How is your exercise routine coming along?
In this article Georgie Bull continues her getting fit for a multi-day hike series.
If you are new here, we suggest you read the three previous articles which will give you some background about how we got to this point.
- Getting fit for a multi day walking trip – some personal experience
- A hiking fitness program – 16 weeks to get fit for a trip
- Getting fit for hiking – a 12 week program
Over to Georgie:
If you have followed either closely or loosely my pounding the pavement, week by week, build up programme, or added some weight training as Amanda suggested, you will now be feeling fitter and …
In this article Georgie Bull continues her getting fit for a multi-day hike series.
If you are new here, we suggest you read the two previous articles which will give you some background about how we got to this point.
Getting fit for a multi day walking trip – some personal experience
A hiking fitness program – 16 weeks to get fit for a trip
Over to Georgie:
So, how did you go using those rectus muscles. Did you manage to plant your feet directly underneath your hips. Did it feel a bit strange at first, but you soon got used to it and then found it SO much easier to lift yourself up hills? Great!
On ANZAC Day we …
I am not naturally fit.
I am a 60 yo female, weigh about 75kgs and lug 18kg in my backpack. I am short and naturally stocky.
I go to the gym twice a week with a personal trainer, where I do weight-bearing exercises and a light cardio regime, designed specifically to strengthen my muscles and heart to haul my body and backpack up Marion’s steps (short, intense) and Pelion and Du Cane gaps (endurance).
To prepare for my first Overland Track hike two years ago, I hired a treadmill for 6 months. How good am I! For the first month I walked sedately every day for 20 minutes. But I got really bored with that. Then I read the manual …
One of the iconic walks on many Australian bucket lists is the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. Running for 96 km (60 mi) overland (60 km (37 mi) in a straight line) through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea, the track is renowned as the location of the World War II battle between Japanese and Australian forces in 1942.
Frank’s uncle, Bob Melville, was up and down the track a couple of times before he was 19 years old. It has a strong place in the Australian psyche as a small force of undertrained and equipped troops fought the most desperate and viscious battle encountered by Australian troops in the Second World War.
This article is about a group of people Frank has worked with at Uecomm, a large Australian broadband supplier and their shared common goal to hike the Kokoda Track. Some of them did it for the challenge, some for the fitness regime and some out of respect of our Aussie Soldiers.
In this article we share Part One of their journey, the preparation and fitness campaign!
