by Jo Cordell-Cooper | Apr 13, 2021 | Training for hiking, Women's Personal Training
Hiking Fitness Tips – Why Focus on Calf Strength for Hiking?? Today’s hiking fitness tips is all about how to get the calf muscles strong for hiking and avoiding ankle injuries and calf tears. As a mad keen hiker, I am always looking forward to hiking...
by Jo Cordell-Cooper | Jul 16, 2015 | Training for hiking
Returning from Everest Base Camp with a heavy heart, my trip cancelled we were caught up in the Kathmandu Earthquake Last month I wrote to you about goal setting – Big Hairy Audacious Goals, also known as BHAGs – (The term ‘Big Hairy Audacious Goal’...
by Jo Cordell-Cooper | Apr 17, 2015 | Training for hiking
Everest for Base Camp Training with less than 6 months before I go I’m going to Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side. Here is a diary of the physical and mental training I did in preparation for this. Obviously the ultimate goal is to be able to: hike for up...
by Jo Cordell-Cooper | Apr 16, 2015 | Training for hiking
My Everest Base Camp Training plan includes lots of mini-challenges and goals. While the hike is still over 6 months away I am aiming to undertake a number of multi-day hikesas part of my preparation. I’m going to Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side. Here is a...
by Jo Cordell-Cooper | Jul 10, 2014 | Training for hiking, Women's Personal Training
Before I had kids I used to hike a lot and I recall saying to my trusty hiking pal Wils that one day I’d like to go to Everest Base Camp. I had no ambition to climb Everest, but Everest Base Camp appealed to because it was remote and offered a cultural...
