My Story: How I achieved balancing work, life and maintaining optimal year-round fitness levels that keep me feeling my best in the mountains, and how you can too.

I used to always feel like I was playing catch-up. I'd get in shape, but would lose it as soon as work and/or life changed paces and found myself always trying to make up lost ground.

I felt like I was never where I wanted to be when big snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, and climbing trips made their way onto my calendar. I was worried I'd slow everyone else down or even worse--wouldn't be able to perform at the level I knew I wanted.

I tried "going HARD" when I had prolonged downtime, but that wasn't sustainable.

What worked was finding the minimal effective dose. Implementing training protocols that I could maintain while in-between seasons, during periods of extended travel (I live out of my car 6 months out of the year traveling), and when work picked up.

Now, while I'm certainly not perfect, I feel more equipped to maintain a higher level of year-round fitness.

That's why I started helping mountain athletes ski, hike, and bike into their 80s without nagging aches, pains, or fatigue slowing them down.