As a guy in my 60s who hasn't jumped in 20+ years, I was happy to get a pass on going out and trying to broad jump my height.

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

Skip that one ;) Strength and Hiking is going to be your friend once you move past your 50's

@csn583

Жыл бұрын

Start small.

When recovering after knee surgery, Me and my therapist started with building strength in the muscles & muscular endurance, followed by building power (jumps). And only then - running to build insurance/cardio, with already fit muscles. Now I am at the stage to work on my movements (to be able to move my joints in a wider range of angles, and not just parallel /90 degree angles or some standard safe angles)

I train crossfit everyday. But if i go a month without going to the mountains the only thing that takes me a couple of walks to get used to is the ankle movements. I dont think there is anything to emulate continuous un even ground except walking or running on un even ground....

Helpful video. One aspect of “endurance” worth mentioning is foot endurance, ie, how far you can walk or hike before your feet are too tired or sore. That was holding me back for a long time when I got started. Solution: new, bigger, better shoes (and socks). Then transitioning to zero drop. Then zero drop and minimal cushion. Then minimalist sandals on diverse terrain in my local park (filled with hills and boulders). Feet are super fit now and so my endurance and fun has increased. It was so frustrating to be a fit guy slowed down and stopped by my feet. I’ve seen your videos on footwear, so you know all this but worth adding to your new video here. For me, z trek sandals changed my life, foot health and overall hiking endurance.

You’re 5 minute exercise’s have significantly help my knees when hiking, especially the Hindu squats thank you so much from the bottom of my heart mate ❤I have been out more this year than the whole of the last year combined

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

Big smile on my face.

Chase as a fellow fitness professional for 20 + yrs I want to say 🙌🙌🙌🙌 what a fantastic explanation -informative and accessible for any level of understanding. I love your videos and truly align with them. I find myself saying - “YES! Spot on! Well said, great choice of exercises, oh I forgot about that one…good idea.” What a joy to have someone who truly understands anatomy/phys and delivers smart application. It is rare find and so thank you for your inspiration and excellent work.

@IntrinsicHealth4U

Жыл бұрын

Also loving Huberman too

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

@@IntrinsicHealth4U thank you!! So glad you enjoyed the video!

Great overview video Chase! Great way to frame your mindset for training around these principles. Also, glad to hear what you said about anaerobic training too. I've been discouraged by they "only train in zone 2 for this long" to get better at endurance--I prefer to mix in some random running when I'm out hiking/walking, and maybe my progress will be slower, but I like it better as it makes it less mundane.

Hi Chase! I’ve been following you for a while and I really like your work! I have one prolapse surgery and one spinal stenosis in my lower back, but with your exercises I have been able to reduce my pain! So just, thank you!🤙🏻

Love it mate perfect timing I’m getting hill mountain fit appreciate it will be trying some of your sessions

"A rising tide lifts all boats". Implementing (some) anaerobic sessions is essential for optimal performance in every type of endurance activity, even if you never push beyond the lactate threshold when running/fast hiking.

Awesome video. Thanks Chase!

This is great, I never really understood why anaerobic might be important for hiking but it makes sense there would be carry over the same as there is for strength into muscular endurance

it was a bit confusing to see aerobic zone and zone 2 on the same page beacause usually (at least on garmin land) I see zone 3 beeing associated with the aerobic zone. but your blog post about how to find the aerobic zone made it super clear. great write up, thanks a lot for that as well!

Hi Chase, great video. Very informative and helpful and it was posted at the perfect time for me as I’m trying to improve my fitness and need a starting point to measure it. Just wanted to say, on element three where it has the graphic for speed, it says element 4 instead of 3. So there’s two element 3s :)

Thanks for this video! It explained a great deal of what I am dealing with! I backpack ( age72) and having hemochromatosis I have great difficulty on steep inclines . Your video gave me a lot of insight. My last hike , I timed my recovery after a steep climb , and will continue to monitor it . Hoping the hiking allows me to. “Wear out instead of rusting out” lol. I believe that continued , frequent hikes will help me improve that resting phase. The mechanics of the disease are interesting, sigh, but workable.

@davidblackwell3788

Жыл бұрын

"Wear out instead of rusting out" Amen brother Amen to that statement. I am 70 years old. My saying is "Move Smart". We have to watch those joints etc...

Hey Chase, thanks for the video. I see that you also practice backcountry skiing : do you have any tips on how to develop better range of motion to do better uphill kick turns ? I lack flexibility to do the move nicely and I am not sure on how to stretch efficiently for this. Anyway, thanks for the content, I have been following one of your daily routines for the past six months !

Regarding aerobic/anaerobic split, I definitely recommend Matt Fitzgerald’s writing on 80/20 training. Everyone benefits from SOME high intensity training, but it should comprise only about 1/5 of the training you do

Love your videos chase! If I purchase the new program can I use my iPad or do I need a Mac thanks!

Impressive. Thanks.

I think strength and power are critical for hiking. I did a 26 mile, 12000’ Spartan ultra (times out in 12 hrs) but had no issues with hills because I had this base. Two years later I was running 52 miles and doing Tour du Mont Blanc but struggling with hill climbs as I had reduced that training. Just hiking mountains was not enough.

