Hiking Science

It's something many people are interested in knowing. How many calories are you really burning while hiking? In reality, highly accura...

People are always looking for the newest, most advanced technology in any area of interest. Hiking, of course, is included. And people love ...

This article gives a nice overview of some of the things people can do to improve endurance performance right away. I am not promoting Hamm...

While we just looked at an example of how walking speed changes with change in trail steepness, it is also interesting to look at how verti...

The short answer is we slow down as the trail gets steeper. Yes, I know, pretty obvious. But how much? And what steepness / speeds are equ...

We previously went over some basics of anaerobic exercise, now on to the aerobic portion. 3. Glycolysis - Aerobic The burning of glycoge...

We will start backwards. When we hike (or run) we move our limbs in desired motions and speeds. To get the desired movements, we need our mu...