Let's go for a quad-crushing journey through the evolution of a training theory via the Hill Beast Workout! This might be fun and informative, or a useless intellectual exercise, much like voting. I ...

The science has shown over the past decade that hill training is an effective way to improve your running ability in a multitude of ways, like overall running economy, speed endurance, and strength to ...

Good running form all depends on the type of hill, whether it’s a good gradient to run or to hike. If you’re running uphill ...

Hill workouts tend to take you to your aerobic and muscular limits in intense bursts. Tempo runs are all about controlled effort at a fast-but-comfortable threshold. Combining them into a hill-tempo ...

Hill tension intervals are a useful training method I implement with endurance athletes to help recruit more fast and forceful muscle fibers. Essentially, this improves neuromuscular capabilities, ...

The upcoming fall fitness season will have a number of very hilly runs. The hardest run in town is usually the TMC Saguaro National Park Labor Day 8-miler and 5K that traverses the demanding Saguaro ...

"I have learned that everyone wants to live on the peak of the mountain, without knowing that real happiness is in how it is scaled." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-prize-winning novelist I ...