Pennsylvania Hiking Trails
Pennsylvania Hiking Trails
How to prepare for Appalachian Trail?
A friend and I are planning to hike a section of the trail from mid-Pennsylvania to West Virginia. We plan to do it mid-June. What is the best way to prepare for the trail, physically and mentally? Anyone that has hiked that part of the trail would be of special importance... specific workouts or diets beforehand? Thanks.
Go to your local backpacking store and buy the Appalachian Trail Conservancy guide books for those sections or buy them through ATC
It must be a generational thing , I never did work out .The best work out is hiking, Get a pack on and walk.
Start w/ low weights and low mileages and then build it up to the point where you can do 16 -18 miles a day w/ 60 + lbs
It doesn't have to be trail mileage you can do it on local roads but some where in the middle of all that you have to include elevation changes.
A big part of long distance hiking is about comfortably hiking with a pack and getting an understanding of how many miles a day are realistic based on weather , pack -weight and terrain.
As far as diet goes high protein is useless. You need calories ; lots of them, hiking is hard work. On a steep uphill run 1000'/ mile, with a heavy pack ,you will burn about 800 calories .
So get in touch w/ATC they are located in Harpers Ferry WV and start walking.
If your BMR is 2000 K/cal
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