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In the Gym January 18th

10:00 warm up 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats Any additional mobility work 2 x 30m Tactical Lunge 5x each side side Lying Thoracic Twist Then – 5x each side Weighted Step Up – hold KB at chest or can do BB on back 30sec Mountain […]


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 – […]



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 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 […]


In the Gym December 21st

10:00 warm up 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press work on mobility 3 × 5 wall squats 2 x 30m Tactical Lunge 2 x 10 good morning with KB Then: 15m Sled Push (heavy) 10x Goblet Squats 10x KB Swing 5 Rounds, rest as needed Then: 10x Skaters Lunge with Landmine […]


In the Gym December 19th

10:00 warm up work on mobility/stability 2 × 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 × 5 wall squats 2 x 5 squat jumps 2 x 5 tuck jumps Then: 10 to 1/1-10 alternating Ladder Ball Slams Box Jumps (10 Ball Slams/1 Box Jump, 9/2, 8/3, 7/4, 6/5, 5/6, …etc) Rest as needed […]