Training for Mountaineering: Base Training
Uphill Athlete Podcast
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How Do We Distribute This Zone One Zone to Aerobic Training Volume?
Steve Monchantel: How do we think about the distribution of zone one to aerobic training volume in our base period? Are we putting in any anaerobic work or how is that brought into this training? He says it depends on where someone is starting, what their objective is, and how far away they are from their objective. The first high intensity workout in his 24 week mountaineering training plan is in 13 minutes for 45 seconds per hour. That's a long way of saying you don't need as much zone three for mountaineering; you're going to be working on muscular endurance.
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