Mont Blanc Training – My Endurance, Strength & Cardiovascular Training with ‘Cardiff Met Sport’ and a 6 Day Adventure guided by ‘Mont Blanc Guides’. I’m on the Mont Blanc Train!
- Mont Blanc Training – The Taper Week, you can’t train at High Intensity all the time, why it’s an important part of the schedule.
After weeks of intense training, taper week is where performance starts to peak. This isn’t a rest week – it’s a calculated reduction in volume while keeping intensity high, giving the body a chance to recover and adapt. - Mont Blanc Training – Understanding the Hypertrophy Block in a Periodised Strength & Conditioning Program.A hypertrophy block is a specific phase of training focused on increasing muscle size and endurance through higher training volumes and moderate-to-heavy resistance loads. If you’ve ever heard the phrase “time under tension,” that’s what we’re working with here, challenging the muscles with controlled, high-volume training to stimulate growth and adaptation.
- Water-to-Go supporting us on our Mont Blanc challenge. A Water Filter Bottle with NASA developed filtration technology, named 2024 ‘Best Water Bottle For Travel’.
All of my walking guides and adventures are free to read, and always will be. To help keep them coming, I’ve partnered with a few carefully chosen affiliate sites —… Read more: Water-to-Go supporting us on our Mont Blanc challenge. A Water Filter Bottle with NASA developed filtration technology, named 2024 ‘Best Water Bottle For Travel’. - Mont Blanc Training 2025 – My Endurance, Strength & Cardiovascular Training with an Alpinism/Mountaineering Personal Trainer from Cardiff Met Sport.
Training for Mont Blanc 2025 started in January, and this marked the beginning of a more structured approach to my overall fitness. Climbing Mont Blanc is a different beast altogether, it is classified as an extreme sport, so this challenge required a shift in my mindset and a highly specific training plan.
