Training For Hiking Tips

Sharing tips, advice and exercises to help hikers improve their fitness, strength and endurance for their adventures.

Answering Your Questions About Training And Fitness For Hiking 

The world of training for hiking can be a complicated and confusing subject.


And A LOT of the information online is confusing, confusing and often, downright incorrect.


To help with this, twice a week, I run a live question-and-answer session on my YouTube Channel.


In these sessions, I will answer your questions about hiking training. And I share advice, tips and exercises to help you best prepare for your adventures.


In between these questions, I also do 'open course creation' - giving you an inside look as I put together a free course all about breathing training for hikers.


This article will be a 'master list' of all the recordings of the live streams (listen from newest to oldest).


If you have a particular topic you are interested in, you can search the page, and hopefully, it will pop up, and you can watch the relevant video.


Or if not, then come on down to our next live stream (hosted Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:30 am-12:30 pm Sydney time), and I can answer your questions!


(Or if you can't make the live call, feel free to email me the question at [email protected], and I can answer it on the next stream.)

Training For Hiking Q&A Recordings 

March 14, 2025

Inside this stream we cover:

• A great home strength workout for hikers
• The benefits of trekking poles for different types of hiking
• How to train for the Inca Trail
• Fuelling for long training session (2-3+hours) 

Mentioned on this stream:

• Home Strength Workout For Hikers
• How To Train For High Altitude Hiking
• Free Strength Training For Hikes Mini-Course

March 11, 2025

Inside this stream we cover
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• Training options for hikers if you can’t walk or hike leading into a big adventure
• How to make strength exercises harder if you don’t want to keep adding more weight
• Is it ok to train twice in a day? And how can you get the most out of this type of approach?
• How to adjust your training around swings of low and high energy  s of low and high energy

March 4, 2025
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Inside this stream we cover:

• Reviewing An Unsuccessful Hike
• Exploring The ‘Hip To Foot Connection’ For Hikers
• A Simple Training Protocol For Respiratory Muscle Training For Hikers

Febuary 25, 2025 

Inside this stream we cover:

• Balance Or Stability (What Are The ‘Best’ Exercise Options For Hikers)
• Managing Training Load When Walking And Hiking (If You Struggle With Pain)
• Tips For Squats If You Struggle With Knee Pain
• How To Practice And Progress Diaphragm Breathing
• Easing Into Respiratory Muscle Training
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Febuary 21, 2025

Inside we cover:

• Training considerations for different types of hiking footwear
• Fuelling for early morning training or hikes
• “Is zone 2 training on the treadmill good for endurance”
• What types of hikers might benefit from respiratory muscle training
• The foundational breathing principle to master before doing respiratory muscle training

Febuary 18, 2025 

Inside we cover:

• When to use nose breathing when training for hiking (and when you shouldn’t worry about it)
• A major issue with ‘science based’ or ‘evidence based’ training in the world of fitness
• Some context to why I am always recommending strength training for hikers who struggle with pain and injury
• How we can improve the strength of our breathing muscles
• Why many common recommendations for ‘respiratory muscle training’ may fall short
• A couple of different options on how we can apply load to the breathing muscles
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Febuary 14, 2025 

Inside we cover:

• Reducing a sore neck/shoulders when hiking with a pack
  
• 'Optimal’ vs ‘practical’ training for hikers (one of my first principles of training for hiking)
  
• My background in training and breathing (and why I don’t consider myself a breathing specialist)
  
• Principles of effective breathing training for hikers 
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Febuary 11, 2025

Inside we cover:

• Do other sports/activities have a negative effect on developing hiking fitness?
• A simple strategy to help you learn complicated exercises and techniques
• A few potential benefits of respiratory muscle training for hikes (both sea level and high altitude)
• The muscles responsible for inspiration and exhalation
  
  

Febuary 7, 2025:
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• Managing your training program around night shifts (and other crazy schedules)
• Dealing with achilles/foot discomfort at the end of your training hikes
• Balancing training and periods of low energy
• The beginnings and introduction to our new breathing course for hikers
  
  

*Unfortunately the last 3 minutes of audio is missing due to microphone dying! And stream cut off early after that.

Febuary 4, 2025

We cover:
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• The difference betweenthe forward step down and the lateral step down (and how they can help your hiking)
  
• Alternatives to burpees for hikers
  
• Preventing and managing lower back pain during heavy pack hikes
  
• Overhydration and hyponatraemia while hiking 
  
  

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