Aspen Pro Fitness News

Aspen sits at 7,908 feet. Snowmass Village is higher. Every season I meet people who arrive in the valley, go to the gym on day two, and walk out convinced they have lost a year of fitness. They have not. Here is what actually changes at 8,000 feet, how long acclimatization really takes, and how I adjust a program for the first two weeks at elevation. […]

Six to eight weeks of honest work is the difference between skiing to last chair and quitting at lunch. Skiing is a long series of loaded, off-balance contractions, and in Aspen and Snowmass we add altitude on top. A week-by-week pre-season plan covering leg strength, trunk stability, aerobic base and the lateral work most gym programs skip. […]

People look at a trail map, see a number of miles, and plan a day around that number. Then they meet the elevation gain, the altitude and the descent. A ten-week build for big days in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, including the pack work and the descent strength almost everybody leaves out. […]

Muscle mass starts declining around 40 and the rate picks up after 60. It shows up as a handrail you did not used to need. Resistance training is the one intervention consistently shown to slow, stop and reverse it - and people who start in their seventies still gain. What a sensible program looks like, and the three things I insist on. […]

I train clients all over this valley - in homes, in the gyms and clubs, and outdoors. Here is how I think about where to send someone: the public recreation centers, the private clubs, hotel and condo fitness rooms, training outdoors, and in-home sessions. The right choice depends less on equipment than people assume. […]

You did not build the habit by accident. Do not let a week undo it. For visitors and second-home owners: why this week is for maintenance and not progress, what a good travel week actually looks like day by day, how to train in a thin hotel gym, and how to stop losing ground between visits. […]

And, His Add-On Recommendations. We must eat. Many of us love to eat. Eating is part of life. We think about eating many waking hours of our life. These are all true statements about eating. How much you eat and what you eat are topics of discussion that can be found in every home, office, […]

New year strength. Growth, balance, strength, and health. I think about these concepts every season. I consider how I can grow every year, quarter, month, week, and day. I try to follow my own rules by taking these concepts and applying structure + consistency to get the change I’m planning. Some years it works great, […]

Experimenting during your postseason. Let’s break down these terms: Omad & Nomad. Omad: One meal a day Nomad: a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer. During your training season, there are so many rules to follow, workouts to execute, structure to put in place, and micro/macro splits to study. You must […]

Are you a well-maintained muscle car? All of mankind is drawn towards efficiency. Wouldn’t you agree? In the 1970s many automakers embraced the American muscle car that was built with huge heavy motors. Efficiency in vehicles came with growth in technology, years of research and development, and a lot of trial and error. Out of […]

Plus, my best half marathon time yet! Happy 3-year Anniversary to Aspen Pro Fitness! I want to thank everyone who has helped Aspen Pro Fitness grow to what it is today. It is three years to this month that Aspen Pro Fitness has been in business! How It Started APF first started as a conversation […]

Breaking Down Wants Vs. Needs Getting fit and healthy can be overwhelming, intimidating, and confusing. There are so many opinions on how to be fit and healthy, plus the blurriness caused by marketing strategies that invade our minds daily. People find themselves in the vicious cycle of questioning before they even get started. Do any […]