eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
Summary: Learn how to prepare for a hike to boost metabolism with expert weight loss tips from a professional trainer in this free online health and fitness video clip.
Kristie LaTray is the founder of Fit and Fabulous Personal Training. She is a certified personal trainer through World Instructor Training and a member of IDEA Health and Fitness...read more
"So now when you're preparing for your hike, you want to plan your hike. You want to plan where you're gonna go, you want to plan exactly what trail you're gonna go on just to make sure, especially if you're new to trail hiking, just to be sure to be safe so you may want to go online and check out some trails near you. A lot of times you can find maps online and also just lots of places you can go to hike. And things that you want to consider when you're planning your hike is the season. So when you know what season it is and you know what the weather is, you can plan accordingly with what to take with you, for instance, water or the types of clothing that you're going to wear, some protection is always needed. So you want to plan all of those things. Also, you want to keep in mind what the terrain is. So if the terrain depending on the terrain is how you also want to address your shoes. So you want to keep all of those in mind. This also is going to keep you safe when you're on your hike. And then also the altitude like if you're going up on higher altitudes you just want to keep that in mind so that you can really prepare yourself mentally and also take lots of water and keep everything you need. So the more you plan, then the better your hike will be and you'll be prepared and you'll know what's in store for you."
eHow Article: Prepare to Hike to Boost Metabolism