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How to maintain your fitness level on Everest High Passes Trek?

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How to maintain your fitness level on Everest High Passes Trek?

Reaching on the top of the Everest High Passes Trek route can be your dream, but do you know that this is filled with a lot of adventure and challenges. You must be physically as well as mentally fit, to climb on the height of 5546 meters. The feeling to reach on the peak of the mountain is excellent, and this is the lifetime achievement. Although it is filled with pain and injuries, so, you should be fit while trekking Everest Base Camp.

Before preparing for the trek, you should take part in some fitness programs. Today, here we will discuss all those ways that can help you in maintaining the desired fitness level, while you are planning to reach on the top. So, have a look at the information below:

Take part in the Aerobics Session

This helps reduce the chances of heart stroke, by improving the blood circulation level. This helps make your body to stay on the extreme colder regions and keeps lungs healthy and fit. Also, it is very helpful in adding-up a new strength to the muscles and bones as well.

Keep yourself hydrated

Keeping the body hydrated is always beneficial, and when it is about trekking on Mount Everest, then it becomes more critical. Intake of the desired amount of liquids can help in reducing your fatigue, decreases chances of illness.

Perform Stretching

Stretching is very much improving the flexibility of the body and enhance the movement of the bones, mainly joints hips, knees, and shoulders. They let the body in preventing the lower back pain and improve body posture. If you want to reach the peak point of Everest High Passes Trek, you must strengthen your arms, abdominal muscles, back and your legs too.

Have Proper Sleep

Whenever you are getting physical training, you should make sure to have proper sleep of around 8 hours. Because of the higher altitudes, people find themselves difficult while sleeping, so, it becomes essential for you to have a proper sleep before going to trekking.

Say no to alcohol and caffeine

Consuming caffeine and alcohol can make your body to feel dehydrated. So, make sure that you must not consume such unhealthy drinks.

Carry woolen clothes along with them

Since the temperatures on the higher altitudes decrease and whenever you are Everest Trekking, then the temperature can reduce and this can impact your body too.

Take part in altitude training

This training offers you realistic experience of the higher altitude training, where you will be trained to build your physical strength. The exercises that are involved in this training are push-ups, lunges, bench presses, and many more. This is also helpful in increasing the flexibility of the body whenever you are planning to go for the 3 pass Trek.

Get Mentally Prepared

When you are traveling on Mount Everest, then you can face a lot of challenges, which can decrease your motivational level. The intolerable weather condition can play a big game with you. You should be prepared for that. You should be restricted to your goal to reach on the top of the Mount Everest through Gokyo Lake.

Purchase Trekking Shoes

Go for the right kind of shoes for your trekking and always choose the best socks. Before selecting it for your trekking, you must practice it while wearing at your home.

At last, we believe that you are aware of the tips and tricks to maintain fitness while trekking on the Mount Everest. All of these discussed tips and tricks will keep you fit and healthy during your whole Everest Base Camp Trekking or High Passes Trek or any Himalayan Trek.

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