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Summit Success: Training for Hiking, Mountaineering, and Peak Bagging
16 Weeks to the Top of the Peaks! Don't let lack of fitness stand in the way of achieving your dreams. If you've been wanting to hike but lack the fitness for it, you have to buy this book now and get started training. Over 300 pages written over 2 years with dozens of beta testers (human guinea pigs) this is the most complete book of its kind.
I'll show you how to get off the couch and onto the summit in only 16 weeks of progressive training. The cardio is based on a vertical approach, with weekly mileage and vertical gain objectives. The strength training is designed to support your hiking goals without bulking you up or wearing you down.
You can do everything in this book in a commercial gym, a home gym, or even outside with less than $100 in gear. It's all illustrated in detail in the book, and additional materials can be found online as described in this training manual.
I've hiked and climbed around the world on my Seven Summits Quest and I want to share my success and training methods with you. You owe it to yourself to get this book and get to the top. 338 pages, 64,000 words, 88 photos
I'll show you how to get off the couch and onto the summit in only 16 weeks of progressive training. The cardio is based on a vertical approach, with weekly mileage and vertical gain objectives. The strength training is designed to support your hiking goals without bulking you up or wearing you down.
You can do everything in this book in a commercial gym, a home gym, or even outside with less than $100 in gear. It's all illustrated in detail in the book, and additional materials can be found online as described in this training manual.
I've hiked and climbed around the world on my Seven Summits Quest and I want to share my success and training methods with you. You owe it to yourself to get this book and get to the top. 338 pages, 64,000 words, 88 photos
- GenresMountaineering
340 pages, Paperback
First published September 2, 2014
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86 people want to read
About the author
Charles Miske
17 books9 followersAs the worlds foremost authority on fitness for hiking, author Charles Miske grew up with a love of reading inspired by his mom, who sometimes seemed to never put her books down. As a youth he read science fiction and over the years he's been a fan of mountaineering tales, self-help and how-to books, young adult, paranormal romance, thriller, and horror.
In the 90's Charles began writing for regional publications on health and new age topics, and started a martial arts fanzine that he later sold. When the internet burst onto the scene he used his writing skills creating websites for marketing clients.
In 2007, after years of working at a desk to build companies, he switched gears to begin building his body and fitness. While sorting through his goals and priorities, he embarked on the Seven Summits Quest, to climb the highest peak on each of the continents. He then began publishing from the journals of his world travels.
When not writing, climbing or working out, he loves to sit in a lawn chair on a deck under pine trees and read young adult fiction.
In the 90's Charles began writing for regional publications on health and new age topics, and started a martial arts fanzine that he later sold. When the internet burst onto the scene he used his writing skills creating websites for marketing clients.
In 2007, after years of working at a desk to build companies, he switched gears to begin building his body and fitness. While sorting through his goals and priorities, he embarked on the Seven Summits Quest, to climb the highest peak on each of the continents. He then began publishing from the journals of his world travels.
When not writing, climbing or working out, he loves to sit in a lawn chair on a deck under pine trees and read young adult fiction.
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November 13, 2015
Great for people who are going to go backpacking and hiking, and though I do enjoy my usual stroll when the weather is nice, this book couldn't apply to me all that much. Maybe I'll find someone that it will beneficial for, pass it along to them, and ask them to give a more accurate view. Until then, it's gather dust on my bookshelf.
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