Train for hill climbing

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Right , I have a charity challenge thing that involves running the height of Mt Everest in a relay team , this will involve running / walking up a hill of unspecified elevation at least 8 times

Apart from the obvious prep of doing some hilly reps is there anything else that springs to mind ?

Roz

...and practise running up hills!

[Deleted User]

do some training with a weighted running friendly rucksack maybe, be carefull to increase the weight slowly stopping at about 8Kg and keep your posture good to avoid injury and dont overdo it - try and keep your rucksack training off the road and on the hilly trials.

Since I have been training on/off with a weighted rucksack my endurance at going up hills is way better when I havent got the rucksack on.

This might not work for everyone mind and you really have to be carefull not to give yourslf knee injuries.

[Deleted User]

Use the stairs at work

[Deleted User]

Only have two floors FR , might have to do the squats and rucsac thingy, or drive out west for some serious hills

[Deleted User]

Well 10 hill reps later and I'm cream crackered

Reckon that will do for a start !

[Deleted User]

Good old Hill reps - always make you feel like your about to cough up a lung!

cougie

What about those stepper machines at the gym. Has anyone used those ?

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How long should my hill be btw , mines only about 200 M at about 40 % incline

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Personally I would say that 200m is maybe a bit short - but im no expert, I just do what feels right for me.

about 2 and a half minutes to get to the top and as steep as I can possibly find. Seriously steep and long is good. My faveourite hill for reps locally is about 400m from the bottom to top - a real killer.

The best ones tend to be off road. The thing about easy access to decent hill reps is it really depends on where you live.

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My problem exactly !