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Hello all!
I purchased the 24-week mountaineering plan and it is been going well so far, but I noticed that it does not have a Specific period following ME like what is in Training for the New Alpinism. Is a Specific period something you still recommend? My guess is that you didn’t include because you wouldn’t know an individuals goals, but I wanted to make sure your training philosophy hadn’t changed (i.e., I don’t want to overtrain).
Many thanks!
-Stephen
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for writing in.
Week 16 of the 24-week Mountaineering plan is when the training is almost entirely ‘specific’ in ME/strength modality. Here is when the infamous heavy-weight hikes start where your legs burn. Otherwise, the strength is not quite specific enough to warrant calling the previous periods ‘specific’. All the while though, the aerobic volume is suggested as specific (hiking) in modality and elements of strength workouts (ie box step-ups) are specific in nature.
Best of luck,
-Seth
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