This is the 100th post that I’m writing for my website, so it better be a positive one! One of the things I noticed on my Arctic circle hike was my legs, the muscles were really hurting after three weeks. That was a learning moment for me. The last couple of months I’ve been training…
Category: Getting fit for hiking
Getting fit for hiking: part 4
In a previous post I wrote about my plans for the last month.One of the plans was getting used to walk every day. For me, the only way to do this is to walk to my work and back again. This is at least 12 km and I’ve done this for 2 weeks! Unfortunately I…
Getting fit for hiking: part 3
The last couple of weeks I haven’t trained a lot. I was a bit under the weather, working 5 days a week and the couple of weekends flew buy. So last weekend I decided it was time to go out again! My first thought was to go on an overnight adventure. I was googling for…
Getting fit for hiking: part 2
As I told in an earlier post I’m trying to get fit for hiking. I started with mountainbiking which is very good for my legs and stamina. I love doing it, being outside in nature. It’s also nice to have some adrenaline in your body. Last week I started training with my backpack and boy,…
Getting fit for hiking: part 1
Yes, there are a lot of articles online about getting fit for hiking and much more about getting fit in general. I’m not the fittest man you will ever see. 198 cm tall and a BMI that is 27 (which is at least 2 points too high). My travel plans is not a race of…