The Training For Mountaineering Podcast
Aug 14, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
In this episode I interview sports chiropractor Mandy from Performance Place Sports Case, who is a specialist in working with trail runners. Inside, she shares some insights, philosophies, and…
Mandy ReulGuestRowanHostAnd then a lot of, a lot of the listeners, um, on this particular podcast, like they're interested obviously in training for mountaineering, that's the name of the, name of the podcast.
But a lot of people are kind of figuring things out for themselves or self-coaching or whatever it is.
So, so in your experience, what is one thing you would sort of say that trail runners tend to get wrong when it comes to managing their own bodies?
You will hear this a million times from me, so [laughs] apologies in advance for the repetitiveness, but, uh, strength training needs to be happening.
Whether you are trail running, hiking, mountaineering, if you're outside moving your body in weird ways and demanding lots of effort from it, you need to be strength training.
I always have my patients end our treatment with that, uh, so by the time that we're, you know, they're feeling good and I'm gonna kick them out because they, they should just be going and having fun, they need to be doing strength training so that they don't land back with me.
And then the, the kind of secondary thing, o- one, if you're doing strength training already, great, you're better than most [laughs] people in this.
So I've caught, especially the runners, um, they're like, "Oh yeah, I do strength training," and it ends up being something kind of more like HIIT workouts, where it's a ton of reps, it's lightweight, your heart rate's super high.
Like, that can be useful if used, um, in certain scenarios, but- It, for all of us, for mountaineer, uh, hikers, trail runners, you don't, probably don't need more cardio.
But i- if your weightlifting is cardio, you're not getting the strength gains that you need to, to prevent injury, and just to have more longevity in the sport.
You know, there's the whole, "Your knees will explode if you go downhill too fast," and all that crap, which, you know, I'll spare the rant on.
But [laughs] the strength training part of it is what creates resilience in your body.
And then, uh, the other thing, and I'm, I'm guilty of this, I'm currently guilty of this, is letting things go too long.
So a little bit of knee pain, say, is, is not really a big deal, but things that stick around for a long time or are moving a lot is weird.
And then a lot of, a lot of the listeners, um, on this particular podcast, like they're interested obviously in training for mountaineering, that's the name of the, name of the podcast.
But a lot of people are kind of figuring things out for themselves or self-coaching or whatever it is.
So, so in your experience, what is one thing you would sort of say that trail runners tend to get wrong when it comes to managing their own bodies?
You will hear this a million times from me, so [laughs] apologies in advance for the repetitiveness, but, uh, strength training needs to be happening.
Whether you are trail running, hiking, mountaineering, if you're outside moving your body in weird ways and demanding lots of effort from it, you need to be strength training.
I always have my patients end our treatment with that, uh, so by the time that we're, you know, they're feeling good and I'm gonna kick them out because they, they should just be going and having fun, they need to be doing strength training so that they don't land back with me.
And then the, the kind of secondary thing, o- one, if you're doing strength training already, great, you're better than most [laughs] people in this.
So I've caught, especially the runners, um, they're like, "Oh yeah, I do strength training," and it ends up being something kind of more like HIIT workouts, where it's a ton of reps, it's lightweight, your heart rate's super high.
Like, that can be useful if used, um, in certain scenarios, but- It, for all of us, for mountaineer, uh, hikers, trail runners, you don't, probably don't need more cardio.
But i- if your weightlifting is cardio, you're not getting the strength gains that you need to, to prevent injury, and just to have more longevity in the sport.
You know, there's the whole, "Your knees will explode if you go downhill too fast," and all that crap, which, you know, I'll spare the rant on.
But [laughs] the strength training part of it is what creates resilience in your body.
And then, uh, the other thing, and I'm, I'm guilty of this, I'm currently guilty of this, is letting things go too long.
So a little bit of knee pain, say, is, is not really a big deal, but things that stick around for a long time or are moving a lot is weird.
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