Houdini
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Ok fitness fanatics, I'm after some suggestions on the best way to prepare for a 6 day trek?
I'll be hiking the Larapinta Trail across the West MacDonnell Ranges in central Aus this September as part of a fundraising activity for charity and desperately need to get myself in shape. We will be on average hiking 14km a day, but it will involve some steep inclines and declines over the course of the trek.
I am out of shape so assume I need to do cardio to get my fitness up? The last bush walk I did I was pretty out of breath on the steep inclines.
Currently I work long hours so the only exercise I am doing is a 2km walk of a morning and a 2km walk at night (every day provided it isn't raining).
I'm also an insulin dependant diabetic so my diet can't really be changed much in relation to the amount of carbs I am eating daily (although this will need to increase while doing the trek to prevent blood sugar levels dropping too low).
So aside from doing some bush walking with my pack on, what other things should I look at incorporating????
I'll be hiking the Larapinta Trail across the West MacDonnell Ranges in central Aus this September as part of a fundraising activity for charity and desperately need to get myself in shape. We will be on average hiking 14km a day, but it will involve some steep inclines and declines over the course of the trek.
I am out of shape so assume I need to do cardio to get my fitness up? The last bush walk I did I was pretty out of breath on the steep inclines.
Currently I work long hours so the only exercise I am doing is a 2km walk of a morning and a 2km walk at night (every day provided it isn't raining).
I'm also an insulin dependant diabetic so my diet can't really be changed much in relation to the amount of carbs I am eating daily (although this will need to increase while doing the trek to prevent blood sugar levels dropping too low).
So aside from doing some bush walking with my pack on, what other things should I look at incorporating????