While planning for a year long hiking and climbing trip I felt the need to get in the best possible physical shape in the little time we have left before we go. Last year before our 4 week long tour of Colorado and Utah we completed 60 days of Insanity! (very insane interval training) and it turned out it was really worth it. We had no problems hiking 10 14ers (mountains higher than 14000 feet or 4250 m) in 10 days. Maybe we will not do that the first week of our trip but I do think we will benefit from being in shape from the very start.
So, I have worked out a great plan. This time it will be difficult to follow the Insanity schedule, which is 6 days a week, because we also have to do some climbing. Just adding that to Insanity would be too stressy and not very healthy since I am still working full time. Instead, the plan looks something like this:
Monday – indoor climbing
Tuesday – Insanity
Wednesday – indoor climbing
Thursday – Insanity
Friday – rest
Saturday – longer hike (at least half day) or Insanity
Sunday – indoor or outdoor climbing
I am not a professional but I think this could get us ready for what we want to do. Now comes just the problem of actually doing it. Work has a tendency of getting in the way sometimes but I am hoping for the best. At least I have now communicated my plan which makes it harder not to follow it. 🙂