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Training for the Uphill Athlete

Written by: Steve House,Scott Johnston,Kilian Jornet
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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Publisher's Summary

Dovetailing on the success of Training for the New Alpinism and Patagonia's own emphasis on all mountain use, Training for the Uphill Athlete translates theory into methodology to allow you to write your own training plans and coach yourself to endurance goals.  

Steve House, one of the best mountaineers, and his coach Scott Johnston, an Olympic-level cross country ski coach, along with Kilian Jornet, hands down best endurance athlete at this time, present training principles for the multisport mountain athlete who regularly participates in a mix of distance running, ski mountaineering, and other endurance sports that require optimum fitness and customized strength.  

This is an authoritative but accessible training manual for athletes and coaches who feel most alive in the mountains or pushing the uphill ascent. Distance running, ski mountaineering, skimo, and skyrunning are becoming increasingly popular all over the world, and are often undertaken by the same person during a single year. This book collects the scientifically backed and athlete-tested wisdom and experience of three of the best uphill athletes and coaches and extrapolates both to educate outdoor athletes of all stripes to perform their best.

©2019 Patagonia Works (P)2020 Tantor

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Not adapted for Audio

The last 20% of the book is exercises and Training tables which are not adapted for the audio version. I feel like getting the paper book is worth it this time.
No attached pdf available.

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Almost Perfect

*Buy the print version - There is a lot of content missing from the audible that could be remedied with a PDF.

A near perfect guide to building human endurance.

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Beaucoup d’informations!!

J’aurais apprécié avoir accès au guide de référence à partir de l’application Audible. Le guide ne fait pas partie de ce livre audio. Il semble que nous devions nous le procurer en plus. Un inconvénient mais pas un problème. Je recommande fortement ce livre.

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Buy a hard copy

book is not optimized for audio use, does not include the necessary files to make use of some parts of this book

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Best training book I have come across.

this is fantastic and covers everything you need if you are looking to train for these sports.

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  • Eddie Nolen
  • 2020-12-27

Missing a PDF to reference

Great book filled with valuable information on training. Be prepared to stop, rewind, and take notes. When the book is referenced you have nothing to look at as there is no pdf included for these items. The book would be a better long term investment.

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  • Bullfrogpro
  • 2020-12-03

Too technical for audiobook format

This book is awesome but it needs an extensive pdf. There are many sections you’ll possibly want to reference so I’m returning the audiobook and buying the print.

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  • Oscar
  • 2021-05-17

Needs PDF

Great content overall but audiobook needs PDF. Better buy the actual paper book for now.

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  • Christopher James Friesen
  • 2023-07-17

A great collection of knowledge about exercise

I had read Training for the New Alpinism, but had a friend recommend that I read this as well. I am so glad that I did. The two books compliment each other very well. I will say that this text is likely more applicable to more people, but if you enjoyed this, New Alpinism will reinforce a lot of the concepts.

If you're interested in exercise physiology and endurance, this is a must read. The paper book is going to be very useful in addition to the audiobook.

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  • O
  • 2023-06-11

Fantastic

Absolutely loved it, learned so much that I’ll be applying it to my own training

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  • UnderHisThumb
  • 2023-04-16

As a fairly new trail runner…

I learned a lot from this book, because this is all so new to me. However, I couldn’t fully grasp some of the most important tenets of this book because I had no charts to reference, which the narrator refers to often! I still enjoyed all the stories and scientific principles I did learn. I looked online for a PDF from the book. There’s nothing.

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  • David Boyle
  • 2023-01-24

Great book!

Very informative and eye opening even for a long time runner. Really clears up the unappreciated stage of base building.

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  • Soren G. Brockdorf
  • 2022-08-28

Buy the Book

It drives me nuts when books like this don't include a pdf. Yes, do buy the book. No, do not buy the audio. Unless you want to spend hours listening to someone read off line-by-line training schedules and endlessly not having the page to look up crucial information like how to calculate AED, which is referred to maybe 20 times. If I just had page 192, or any of the other of pages referred to for reference in the audible book.

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  • asiasoon
  • 2022-08-17

Good information

Loved the book - content and stories. However, referencing the charts and tables via audio without a PDF was tedious at times. This book really needs to be read via hard copy (i.e,, paper!).

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  • Doctor M.
  • 2022-08-16

Beware: No PDF, no charts

Great book, but do not buy from Audible - there are no graphics referenced in the book.

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