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balancing Fitness, Fatigue and Form Author Vince Paikowski, a former NCAA division one runner is an Evoke Endurance coach, father, husband US Army Captain 2021 Best Ranger Competition winner, former Army Ranger . He’s run a 2:27 marathon, 50 miles in 6:16 and a 14:17 5km and holds the FKT on the John Dick MemorialContinue reading “The Lake Loop”
The Need for Endurance: The Case For Our Approach Evoke coach and winner of the 2021 Best Ranger Competition, CPT Vince Paikowski conducted a test with one hundred Rangers. The test consisted of an M4 qualification followed immediately by a 12-mile ruck followed immediately by another M4 qualification. The data were clear: the more aerobicallyContinue reading “Aerobic Training for the Military Athlete”
Join Evoke coach Nikki LaRochelle for a discussion with Brent Herring. In summer 2024, Brent achieved the fastest known time on Colorado Trail West Bound, Collegiate West with no outside support. He did so in a time of 10 days 17 hours 38 minutes. Learn about Brent’s training and preparation, and his experiences during thisContinue reading “Brent Herring: Fastest Known Time On Colorado Trail West Bound”
Scott Johnston was featured on the MOPs & MOEs podcast, a top source for all things fitness for tactical professionals. Episode notes: From starting out as a D1 collegiate swimmer to coaching Olympic medalists to training operators for the most elite selections, Scott Johnston has a lot of experience when it comes to knowing howContinue reading “MOPs & MOEs: Zone 2 Training from Mountains to Tactical with Scott Johnston”
Here is a quick tutorial on how to determine the best heart rate zone to target for your individual aerobic development using heart rate drift, and examples of how to interpret the data.
THE INJURY I’ve always said I didn’t want to get into skiing because I would tear my ACL. And that’s what happened on day two of year three. I tore my left ACL skiing. Lying face down in the snow after feeling a pop in my left knee, I knew I had just blown upContinue reading “ACL injury, repair, and rehabilitation”
Author: Larry Goldie – AMGA instructor team member for all disciplines since 2009 Becoming a certified guide in any of the three disciplines is a long and challenging process. During this process, while there are many factors out of the candidate’s control, there are just as many that are well within your control. Here, we willContinue reading “Prepping for a guide’s exam”
Author: Larry Goldie – AMGA instructor team member for all disciplines since 2009 To many people, mountain guides have the dream job. Many days are spent in the mountains, constantly waking up in beautiful places, summitting peak after peak all year long. Slaying deep, untracked powder all through the winter…. Living the dream, right? Those of usContinue reading “Work/Training Balance for the Mountain Guide”
A lecture series that traverses chapter-by-chapter, the topics covered in the book Training For The Uphill Athlete. Author Scott Johnston will personally lead each of these monthly sessions (last Sunday of each month at 7PM mountain time). In each one-hour session he’ll try to cover a chapter in each meeting, but if there are sufficientContinue reading “Book Club: Training For The Uphill Athlete”
Skiing, Noun: the art or sport of sliding and jumping on skis. Skiing has been a long pastime for people in countries that have a snowy winter season. The earliest archaeological examples of skis were found in Russia and date to 6000 BCE! Using skis to self propel up and slide down the snow adds interestContinue reading “Training for Skiing”
We believe women are equal players in the mountains. From exceptional role models like Lynn Hill, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa and Brett Harrington, who have paved the way for females in this sphere, to recreational mountain enthusiasts, every woman has a place in the mountains. No matter what level of female mountain athlete you are, we at Evoke understand the challenges womenContinue reading “The Female Athlete”
Regardless of the mountain and route you plan to climb, training for mountaineering requires developing a diverse set of skills and fitness components. Training for mountaineering encompasses many components: Aerobic capacity, upper and lower body strength, core strength, mobility, and balance are all important elements of the fitness profile you need to develop to beContinue reading “Training for Mountaineering”
Note From Evoke: An edited version of this article appears under another author’s name on another website. However, Evoke Endurance coach Dave Thompson, the author of this article, is the originator of these ideas and wrote the original of the other site’s article. Introduction Training for rock climbing is complex. After all, rock climbing hasContinue reading “Training for Rock Climbing: A movement-first Approach to Training”