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In the Gym January 16th

10:00 warm up 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats Any additional mobility work 2 x 5 Maxercist Row each side Then – Warm up to ~heavy RDL and floor press weights Then – 5x RDL 5x Floor Press 5x each side Contralateral March (use weighted med […]


In the Gym January 13th

10:00 warm up 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats Any additional mobility work 3 x 10 Good Mornings 3 x 5 Push Ups Then – 5x SLSLDL per side (BB or KB, fairly heavy) 8x Dips (rings/bars/bench) X 5 rounds, rest 60-90sec between rounds Then – […]



In the Gym January 9th

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats 30m OH Walking lunge – forward/backward with one arm up, then switch Then – Warm up to/Find weight for Split Squat, Push Press (~heavy for both) Then – 5x Split Squat each side 5x […]


In the Gym January 6th

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats Then – 5x Good mornings 5x Front Raise 5x Lateral Raise 5x Reverse Fly X 3 rounds, stay light Then – Warm up to heavy dead lift (BB/Hex/KB) Then – 5x Dead Lift 8x […]


Coach Carolyn Parker

Coach Carolyn Parker is a life-long climber, skier, trail runner, cyclist and mountain guide who has made the successful transition into full time coaching work. Carolyn owns and runs Ripple Effect Training in Carbondale, Colorado, where she shares her expertise in strength training, injury recovery and muscular conditioning with hundreds of mountain athletes. Her goal […]


In the Gym January 4th

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats 3 x 6 goblet squats – deep, work on hip opening and posture 3 x 5 each side single leg squat to bench Then – 30m Weighted Walking Lunge – hold weight at chest […]



In the Gym December 26th

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats 3 x 8 goblet squats 2 x 30/30sec hard/easy at machine of choice – open up lungs Then – 3 x 250m Row or Ski While one person is doing the sprint, their partner […]


In the Gym December 23rd

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats 2 x 8 Body Rows on rings 2 x 10 Push Press (DBs/KBs) Then: 10x Body Row 20x KB Head Cutters 30x Push Ups 40x Leg Lowers 50x Whip Smash (or Goblet Squats) 60x […]