Show up with trail legs.
Pack fitness, descent-proof knees, and conditioning that makes mile eleven feel like mile three, built before you ever reach the trailhead.
We know where you are
- Knees that complain loudest on the downhills, under a full pack.
- Treadmill fitness that evaporates on the first real switchback.
- The nagging question: am I actually fit enough for this trip?
What a plan looks like
- Training
- Weighted step-ups and loaded carries that mimic pack work, eccentric strength for descents, and a conditioning base built against your specific trip's mileage and elevation profile.
- Nutrition
- Trail fueling by the hour, hiker-hunger planning for long efforts, and a town-stop strategy that doesn't undo the week.
- Supplement suggestions
- An electrolyte strategy for long days, and an honest read on altitude folklore. Most of it is folklore. What isn't, we'll flag, with sources.
Trail legs are a real adaptation that normally costs the first four or five weeks of a long hike. You can't shortcut the whole thing, but you can pre-build the strength half with loaded step-up volume, so the trail only has to teach your feet.
From Eleanor
Every expedition I ever joined was won or lost on approach marches nobody photographs: heavy pack, bad trail, day after day. That's your sport, and it's the part of mine I can still do with a fused ankle. Hike your own hike. Just hike it with legs that were ready before mile one.
Eleanor
Couch potato. Elite athlete. Same door.
Every page here speaks a different language. Underneath, the offer is identical: one method, applied to your actual body and your actual week. There is no ideal client. There's just the next block of training, sized to you.
See who we work withPrograms
The Blueprint
$149one-time
A full intake, a 60-minute working consult, and a 12-week plan you own outright: training, nutrition targets, and supplement suggestions with the reasoning attached.
Ongoing Coaching
$199per month
The Blueprint, kept alive. Weekly check-ins, adjustments when your life changes (it will), and a direct line when something doesn't make sense.
Full Caliber
$449per quarter
The deepest engagement: everything in Coaching, plus a monthly hour on video to work the hard problems, and first-in-line turnaround when your plan needs to move.
Build trail legs early
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