The Training For Mountaineering Podcast

Author: Rowan Smith: Mountaineering Fitness Coach

The Training For Mountaineering Podcast is created to help mountaineers and alpinists best train, prepare and conquer their mountain adventures. Rowan shares with you the simple and proven training strategies to get you fit, strong and resilient for the mountain. Inside he dives into training, injury prevention, nutrition, mental strength and much much more. So you can have the best chance of a safe, enjoyable and successful adventure!
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TFM81: Respiratory Muscle Training For High Altitude Mountaineers And Hikers
Episode 82
Friday, 3 April, 2026

In this episode, we explore respiratory muscle training (strength training for your breathing muscles), which is a very interesting area of training for high-altitude mountaineers. Inside, we explore: What is respiratory muscle training? The potential benefits of respiratory muscle training for high-altitude mountaineers How to develop and train respiratory muscle strength (and a few methods which are often talked about, but are probably not very effective) == Interested in online training for mountaineering? Check out the Online Summit Program: https://www.summitstrength.com.au/mountaineer.html