Speed Record Fitness.

At StoneAge Athletics we define "fitness" as the ability to DO...whatever it is you set out to do.
Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is one of the best examples of what we mean. His goals may not appeal to everyone, but his results speak for themselves, and for what it takes to accomplish "impossible" things.




Just some fun facts. The Eiger's north face is 5,900 feet high. That is a vertical mile. It has killed 64 people since it was first climbed in 1938 earning it the nickname "Mordwand" or Death wall. Ueli's time of 2 hours and 50ish minutes means he was climbing an average of 34 vertical feet per minute up steep dangerous terrain to a summit that is 13,000 feet above sea level...

This one is longer but gets into his training and mindset more.

Ido Portal

Ido Portal is badass. We have been big fans since first discovering him through Robb Wolf and Ido's  website. He is a Martial Artist, Dancer, Capoerista, and master of some pretty impressive skills. The results of his focus on movement quality and creativity are a big part of the reason we organize our training the way we do.
For your inspiration and amazement we have collected a couple of our favorite videos...

Going Barefoot Pt. 2: Run (in the) Forest, Run!

Now is time for the fun part. After working your way through Barefoot pt 1, we get to start the sexy stuff!

You've been walking, working out, and doing some sprints either barefoot or in minimalist footwear. But the goal (for me anyway) was running through the wilderness barefoot, taking advantage of the improved balance, economy, and sensation of being shoeless. Not to mention the crazy looks on peoples faces when you run by "unprotected" from natures dangers.

5 Rules for Living in the StoneAge

What follows are the basics. A cave painting of how to re-discover your inner neanderthal. Set forth as simply as possible, and in no strict order, this is how to achieve, health, fitness and extreme animal magnetism (That's right, you know you want it!)

Get STRONG

Strength is the basis for all other kinds of physical activity. PERIOD. It is the bedrock your fitness, and health, is built on.

You want more pull-ups? Get stronger...

A higher vertical leap? Get stronger...

Whats that? your a marathoner? Not even elite runners can cover 26.2 at their Vo2 max. The limit of speed in marathon is primarily strength endurance in muscles. Not cardiovascular conditioning, and guess what the best way to improve strength endurance is, that's right, Get stronger...

The Art of Doing

We define fitness as the art of DOING...Whatever you want to do. In this case hiking Mount San Jacinto!

Mount San Jacinto is 10,800 feet high and its north face features the largest most abrupt elevation change in the United States. Sadly we were not going that way...yet

We to arrived to find 4 feet of snow at the top of the tram. Ckecked in at the ranger station and started up the hill at 11:00 am.

It was a GREAT day to be in the mountains...

Chris started to suffer at about 9,800 feet. The first time moving around above 10,000 is never a pleasant experience.

I spy...a lovely corniced summit!

It was a hell of a view.

I think its fair to say that Chris was glad to be done with the uphill travel!

Gotta have a summit self portrait!

These trees have it rough up here.

The trip down is always much more fun.

All in all it took 5 hours for 6 miles round trip and 5,500 feet gain/loss. With 1 of those hours fooling around on the summit it worked out to be 2:50 up and 1:10 back down.

Up and Running...Lifting, Climbing, and Jumping!

Here we go! the first free event will be saturday febuary 27th at 9am, at the park on the corner of Nutmeg and Jackson in Murrieta. See you there!