[Josh Gray]

From someone who’s actually in my final 4 week block of ME I can attest to less is more when it comes to heavy pack training For the first 4 weeks of the block I was doing 1 ME Pack session either on a stairmaster or a 40% hill with 18-23 kg and on the weekends doing a long trail run on day one and a steep hike with just 10-12 kg for day 2. This final block I’m still performing one ME session on steep hill with 27-28kg and on the weekend back to back steep hikes of 800-1200 meters  with a 14kg pack (my goal pack weight for my event) and I don’t really get tired at all on these B2B sessions. 1x ME a week with a heavy pack has been an incredible stimulus that has really blown me away with the performance I’ve gained in such a short time. I’m moving uphill with a 14kg pack as fast as I was unloaded 3 months ago at a lower perceived effort and feel like 18-20kg wouldn’t really wreck me like it would a couple months ago