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More than 160 million American adults participated in outdoor activities or adventure sports in 2005, according to the Outdoor Industry Foundation. While biking, trail running, and hiking remain the most popular, other activities like snowshoeing and mountaineering surge in popularity each year. Outdoor sport enthusiasts show incredible dedication to their endeavors, and The Outdoor Athlete is the ideal training manual to help them hike longer, paddle farther, ski faster, and climb higher.
The Outdoor Athlete is the most comprehensive training guide available, with 65 exercises, dozens of locales, and 17 programs covering the following activities
- Hiking
- Trekking
- Backpacking
- Alpine mountaineering
- Scrambling
- Rock climbing
- Ice climbing
- Mixed climbing
- Trail running
- Mountain biking
- Kayaking
- Canoeing
- Rafting
- Cross-country skiing
- Snowshoeing
- Randonee skiing
- Telemark skiing
Ebook The Outdoor Athlete Courtenay Schurman Doug Schurman 9780736076111 Books
"This book is a great guide to getting ready for your outdoor adventure but be aware it makes some assumptions I wasn't expecting. I am training to do the Tour Du Mont Blanc in 8 days this summer, both the backpacking training and the high altitude trek training assume one has a gym available to them. Most of the strength training exercises require gym equipment, it would have been preferable to have more exercises utilizing dumbbells and body weight. The other assumption is that you have access to mountains with 3000 ft gains and high altitudes. The whole reason for getting the book was due to my living in a valley. I hike every weekend but only have access to mountains with about 1500-2000 ft elevation gains and the altitude here in the valley is only about 1200 ft. I do have an incline trainer to do the recommended hill work and will continue my hikes with the recommended pack weight and distance, but certainly can not come close to what the book recommends. Some alternative options would have been nice to have, but overall I will get some guidelines from the book and find it a useful tool."
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The Outdoor Athlete Courtenay Schurman Doug Schurman 9780736076111 Books Reviews
- I used the book to train for the Grand Canyon hike, down the S Kaibab Trail and up the Bright Angel Trail (on separate days). I found this book referenced in an article about training for a Grand Canyon hike. The book covers many different sports and activities.
This book was very informative. Although I knew most of what was presented, as I have been active all my life and trained for many 10K runs, half marathons, hikes, and century bike rides; I still learned a lot. Very well presented and organized, without being condescending.
I ordered the version, so as to reduce paper consumption and storage space. However, this version does not have page numbers included. The book has a lot of references to other pages in the book, so it was a significant inconvenience to say the least. I worked around that by finding the referenced pages by going to the chapter where the material would most likely be doing a text search in the . Once I found the referenced pages I bookmarked the reference in the with a descriptive name. In the course of doing this, I also documented the subject, chapter and page in separate columns of a spreadsheet, which I could then sort by column. The bookmarks and spreadsheet were a big help for easier reference during my training.
I would have given this book a 5, except for the format. Get the paperback format. - This book is a great guide to getting ready for your outdoor adventure but be aware it makes some assumptions I wasn't expecting. I am training to do the Tour Du Mont Blanc in 8 days this summer, both the backpacking training and the high altitude trek training assume one has a gym available to them. Most of the strength training exercises require gym equipment, it would have been preferable to have more exercises utilizing dumbbells and body weight. The other assumption is that you have access to mountains with 3000 ft gains and high altitudes. The whole reason for getting the book was due to my living in a valley. I hike every weekend but only have access to mountains with about 1500-2000 ft elevation gains and the altitude here in the valley is only about 1200 ft. I do have an incline trainer to do the recommended hill work and will continue my hikes with the recommended pack weight and distance, but certainly can not come close to what the book recommends. Some alternative options would have been nice to have, but overall I will get some guidelines from the book and find it a useful tool.
- I was looking for a comprehensive training guide for my outdoor sporting activities including road biking, mountain biking, hiking, back country skiing and downhill skiing. I've never really training with a structured scientific approach and I needed to improve my performance.
The first section contains the basics of fitness training and diet. The next section contains information on training for specific sports. Each section contains a sample training plan depending on your stage/level of training.
The back of the book contains a list of various types of weight training exercises and stretches. Each one has instructions and diagrams on how to do it. They are also cross-referenced in a table for what sports they are best used for.
This book is a great resource for understanding more about the basics of training for sports. It is well written and easy to read. I have built a better training program and have gotten results with it. - I bought this in prep for a Grand Canyon rim to rim hike--had a trainer use it to create a training plan --it is great and gives spot on advice about training for such a feat!
- I am new to outdoor sports and this book has helped me train for hiking in New Hampshire. I have noticed that I can just climb mountains without being out of breath or exhausted so the training program has been quite helpful. It has also given my exercise regiment a guide to follow with some nutritional suggestions.
- This book has detailed training plans for a variety of outdoor activities, as well as self-evaluation tests for conditioning and strength. I got the best results of my life using it to train for this summer's hiking season. Previously I was just winging it and was not incorporating enough variety and recovery into my workouts.
- I have referenced this book many times while I am training for a mountain climb. It gives you great sport specific exercises for training for any outdoor activity and allows you to put together a plan to meet you training goals. The exercise examples and the training templates are the best part. It's also gives you some different exercises to try at the gym to keep your workout from getting too monotonous.
- I had rented the DVD that Courtenay and her husband had made several years ago about training to climb Mt Rainier. When I found out they had written a book, I was very excited about getting it. Don't get me wrong, the book is packed with tons of useful information! They definitely know what they are talking about. But, for a lay reader looking to get in shape for the climb, I found it cumbersome to put together a work out program with this book. I actually felt a little discouraged because it took me so long to sift through the dense text to find the nuggets of training wisdom that I needed. Also, the exercise models they used look out of place - they don't look like people who climb mountains. Hard to explain, but you'll know what I mean when you see it.
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