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Uphill Athlete Podcast

Uphill Athlete
Mountaineering
Climbing
Mountain Sports
Mental Health
Everest
Strength Training
Nutrition
Mount Everest
Injuries
Altitude Training
Altitude Sickness
Coaching
Goal Setting
Aconcagua
Ultra Running
Sports Psychology
Training Plans
Acclimatization
Rehabilitation
Alpinism

We educate and inspire you to be the best mountain athlete you can be with unmatched experience and proven training knowledge.

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Latest Episodes

Max King is the only American ever to win both the World Mountain Running Championship and the World 100K Championship. He joins Steve House for a wide-ranging conversation about identity, competition, and longevity in endurance sport. Max traces his... more

Steve House talks with legendary coach and author Joe Friel, now 82, about the newly released second edition of Fast After 50. Friel reflects on how a serious 2014 cycling crash reshaped his own training, and explains why the book's focus shifted fro... more

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In this Everest 2026 season recap, Steve House talks with Alan Arnette (Summit Coach) and Uphill Athlete coach Martin Zohr about a record-breaking year on the mountain: roughly 1,008 South Col summits (up from 891 in 2019), nearly 500 Nepal permits i... more

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Voice of the Mountains revisits one of its most memorable conversations (originally recorded in 2024, with a new intro from Steve House): Lydia Bradey, the New Zealand alpinist who in 1988 became the first woman to climb Mount Everest without supplem... more

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Recent Guests

Joe Friel
Endurance coach and author
Author of The Cyclist Training Bible, Fast After 50
Episode: Training Considerations for Master Athletes with Joe Friel
Alan Arnette
Everest journalist and Summit Coach affiliate
Summit Coach
Episode: 2026 Everest Trends with Steve House, Alan Arnette, and Martin Zohr
Martin Zohr
Coach at Uphill Athlete based in Chamonix
Uphill Athlete
Episode: 2026 Everest Trends with Steve House, Alan Arnette, and Martin Zohr
Will Zittlau
software engineer who led the build of the tool on the Uphill Athlete software side
Uphill Athlete
Episode: The Evolution of Testing: Continuous AeT
Øyvind Sandbakk
Professor at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences; director of the School for Elite Sports
Norwegian School of Sports Sciences; School for Elite Sports
Episode: Building the Aerobic Engine with Dr. Øyvind Sandbakk
Ben Morley
Uphill Athlete Coach with Nordic skiing background
Uphill Athlete
Episode: Muscular Endurance Training with Uphill Athlete Coaches
Kyle Lefkoff
Venture capitalist, climber, mountain guide
Former board chair ARI; Array Biopharma co-founder
Episode: Voice of the Mountains: Season Two Recap
Marco Altini
Data scientist, founder of HRV4Training
HRV4Training
Episode: Making Sense of the Data with Dr. Marco Altini
Peter Metcalf
Climber and former CEO of Black Diamond Equipment
Black Diamond Equipment / Chouinard Equipment (transition)
Episode: Voice of the Mountains: Success is Not the Summit with Peter Metcalf (Director's Cut)

Host

Steve House
Host across multiple series, guiding discussions with guests and shaping the show's direction in mountain athletics.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 549 ratings
  • Great pod, but for some reason this audio-only podcast feed has started downloading to my phone as a large video file. Super annoying, please address!

    Podcast Addict
    4
    Nanner Rambo
    7 months ago
  • Helpful

    Good podcast for mountaineering. Just wish there was less content about running and skiing — maybe a separate podcast for that topic ?

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sarita7981
    United States7 months ago
  • Great content, but…

    Please please please get the hosts better microphones. Compared with the audio quality of nearly any other podcast these days, it’s almost hard go listen to this show. Absolutely love the content but I find myself stopping halfway through a show or sometimes even earlier because the audio is so bad.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    JeKselli
    Switzerlanda year ago
  • Essential Listening for Mountain Athletes

    Uphill Athlete delivers thoughtful, science-backed insights for anyone serious about mountain sports. The episodes are packed with practical advice, expert interviews, and real-world experience you won’t find anywhere else. A must-listen for trail-runners, mountaineers, climbers, skiers and anyone training for big goals in the mountains.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Granitemountain
    United Statesa year ago
  • Mix it up

    Good podcast and informative episodes. But please mix it up with different guests. Martin is on way too often, and his freeloading ways off other expeditions is cringe worthy. Not a model climber.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Sarita7981
    United Statesa year ago

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Listeners value science-based training and practical advice for mountain athletes.
Audio quality is a common critique alongside praise for deep, actionable content.
Guests and coaches are credited for providing unique insights into endurance, leadership, and mountain culture.

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Apple Podcasts
#226
Hong Kong/Health & Fitness
Apple Podcasts
#230
Indonesia/Health & Fitness
Apple Podcasts
#238
Belgium/Health & Fitness

Talking Points

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Training Considerations for Master Athletes with Joe Friel
Q: If a 50-year-old picks up your new edition and can act on only one thing in the next month, what should it be?
Put in more low-intensity training to build a real, big base. This base is the keystone that enables safe progression to higher intensity later and underpins long-term performance and health.
Training Considerations for Master Athletes with Joe Friel
Q: What would you say to a listener who just had their first 'I can't keep up anymore' moment?
Start by identifying the root cause—sleep, nutrition, injury, or lifestyle—and adjust plan timing and priorities accordingly. Emphasize patience and one-thing-at-a-time progression, ensuring they build a strong base before stacking more load or intensity.
Training Considerations for Master Athletes with Joe Friel
Q: So we, you touched earlier on intensity and the amount of low intensity, long slow distance building type work versus higher intensity. How do you frame that discussion for a 50+ athlete once they've bought in?
The approach is to establish a clear five-plus-two pattern: five days of easy training and two days of harder work, spaced with adequate recovery. Then layer in strength training appropriately, moving from base strength to maintenance, and finally race-specific durability work. The goal is to build a solid aerobic base first, then progressively introduce intensity while respecting recovery and individual differences.
The Four Inputs that Determine Your Progress
Q: What are athletes asking you about?
Athletes want to know if they're improving and how to interpret their data, including concerns about missed workouts and whether their training is on track.
Voice of the Mountains: My Axe May Be Your Paintbrush with Jimmy Chin (Replay)
Q: What sparked the idea that the mountains could be a canvas for photography and filmmaking as well as climbing?
It started practically when a climbing partner began taking photos, and after selling a photo he shot—despite being a dirtbag climber—the author saw photography as a viable way to capture authentic stories from friends in the mountains, which evolved into a broader commitment to visual storytelling.

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This show targets serious mountain athletes and outdoor professionals, blending science-based training with high-altitude and expedition storytelling. Episodes frequently cover muscular endurance, periodization, altitude physiology, and performance strategies for climbers, skiers, runners, and mountaineers, paired with deep dives into leadership, risk, and the mindset required to sustain long-term athletic and expedition goals. Notable strengths include a strong coaching lineage, a data-informed approach to training, and candid conversations with prominent climbers and industry leaders that translate into practical, tactical guidance for durability and peak performance in extreme environments.

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1. Joe Friel
2. Alan Arnette
3. Martin Zohr
4. Will Zittlau
5. Øyvind Sandbakk
6. Ben Morley
7. Kyle Lefkoff
8. Marco Altini

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