TRAINING FOR HIKING TIPS

In this episode, I share with you some very specific workout routines which a hiker, trekker or mountaineer can use to improve their performance on the trail.

Back Pain While Hiking is not fun at all. And it is one thing that can very easily extinguish even the most adventurous spirit.

If you suffer from this (and it is significantly limiting both confidence and enjoyment while hiking) here is a simple workout to help:

Love them or hate them, treadmill workouts are often a big part of a hiker's or trekker's training. And while people can argue the fact that they "don't mimic real hiking", "change your gait" or "have no downhills" (which are all true) - for the pure sake of convenience they are here to stay.

Knee pain while hiking and trekking is an incredibly common issue. In fact, is is one of the most prevalent injuries in the adventure world.

And you suffer from hiker's knee (and it is sucking a lot of the enjoyment out of your trail time) here is a simple workout to help:

When you are Training For A Trek, you might have the absolute best program in the world, but sometimes life just gets busy.

It happens to all of us. But when you find yourself in this situation, don't make the mistake of skipping your session all together!

Strength Training in incredibly beneficial for trekking. And every trekker should be incorporating it into their training. However many lifelong hikers don't really want to go to the gym... So what is the solution?

Well instead of simply ignoring strength training and labeling everyone who does it a 'gym junkie', you should know there are plenty of ways to develop it outside!

Do you want to know How To Train For A Heavy Pack? This is one of the most common questions I hear from hikers and trekkers. But unfortunately (like many things in the hiking world) the usual advice isn't much help...

Common answers like 'go hiking with a backpack', 'build up slow' and 'get your pack fitted' are really nothing more then common sense. And in my eyes, they don't do much to solve the actual problem...

The goal of this article is go beyond the generic answers that have been shared hundreds of times and give you some genuine and practical strategies to help you best prepare for the rigors of heavy pack hiking.