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Friday, February 4, 2011

Optimal Hiking Grade - A 50 Hike GPS Analysis

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Do you care about optimal hiking grade? Maybe not, but it's interesting for us to think about. Intuitively, some may think that steepe...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Walking Mechanics Part 1: Center of Mass Control

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Understanding mechanics provides the foundation for strong understanding of human movements (like hiking ). Why would you care about hikin...
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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Salt and Cramp Tips

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This is a post from nutritionist Ellen Coleman that was made in this post and she allowed me to repost it here. Howdy All :) A lot of ...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

VO2 Max Test - Useful for training but does not predict performance

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I recently did another VO2 max test in USC's Kinesiology lab to help some new instructors get acquainted with setup and and watch how a ...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Why moving a little too fast can cost you a lot, especially at altitude

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Ever head out trying to follow someone's blistering pace, only to finally slow down and feel depleted? When that happens, you actually c...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Are Porter's More Efficient?

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Link to Abstract , Embedded article below I came across an interesting paper that was looking how and why are Himalayan porters able to mo...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Editing GPX Files

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Many GPS devices come with their own mapping / editing software that may or may not be sufficient for your own analysis. Personally, I use M...