Marmot Plasma Parka

The Marmot Plasma Parka is quite literally a sleeping bag for your upper body. When you're chillin at base camp waiting for the weather to clear, it's rare that you want to leave the comfort of your bag. Now you can be fully mobile and fully warm with Marmot's Plasma Parka. Superlight ripstop fabric keeps the Plasma featherlight, while 800 fill goose down keeps you cozy warm. Baffled construction keeps the feathers and heat in place, and the down-filled draft tube keeps heat from escaping. The hood fully encompasses your face to prevent frostbite, but if temps warm, or your trying to down some soup, it easily zips off. Oversized to allow for layers and heat storage, the Plasma will be your favorite piece of expedition gear.

$324.95

You have an oven with you
This jacket is very warm due to 800 fill down. The design is good. The website distorted the color and volume. The blue was so much more vibrant than the actual product. It certainly didn't look as bulky on the website too. All in all, the jacket is warm. Perfect for the snowstorm we have gotten in the last two weeks.

Training Tips

For runners looking to get the maximum benefit from hill training, as you sprint to the top of the hill have your arms pumping faster and faster. Once you get to the top, continue on increasing your speed as much as possible.

After each interval, take your pulse rate by counting the number of beats at your wrist or neck for 15 seconds. Multiply that result by four to get your beats per minute. Your next interval should start before your heart rate is less than 60% of your maximum.

The four components of good fitness include flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and cardiorespiratory endurance. For optimum health, include at least two of these groups in three workouts per week.

Your fitness level will improve by overloading, working your body hard enough to stimulate the body, progression, increasing the frequency, intensity, and duration of exercise over time, and regularity, working out frequently, at least three times a week.