Health and Training

They go hand in hand and call for both consistency and a certain dose of stubbornness. Training and keeping a check on your health are the first step to take before heading into the mountains, before setting out on demanding, tiring hikes.
The amateur athlete's diet

The amateur athlete's diet ...

By Redazione Published: 29/05/2014

At the heart of a sportsperson's life there are two crucially important moments, which decide how well your athletic condition turns out: training and diet — meant not as giving up food, but as choosing…

What to eat on mountain hikes

What to eat on mountain hikes?

By Redazione Published: 08/04/2014

On long hikes that take up the whole day and call for a considerable energy intake, it is advisable to get hold of foods with a high Glycaemic Index, such as rice.When you take on…

Hydrating drinks and electrolyte supplements for hiking

Hydrating drinks and electrolyte supplements

By Redazione Published: 26/08/2013

It's  recent history... in 1965 the most famous (for better and for worse) sports drink was born, known as Gatorade; many others have come after it. It was invented in a context linking sport and…

Energy drinks for hiking

Energy drinks for hiking

By Redazione Published: 23/08/2013

You can drink an energy drink before a hike to give yourself a decidedly better walking performance. But it is worth understanding how they really work. How they act on the body Energy drinks were…

Downloadable training checklist sheet

Three-month training checklist sheet

By Redazione Published: 13/02/2013

A practical, printable handbook for setting up your training and keeping a week-by-week record. Just running regularly on a schedule like this one considerably improves our health and our ability to move about in the…

Training plan I

Training plan I

By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012

The main obstacle is the (apparent) lack of time to set up a training session in which to go running...Anyone who wants to start running in view of physically demanding hikes will come up against…

Maintaining your training

Maintaining your training

By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012

The important thing is to keep going When you reach 40 minutes of running you have already achieved an excellent result and we are entering what is pre-competitive activity. Stopping training quickly takes us back…

Physiology of exertion (Part I): training for the mountains

Physiology of exertion (Part I)

By Alessandro Vittore Published: 22/06/2012

It's obvious that a certain degree of physical preparation first of all allows you to cope with that given workload...that the climb, the height gain to cover and the roughness of the path present us…

Training plan II

Training plan II

By Redazione Published: 22/06/2012

By the second month of training you are already well on the way. The split of the sessions doesn't always manage to be so regular. You adapt to the rhythms of working life.You adapt to…