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Alpine Fitness III - 8 Weeks (Advanced)

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Alpine Fitness III - 8 Weeks (Advanced)

Author

Scott Ferguson, Ph.D. - George Bieker, M.Ed

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Length

8 Weeks

Plan Description

This plan is a build specific program for advanced climbers doing technical climbing in the bigger ranges of North America. This program is intended for alpine climbers with significant alpine experience and a track record of consistent training of more than a year. This plan is a build plan and should not be taken lightly. It includes both rock specific and strength specific workouts as well as long days with heavy packs and a lot of vertical gains. These types of exercises will pay dividends when carrying those heavy packs in the backcountry. Additionally, the entire plan will continue to build a solid aerobic foundation to support multiple big day efforts in the Alpine. Your biggest training week (week 7) comes in at over 13 hours of total training for the week.

Think of this plan as the building an Alpinist plan. Lots of time in the saddle, lots of strengthening of the uphill propulsion and climbing muscles.

Do not attempt if you have not trained regularly for over a year!!

Please contact us if you have questions.

summationathletics@gmail.com

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Walk x2
03:41:00 04:00:00
Strength x2
02:15:00 01:30:00
Run x2
02:37:00 02:30:00
X-Train x2
01:41:00 01:30:00
Day Off x1
—— ——
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Walk
03:41:00 04:00:00
Strength
02:15:00 01:30:00
Run
02:37:00 02:30:00
X-Train
01:41:00 01:30:00
Day Off
—— ——

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Heart Rate Monitor

All supported devices

Scott Ferguson

Summation Athletics

Summation Athletics offers training for a variety of activities based on the fundamental principles of exercise physiology. We specialize in mountain athletics including rock-climbing, trail running, mountaineering, big-game hunting, and alpine climbing.


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