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Exercise Routines Before Climbing Mount Apo

Are you excited about your first climbing experience to Mount Apo? Well, we can never blame you for that since such outdoor adventure is definitely an exhilarating one.

 

But before you get so excited about doing it, you need to consider a few tips first, particularly on what exercises you can actually do prior to hitting the foot of Mt. Apo. Therefore, apart from preparing your gears, you also need to ensure that you are physically fit. Remember, mountain climbing is a sport that needs physical strength and utmost stamina.

 

So keep on reading to learn more about the most practical and easy to follow exercises that you start doing right away.

 

The Advantages of Doing Mountain Climbing Exercises

 

If you are an aspiring mountain climber who wants to enjoy climbing and reaching the peak of Mount Apo, you need to understand that such sport is a complete body workout. Thus, you need to simulate it with the way you perform your exercise routines.

 

When you are doing a full body workout, you are expected to burn more calories which in return will make you more fit and achieve the muscle strength that you explicitly require for your life's great trekking adventure.

 

The so-called "mountain climber exercise" can be performed anywhere since you only need a small nook or space where you can do it.

 

Apart from this advantage, you will likewise enjoy other benefits like cardiovascular and muscular strength and improved flexibility and blood circulation.

 

The Benefits Your Muscles Will Get

 

As a full body workout, climbing Mount Apo or doing the "mountain climber exercise" work on a number of muscles, like your deltoids, biceps, triceps, pectoralis major, obliques, rectus abdominals, lower trapezius, latissimus dorsi, quadriceps, hamstrings, hip adductors and hip abductors.

 

How To Do It, Your Step By Step Guide

 

Here are the specific steps that you need to follow when you perform the "mountain climber exercise:"

 

  1. Find a position wherein there is an elevation that will make your hands right below your chest at shoulder width with your straight arms apart from each other.
  2. Make sure that you are in a position wherein your shoulders down to your knees are in straight line.
  3. Lift your right foot and keep your knee close to your chest. Make it as close as you can.
  4. Repeat 1 to 3 but now use your left foot.
  5. Continue doing this exercise as many repetitions that you can endure.

 

A New Or An Advanced Mountain Climber, Here's For You

 

If you are new to this outdoor activity, you can do the knee to chest movement slow at first then going faster eventually as you become more familiar with it.

 

Meanwhile, if you already an advanced mountain climber, you can place your hands on a platform (elevated) simulating the adventure of climbing Mount Apo. By doing so, it makes the exercise more difficult.

 

As you are now ready to step up your mountain climbing preparedness exercise, why don't you contact a tour operator now who can guide you all the way for a great climbing Mount Apo experience?


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