Try These Instead of Step-ups

In today's video, we sat down with MTNTOUGH Coach Jimmy Alsobrook to discuss a new groundbreaking lunge for the mountain athlete and backcountry hunter. Traditionally, these athletes train heavily with step-ups, which are great, but the athlete doesn't have to drive forward as you do when you are climbing a long gradual ascent. In the mountains, you are rarely going straight up. More likely, you are climbing an incline for a long duration, sometimes 4-6 hours.

We have been experimenting with the deficit lunge in the lab and we've had groundbreaking results with our mountain hunters this Fall. The Deficit Lunge can be loaded with dumbbells or heavy packs for a badass workout that mimics how you feel in the hills. Our mountain hunters are feeling so good about this movement, that we've included it in a few new MTNTOUGH programs coming out this Winter.

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MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab has established itself as the elite source for improving mental toughness, physical preparation, and performance research for the backcountry hunter and tactical athlete…And they have assembled an impressive team for this task, including backcountry hunter Dustin Diefenderfer, Alex Fichtler (Former US Navy SEAL), Ara Megerdichian (US Army Ranger and former West Point Instructor), and mountain training legend Jimmy Alsobrook. You can access all MTNTOUGH online training programs via your phone, tablet, or desktop including their six week no gear, no gym, bodyweight only program the MTNTOUGH 30-30.

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Dustin:    • Why I chose to build MTNTOUGH  

Alex:    • Mental Fortitude.  

Ara:    • Meet MTNTOUGH Coach Ara Megerdichian  

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