Mountain Fitness Training

This time we’d like to go into more detail about your core, how to incorporate core strength exercises into your workouts, and what this means for your climbing practice. Hayes’s training includes climbing and strength and conditioning exercises six times a week. So, the secret to a better climbing technique isn’t always grip strength; sometimes it’s about your core strength. Adding extra cardio routines (about 30 minutes per session, also two to three times a week), on top of the core strengthening exercises we mentioned in our 5 key core exercises post, is recommended for those who are about to embark on intense bouldering and climbing routes

I love taking people out into the mountains and having a good time with them whilst keeping it safe. There are so many – going to remote places, being close to nature, sharing the experiences with others, helping people to challenge themselves, helping people do things they never thought possible or accomplish a goal, teaching people how to be safe in the mountains. So a bit of everything in a week…cardio and strength training, going to the climbing gym if I can’t get outside…sometimes work tires me out After training hard for my Alpine Guide exam last summer I might just go on a rock-climbing holiday to somewhere exotic like Kalymnos in Greece.

By eating more plant-based, as recommended by the food guide, and focusing on a whole food diet with moderate animal products, your overall intake of saturated fats will be lower. By eating different plant-based foods in a meal that “compliment” each other (contain all 9 amino acids when eaten together) a plant-based diet can be very balanced and healthy. Though it is possible to consume enough protein without eating meat, there are a lot of other important nutrients in meat that are not as readily available or absorbed from plant-foods, for example: iron. As a nutrition student with knowledge in this area, I personally feel that this new balance of foods is a step in the right direction and is more representative of what a healthy diet should truly look like.

if the kids found their favourite clothes and got dressed willingly and quickly 7:45 – out the door, daycare drop off 8:00 – make it work on time if the kids found their friends at daycare and managed a quick good-bye. otherwise, late for work 12:00 – try to squeeze in a quick fast food lunch unless I need to catch up on work I missed by being late 5:00 – finish up work and speed to daycare to get kids 5:30 – pick up kids, usually one of the last parents 6:00 – arrive home and check if there are any groceries in the fridge. 7:00 – help kids with homework and/or do own work to prepare for tomorrow while at the same time throwing in a load of laundry, so favourite clothes are clean and available tomorrow morning thereby avoiding this morning’s debacle. Initially a few light dumbbells, a set of 3 lb, 5 lb and 8 lb, allowed me to expand my strength training beyond the body weight exercises such as push-ups, planks, bridges, step-ups and lunges.