When it comes to adventure tourism, we immediately think of trekking. Although not yet widely popular in Vietnam, this type of tourism has become a trend among many young people today. To have a truly enjoyable trip, participants need to prepare their physical strength for trekking in the most systematic and thorough way.
To prepare good physical condition, we need to practice the following five groups of activities:
1. Exercise muscle groups
If you are a person who exercises daily, goes to the gym or runs, then you can afford to go on your trip. However, if you are not in the habit of exercising, start now. Start by warming up your muscles, paying special attention to your back and lower body muscles such as thighs and calves.
You can practice Squat exercises for thigh muscles, calf muscles at home. Or practice thigh press machines, front thigh machines, back thigh machines, hip machines,... at the gym. Besides, back exercises are also very important because when doing trekking, the amount of luggage you carry on your back is not small, so back exercises will certainly not be redundant.
2. Practice flexibility
For trekking activities, the flexibility of the leg and hip muscles is focused on training. Flexibility allows the muscles to work in the best condition, increasing training performance, avoiding injury, muscle strain or joint pain.
Flexibility is improved by stretching muscles before and after exercise, stretching muscles after exercise helps speed up muscle recovery after exercise.
3. Practice willpower and endurance
Although trekking is a relaxing activity, it requires physical strength and endurance. You should practice some suggested exercises such as long-distance running, climbing stairs, swimming, soccer, etc.
A trekking trip lasts all day with the only means of transport being two legs, so it is necessary to practice coordination of muscle groups, flexibility and endurance to have enough physical strength for the trip. Besides, willpower is an important factor in deciding the trip, you must determine that once you go, you must go until the end, do not give up halfway, and start training your willpower by practicing regularly, without interruption.
4. Practice with shoes
Shoes that are too tight will hurt your feet, and shoes that are too loose will hurt your feet. When it comes to trekking, a pair of shoes that fit well is better than a pair of shoes that look good. Once you have chosen the right pair of shoes, the next thing you need to do is to adapt to them.
Climbing shoes are shoes with a hard sole, the toe cap is also relatively hard and it can be a pair of high-top shoes. No one dares to guarantee success with it from the first time wearing. The simplest way is that you can use the shoes in daily movement, use in daily practice.
5. Practice with small journeys
If you are climbing a small mountain or doing a short trek of 1-2 hours, you only need to practice for a few days. But if your journey is a majestic mountain range of more than 3000m or a journey of several days, you should get used to practicing with smaller journeys and mountains.
The purpose of this is to give you a gentle but equally enjoyable trip, while also preparing your body for the “grand” trip that follows. Of course, this practice should not be done too close to the main trip because the body needs time to recover.
