[worsthorse]

I am in the recovery week of a twelve week training cycle.  My current training plan is the UA MTG group plan, so I am doing ten hours or so of aerobic activity per week.  I focused on building aerobic capacity and did roughly half of the strength and muscular endurance training scheduled in the plan.  My recovery is good and I’ve seen clear gains in my aerobic capacity:  increased Z2 speeds on weighted pack hikes, improved climb rate, etc.  I clearly need to do more strength and muscular endurance training in this round.

My primary goal is to climb Mount Baker and Mount Rainier over a eight day period in late September.  One of my training options is the EE 24 week plan. Here’s my question:  do I adjust the plan to take account of my current training level, particularly my current aerobic capacity?  I don’t know what the plan looks like but assume it starts with fewer aerobic training hours than I am currently doing.

Thanks, Bill

[Shashi Shanbhag]

The EE 24-Week Mountaineering Plan starts with about 4 hours of total Aerobic workout. The first eight weeks are transition weeks. If you have been training regularly using a similar training structure, you can potentially skip the Transition phase and just do more Base training (16 weeks instead of eight weeks). Since it is a standard plan, you will have to make all the adjustments manually, but it is doable.

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