Do you want to get fit before you go off on a long-distance trail walk? You need to get physically in shape if you want to challenge yourself to a highlander.

Long-distance trails are relatively common and can get you exhausted really quickly. If you have a lot of weight in your backpack, you can also get dangerously close to the idea of throwing up and go home to pizza and Netflix. For people who constantly practice for their physical abilities, they will be easily able to experience the sense of achievement by completing the long-distance trail.

For an ideal highlander’s hike, you can hike with three difficulty levels, of which the beautiful fells of the Lake District are in place. You can follow the normal training regime.

When should you start training?

To give yourself a long-lead while you start, it is required to ensure the ample time that is required to build up your stamina and strength, by increasing the distance, the ascent as well as the intensity of your hikes per week.

 

What are the activities that you should follow?

The exercise will increase your fitness in general. Everyday exercise offers everything from cycling to working out in the gym to playing team sports. To integrate their daily lives, it becomes necessary to workout everyday as well as orders our lives around our work commitments and family. A daily jog or a warm up will go on for the long run.

 

What are the training plans that should be followed?

A good starting point is perfect for your health and fitness. If it is 30 km will a 1000 km ascent, then it will serve as a useful target to aim for with your training process. If you are able to achieve this goal comfortably, you can continue doing it a few weeks prior to the actual hike. If you go for small hikes or walks daily, it will be helpful in the longer run. You can easily walk for about 30 k and 1000m of ascent as one-off.

It is better to build things slowly to get to the goal. If you hike small walks with a small backpack and then grow on with using a bigger backpack, you can make use of incremental improvements which are a key to success. Small increase over the week with 2 km or 3 km and a raise in backpack weight will help you achieve a long increase in the attainment process.

You can also resort to a common strategy of shorter walks during the week and longer hikes during the weekend. Integrating your walking schedule with other things in daily life and activities will also help you gain momentum towards the final result. Add walks for shopping, running errands, as well as picking up the kids from school to your routine.

How to stay motivated?

We all get demotivated with no results to be seen after a long time. Not to worry, you can listen to your favourite audio book or listen to a podcast so that you stay motivated every day. If you are achievement oriented, then set yourself small goals that will help you motivate yourself everyday and keep you disciplined throughout the whole process. Set yourself a peak-bragging target and you will be able to look forward to something big and stay motivated, all at the same time.