The Case for Using Trekking Poles While Going Uphill
They don’t necessarily save energy, but a new study suggests they might save your legs
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Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson is Outside’s Sweat Science columnist and the author of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. He lives (and runs) in Toronto.
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