Yak Attack: 2014
A year ago today, I was in Nepal getting ready for what would be the coolest bike race I’ve ever done. The Yak Attack, part race, part adventure, is a 11-stage…
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Limited Energy
Your body’s energy is limited. While you can increase its limitations, it’s still easy to train beyond your capacity. I’m about to post the workouts for my foundation training block,…
All In: 2 Sport Pro, Lonnie Kauk, Does Something Scary
In the spirit of the Olympics’ final weekend, here’s Psyche vid on Lonnie Kauk, who’s both a professional snow boarder and climber. If it seems like I’m making a sporting…
Shin Splints: Prehab and Rehab
Almost every runner, and quite a few non-runners, have to deal with shin splints at some point. While hardly debilitating, they can wreck an event you’ve trained for and are…
Workout From Hell, “Base Campusing”, & Other Foundation Phase Thoughts
My foundation training is an amalgamation of some things I’ve written before, so here’s a reference post to catch you up. It seems like it’s going well, though very hard…
Most Impressive Climb Ever?
Hard to call this Psyche, because it’s not the kind of thing most of us aspire to do but, like watching the Olympics, it’s fun to marvel at people on…
Repeat Process As Necessary
To me, the coolest things in sports happen behind the scenes. This week’s Psyche vid is Steve Lapen on the first American ascent of Ghetto Booty (5.14c/d) at Mt Charleston….
The Big Picture
I don’t write a lot of reviews but today I’ll make an exception. As a how to guy, not gear guy, it seems more beneficial to spend my time on…
Exercise To Cure The Blues
Is there anything in life that exercise doesn’t help with? In the Outside article, The Exercise Prescription for Depression, Erin Berger reports, Building on previous studies suggesting that exercise could…