“I got tired of watching people turn back short of the summit, then ache for a week afterwards.”
Hi, I'm Paul. I spent a decade as a personal trainer with a background in exercise physiology — and I kept watching the same thing happen. People save up for the trip of a lifetime, then spend half of it wrecked: legs gone by lunch, lungs on fire, knees screaming the next morning.
Generic gym programmes don't fix it. They don't train the specific things the mountains ask of you — leg endurance that lasts all day, cardio that copes with altitude, a back that carries the pack, and recovery that lets you go again tomorrow.
So I built The Alpines: the exact 12-week plan I'd give a client preparing for a big trip, in an app, for £50. No team of marketers, no AI-generated filler — just me, the science, and a guarantee. If you're not measurably stronger in 30 days, I'll refund you. No questions.
— Paul, founder of The Alpines