Breathing Exercises For Hikers

A brand-new, free course to help your breathing when hiking up hills.

Breathing Training For Hiking

Today, we are chatting about our brand new mini-course for hikers: Breathing Drills For Hikers.

Inside this free course, we explore some simple breathing drills and breathing exercises to help your hiking performance.

One of the most common complaints I hear from hikers is constantly getting out of breath when hiking uphill.

I hear this every single day and every single week.

It is something so many people struggle...

In the best-case scenario, this can just be uncomfortable, and you are just counting down the seconds until you hit the flat.

In the worst scenarios, when your breathing really starts to fall apart, it can cause anxiety, stress and rob a whole lot of enjoyment out of your hiking adventures.

Even on a simple day hike with just a small pack, this can be tough...

If you add high altitude, heavier loads in your pack or faster hiking partners, it can get worse and worse. And turn into an absolute nightmare.

So improving your breathing on hills is a very big deal.

While plenty of hikers want to improve their breathing, most people honestly do not know where to start.

Typically, when I talk to hikers about this subject, they fall into a few different camps:

High Intensity Training

Some people go the high-intensity route.

They think that if they are out of breath on a hill, the answer is to absolutely crush themselves in training.

Jumping around doing circuits, pushing themselves to the absolute limit.

There are many coaches who still recommend this.

But as I have said many times, that type of generic class at the local gym or online only helps to a point.

Because redlining yourself for thirty or forty minutes in a gym is not the same thing as performing for hours on the trail and climbing big ascents.

So there is limited effectiveness there.

Breathing Training For Hikers

On the other side, many people go deep into breathing training on YouTube and Instagram.

Some coaches talk endlessly about advanced drills, breath holds, elevation masks and all types of complicated methods.

And sure, some of it can be useful at times.

But honestly, most of it becomes a rabbit hole.

People skip the basics and go straight to advanced drills, which they do not necessarily need.

For at least 95% of hikers, things do not have to be anywhere near that complicated.

Which brings me to this new mini course

My intention was to create something incredibly simple and incredibly practical.

More specific to hiking than random high-intensity classes, but way easier and more achievable than the advanced breathing world.

A no-frills approach to breathing for hiking.

Some of what I share in this course may seem almost too simple.

But if you follow it and apply the lessons consistently, you might be surprised at what a difference it can make to your hiking.

And the bonus is that everything in this course helps your overall hiking fitness, endurance and trail capabilities too. So you should see a variety of improvements for your hiking (not just your breathing).

These drills are not random things I made up...

They are the exact things I use every single week and have used with hundreds of hikers over the years.

What Is Included In The Course

Inside the free course, I cover two foundational breathing skills you can practice anywhere that will rapidly improve how effectively you breathe.

They are simple, they are basic, and they work.

After that, I walk you through three simple breathing drills that can make a dramatic difference in your comfort and confidence on steep climbs.

You will feel more in control when the trail gets tough.

You will be able to calm things down when you get huffed and puffed.

You will feel more capable when you are staring up at a long climb with a pack on your back.

Three very simple drills that can change the experience entirely.

On top of that, you get a simple twelve-week training progression showing exactly how to apply these drills over time.

The goal is that you can slide this right into your normal training week and see some very nice results.

To be clear: this course is simple.

That is intentional.

You will not see things like:

• Breath-hold training
• Elevation mask training
• Complicated breathing techniques
  
  

The breathing methods inside may look deceptively simple, but applied consistently, they can be very effective.

So if you want some straightforward exercises to help you feel more comfortable with your breathing on the trail, this is for you.

The course is completely free.

All you have to do is sign up, and you get instant access.

To sign up and get free access, follow the link below:

https://www.summitstrength.com.au/breathing-mini-course.html

Yours in trekking,

Rowan 

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