#89 Art Muir: Aging Gracefully & Athletic Longevity As A Mountain Athlete

Join Evoke coach Seth Keena for a conversation with Art Muir. Art, at 78 years old, is an anomaly in the mountaineering world – having summited Mt. Everest at 75 years old along with tackling many other difficult mountain objectives around the globe. Learn about Art’s training, his quest for the Seven-Summits, and he and Seth’s approach to training and personal development through their six-year athlete-coach training relationship. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 5:22 Art and Seth’s athlete/coach relationship 10:10 Art’s beginnings of learning to train 13:26 Learning to train for mountain objectives 16:25 Art’s first ambitions to climb Mt. Everest 21:42 Does my fitness trajectory match my goals? 25:40 Continuity vs. variability in training 30:50 Respecting day-to-day energy availability for training 34:06 All training is exercise, but not all exercise is training 36:50 Athletic training and longevity 45:27 Short-term and long-term planning of training 46:31 Don’t get too fixated on training metrics. 48:31 Incremental increasing of aerobic threshold 55:49 Training and goals when life-chapters change 58:32 Art’s Social Media project 1:03:33 Climbing Mt. Everest and visiting the South Pole at 75+ years old 1:08:02 Technical skills in the mountains 1:10:49 Guide Wisdom and Principles of Life 1:15:01 Balancing training with life obligations 1:16:50 A short talk of Art’s climbing resume and future goals