, yet readily accessible and understandable to the average reader.
As a strength athlete too, I found that the authors were head on in terms of strength conditioning. They were clear about the difference between sarcoplasmic hypertrophy and miofibular hypertrophy. I have been training wrong for alpinism, but, now, that is at an end. I believe that fitness is the first step in becoming a competent climber. This book is the tool for that. It is beneficial for the mountaineer, alpinist and rock climber. Also, backpackers and hikers, this book would also be of great importance within your plans to build fitness for your activity.
Simply stated, save yourself some time, and purchase this book. I think it should be required reading for any prospective climber. Guide services should recommend this book to prospective clients,too.
Steve, I will eat more tacos in Ridgway.
By David S. Long
I've been rock climbing for ~5 years. I'm not that great technically, keep on getting finger injuries when trying to push my grade. So my love has been long moderate multipitch rock climbs and trying to get into alpinism. I live in Houston so can't climb to train especially for the mountains and so before the book had been trying to wing it with my training. Running at a face pace for relatively short distances, and climbing hard in the rock gym. I'd go for a weighted hike and then go to the gym to climb. Pretty much everything I was doing is the opposite of what the book makes an argument for. It really blew my mind. I bought the ebook over a week ago and immediately drastically changed my training regimen. Basically have switched to volume over intensity.
It's a fantastic book in that it clearly puts forth a way for how one should train and backs it up with clear scientific explanations that gives one that much more confidence that the methodology will work. I think the book could be especially useful for those that don't have mountains in their backyard and so have to train w/o them. And for those with mountains then this book could just take them to the next level.
I think this book will be useful for anyone who wants to better their endurance whether it's for alpinism in the big mountains or just technical multipitch rock climbing at red rocks.
I'm really excited to see where my climbing is at 9 months from now once I've gone through a cycle.
By anonq
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