Month: January 2024

  • Endurance vs Strength

    Endurance vs Strength

    Endurance vs Strength: Whatโ€™s Most Important for the Trail? You want to get in shape for hiking, but you’re wondering, “Whatโ€™s most important for the trail… exercises to build endurance or strength?” When training for a specific sport or activity itโ€™s common to thinkโ€ฆ โ€œWhat exercise is most important?โ€โ€œWhere should my primary focus be?โ€โ€œHow should…

  • How to build & maintain muscle at any age

    How to build & maintain muscle at any age

    Why is muscle important? Maintaining muscle as we age has less to do with the “beach-bodies” we desired in our 20s and more about the implications it has on our health, function, abilities, and independence as we get older. Muscles power ALL your activities from daily tasks of living to hiking your favorite trails. Less…

  • Food: The fuel and recovery tool for exercise

    Food: The fuel and recovery tool for exercise

    Nutrition plays such an important role in how our bodies feel and function. Not only do our food choices contribute to our overall health, but they also affect our physical performance during activities and our ability to recover. In this article I’ll provide guidelines for structuring your food choices, discuss essential nutrients found in food,…

  • Avalanche Lake Hike on New Year’s Day 2024

    Avalanche Lake Hike on New Year’s Day 2024

    With a low snowpack to the start of our winter, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to hike up to Avalanche Lake on the first day of 2024. We ended up with the gorgeous lake all to ourselves. With nobody else around, most all of the animals not making a peep, and snow to absorb…