Maintaining Your 'Everest Fitness': Life After the Trek

How to Keep Your Expedition Strength Back Home

The Everest Glow

You return from Everest trekking in the best shape of your life. But without the thin air and daily hiking, that fitness fades. Here is how to keep your Mount Everest expedition body.

Keep the Lung Capacity

Interval training is the best way to maintain the cardiovascular gains from your Mount Everest expedition. Keep your heart rate high to mimic the effort of reaching the Mount Everest summit region.

Fit Individual Training in the Forest
Maintain Leg Endurance

Don't stop hiking! Even a weekend walk in local hills keeps your stabilizing muscles strong. It’s the best way to stay ready for your next Everest trekking adventure.

Focus on Core Strength

Carrying a pack for weeks builds great core strength. Planks and weighted squats are the key to keeping that Mount Everest expedition power in your daily life.

Live Like a Climber

The mountain taught you what you're capable of. Use that discipline to stay fit and healthy for your next journey toward the Mount Everest summit.