Author : Judith Huysmans

“Every Alpinist who climbs 8,000-meter peaks searches for ways to prepare the body so that it will adjust to the variables. The environment at extreme altitudes is as alien as outer space; the dynamics play out in ways that we cannot fully understand. A mountaineer can only hope that a...

Now that we increased the training load, the recovery between training sessions has become more and more important. In addition to the practice of physical labor, it is also a matter of training to ensure that the recovery proceeds optimally. Recovery consists of 3 important components; nutrition, rest and time....

We have been working out for quit a few weeks in the basic period. The name says it all, a period in which the foundation is laid of every aspect that will be needed during the year of the 7 summits. In the first few weeks we have emphasized the...

After finishing the last football matches of the season in the Transition phase, It is now time to say “hello” to a new training period. The Base period is going to be the most important and the longest period of our overall training plan. This period is there to toughen...

We already dropped quit a few times that the focus for next year’s 7-summits-1-year-project  will be on endurance performance. In this weeks’ blog I like to give you more insights on the methodologies of endurance training and how I design the training program around it. Periodization It all starts with...