Tips To Get Fit For Your Trek

Fitness Makes Your Trekking Experience Better
Why Fitness is Important for Your High Altitude Trek
By swathi chatrapathy
2022-09-07 | 3 min read

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A Guide To Start Your Trek Fitness Preparation
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Can Being Fit Reduce The Chances Of Getting AMS?
We all know that Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) cannot be entirely escaped on a high altitude trek. But can you reduce your chances of getting it by ke...

Trekking With High BMI - All Your Questions Answered
In December of 2019, Gaurav headed for his first high-altitude trek to Kedarkantha — overweight, underprepared, and with a BMI that was way above norm...

Tracking your fitness and how it helps you prepare for a trek
I had a diary. One that I filled in every night for about a week, but has ever since been catching dust. Well, tracking my trek preparation used to fe...

A Guide To Start Your Trek Fitness Preparation
At Indiahikes, we take fitness extremely seriously. It is part of our core values. Everyone who works at Indiahikes, be it on the slopes, or in the of...

Can Being Fit Reduce The Chances Of Getting AMS?
We all know that Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) cannot be entirely escaped on a high altitude trek. But can you reduce your chances of getting it by ke...

Trekking With High BMI - All Your Questions Answered
In December of 2019, Gaurav headed for his first high-altitude trek to Kedarkantha — overweight, underprepared, and with a BMI that was way above norm...

Tracking your fitness and how it helps you prepare for a trek
I had a diary. One that I filled in every night for about a week, but has ever since been catching dust. Well, tracking my trek preparation used to fe...


Why Running Is The Best Exercise To Get Fit For A Trek (Vs. Swimming and Cycling)
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Dehydration at High Altitudes - Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Dehydration is serious business on a trek. It is one of the biggest ailments that holds back trekkers from completing treks. The symptoms of dehydrati...

What Are Chilblains? How Can They Be Prevented?
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Dehydration at High Altitudes - Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Dehydration is serious business on a trek. It is one of the biggest ailments that holds back trekkers from completing treks. The symptoms of dehydrati...

What Are Chilblains? How Can They Be Prevented?
I f you’re hearing this word for the first time and thinking: “What is a Chilblain? How does it matter to me as a trekker?” Then, you need to read thi...

5 Easy Hacks to Prevent Blisters on Treks
W alking with blisters on treks has been a consistent problem for many trekkers. Since blisters take their own time to heal it’s all the more necessar...

What Ailments Do You Face After A High Altitude Trek?
I have a question for you today. After coming back from a high altitude trek, have you faced any physical ailments? I’m looking to put together a seri...

How to Deal With a Knee Injury on a Trek
Knee injuries are tricky to deal with. A lot of trekkers have written to me about the pain and annoyance of living with a knee injury. Today, I will d...

What is Trek Fever and How to Avoid it
I want to tell you a true story about my friend Aditya and his trek fever. Aditya is your average fit guy from Bangalore. He plays football regularly,...

6 Post-Trek Issues and How to Avoid Them -- Numb Toes, Fever, Sunburn
I conducted a survey a few months ago, where I asked trekkers about the post-trek issues they faced. I got over a thousand responses. Out of the 1,07...

Dehydration at High Altitudes - Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Dehydration is serious business on a trek. It is one of the biggest ailments that holds back trekkers from completing treks. The symptoms of dehydrati...

What Are Chilblains? How Can They Be Prevented?
I f you’re hearing this word for the first time and thinking: “What is a Chilblain? How does it matter to me as a trekker?” Then, you need to read thi...

5 Easy Hacks to Prevent Blisters on Treks
W alking with blisters on treks has been a consistent problem for many trekkers. Since blisters take their own time to heal it’s all the more necessar...


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How Even A Serious Leg Injury Couldn’t Keep Neha From Trekking
“I was closest to my father; he meant the world to me. But as they say, life is uncertain. It took a turn for worse and I lost my father to cancer. My...

From Skipping PT Periods to Living the Fitness Lifestyle: Here’s How Trekking Changed Ramon’s Life
"I recently came back from the Kashmir Great Lakes trek. This was my 5th trek with Indiahikes. When I look back from where I started, I cannot believe...

How Trekking Inspires Lifestyle Changes- Gaurav’s story
At Indiahikes, we hear stories of transformation from trekkers every single day. Stories about how trekking changed their lives, about how a trek brou...

How trekking changed the course of fitness in Nandini’s life
Nandini has been trying to get fit since her 20s. She has been involved in various physical activities like aerobics and cardio. However, trekking was...

How Even A Serious Leg Injury Couldn’t Keep Neha From Trekking
“I was closest to my father; he meant the world to me. But as they say, life is uncertain. It took a turn for worse and I lost my father to cancer. My...

From Skipping PT Periods to Living the Fitness Lifestyle: Here’s How Trekking Changed Ramon’s Life
"I recently came back from the Kashmir Great Lakes trek. This was my 5th trek with Indiahikes. When I look back from where I started, I cannot believe...

How Trekking Inspires Lifestyle Changes- Gaurav’s story
At Indiahikes, we hear stories of transformation from trekkers every single day. Stories about how trekking changed their lives, about how a trek brou...

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