"I've always questioned the dogma that serious outdoors athletes shouldn't lift weights and train hard in a gym when serious athletes in mainstream sports long ago embraced gym training as essential to reaching full potential in sport. Football players don't just "play football" and sprinters don't just "run fast" to train for their sports. They bust their asses in the gym and deploy that strength on the gridiron and track."
From an article by Rob Shaul of Mountain Athlete. (http://www.mtnathlete.com/) Written for Alpinist25
Read the full article: http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web08x/wfeature-mountain-athlete-training
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