News flash: Most efforts at altitude will cover somewhat (or extremely) mountainous terrain. Make sure squats, deadlifts, leg ...

Living and training in Santa Fe comes with a quiet assumption that once you’ve acclimated to our high desert elevation, exercise demands are the same as anywhere else. For most ...

Human athletes have long utilized training at high altitudes to improve their oxygen-carrying capacity, so it should come as no surprise that trainers of equine athletes have tried similar methods.

There’s a reason elite runners flock to towns such as Park City, Utah (altitude 6,936 feet above sea level), Flagstaff, ...

Most men hit the gym to build muscle, drop a few pounds, or sculpt a six-pack. Nothing wrong with that—until you’re on a mountain. Mother Nature doesn’t care about your physique. The only thing you ...

If you're a competitive athlete, or even just an active person who wants to get in better aerobic shape, go up to the mountains ... If you’re a competitive athlete, or even just an active person who ...

The weeks prior to important competitions, you can sometimes find professional athletes in beautiful areas of Colorado or Utah. But they are for sure not there for a wellness vacation and fun hiking ...

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Training for the Tour de France looks very different today compared to how it did a few decades ago. Weeks-long training camps held at high altitude are now the norm, and riders spend less time racing ...