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

ooof yeah, long uphills definitely require some power for sure. Sounds like you are killing it though! Well done :)

This is great. Thanks. I know you have covered off insoles in a previous episode. I just tried Enertor and they are not good. Is there a brand you recommend?

What needs to be clarified is that hypertrophy is the basis of both strength and muscular endurance. So if a muscle grows you can possibly produce more force (as long as you're training strength) and do more high reps at a given load. Additionally hypertrophy doesn't impede long/aerobic endurance as much as previously thought - a bulky gym dude can e.g. train to run a sub 3 marathon like any other person (and possibly have an easier time than an average otherwise untrained and unfit guy)

@wojtekimbier

5 ай бұрын

I would say that the reason endurance athletes are extremely thin is that they just don't train for hypertrophy at all and not because hypertrophy would necessarily hinder them... Of course a professional athlete is only going to train specific for their event, but an amateur can and probably should work on both

Hi chase, have you recently listened to the Andrew huberman podcast?? He interviews dr Andy galpin over a number of hours covering the 9 elements of fitness. If not it's well worth catching. Ha, I should really watch to the end of your video 🙂🙂🙂 thought it sounded familiar, well done for crediting him

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

You can count on me to regurgitate what both Huberman and Galpin say and make it specific to hiking 🥾

Phantastic video, great overview. Do I understand correctly that I cannot train vo2max, which is so important for high altitude, in isolation, but only indirectly and implicitly via a combination of long endurance training and training of the anaerobic base? I have been training according to the rules of the Uphill Athlete for almost three months and thus 90% in Zone 1. Since then my vo2Max has stagnated at best or is even dropping. Extremely frustrating. Overtraining is not the problem.

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

I suggest a healthy mix of all types of “cardio”. Sure, at the beginning you can build your aerobic base, but once you have it, you gotta work on the v02 max and the anaerobic if you wanna be well rounded and powerful in the mountains. No shade to UA, they are GOATS.

@oliverbruch8245

Жыл бұрын

Apparently I haven't found that "healthy mix" for myself yet. Thanks for your feedback and your great work. Your new 12 month program sounds great.

Nice, any tips for people with week knees who would like to get back into long endurance hiking

@uck8978

Ай бұрын

I had a knee surgery a few months ago. Start with building strength in your muscles & muscular endurance, followed by power movements like jumping. Then you can move to running to build your overall endurance 😊

How does for example a deadlift help you hike better? When do you use that movement in a hike or climb?

@csn583

Жыл бұрын

Every time you extend your leg at the hip.

Hey Chase, not relevant to the video, but I trust your experience, so you might be able to help me out with this. I keep getting blisters on my feet in exactly one place: on the underside of my feet, right between my thumb and index finger. At first I was walking incorrectly I think, by landing on my thumb, rolling my feet inwards, then doing a step with my pinky. I stopped that, but still get this blister after 1 hour power walking. Any insights?

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

Better socks! Go for a wool synthetic blend…And play with the sizing of your shoes, maybe they’re too small ?

@christinee355

Жыл бұрын

I used to get blisters in the same area but none since switching to toe socks and shoes with wide toe box.

@pinarppanrapir9489

Жыл бұрын

@@ChaseMountains I live in a quite hot climate. Imagine 30 ºC, 70% humidity at night. Wouldn't wool make it too hot?​

@pinarppanrapir9489

Жыл бұрын

@@christinee355 Cool idea about the socks, might work.

Very interesting …… and very exasperating! VO2 max is a god-given number. That is, you can’t get more VO2 Max than you have. Speed is very similar. Hard training my get you an extra step or two, but that’s not much of a hiking skill. Same for power, how much and how far can you lift or whatever before you absolutely can’t do any more. But each of these components are pretty interesting. For instance good solid lifting skills are what you want to train on - so you don’t hurt yourself with poor technique. Developing these skills will, to a limited extent get more power. My point is this … most of us only have so much time for training, and the more we train the worse we get - strength comes during active recovery not the training in itself. And remember, some of that time may be spent developing new skills - like sleeping in tents, cooking trail-side etc. I think it’s best to put together a “package.” I dream of being fit enough to hike 10 miles per day for 2 days, and carry whatever I need to hike 10 miles out, bed down, and then return home the next day. The reality is I can’t manage my pack, etc. but by practicing the walking and working on lightening the pack and figuring out how to manage it comfortably (e.g. hiking poles or better technique or whatever) I will probably reach my “dream” in around 60 days and two practice hikes. And I should then have clues as to what I need to work on to stay outdoors for a week. What I think Mark should include as a core training technique is visualization. I hope he adds that to his list and I hope he discuss how visualization can make you a better hiker in a shorter amount of time .

"24 inches" 👀

Your tiny shout out to Dr. Andy Galpin is pretty disappointing. You should be starting the video noting that all of this information came directly from him on a recent, brilliant, Huberman Lab series. Really, it looks like you're just ripping off his info to make yourself look better.

@ChaseMountains

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough.

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