APRIL 2013 -  fully revised, updated and expanded.  Hillfit v 2.0 now includes  contributions from leading exercise scientists and trainers.

  

Make every trip to the mountains easier, safer and more FUN….by getting stronger.

Your most important piece of gear is not your boots or jacket but your fitness!

Hillfit: Strength outlines a step-by-step approach to developing  fitness for hiking and backpacking.

For only £10, this 121 page ebook  explains how you can improve your conditioning for hiking by training at home with no special equipment. An easy read, it will transform your days in the outdoors!  You don’t need to know anything about exercise and won’t need to go near a gym!  (Read more about the Hillfit philosophy)

Outdoors Magic reviewed the book and said:…the nice thing is that Chris never loses sight of the fact that it’s about enjoying walking rather than training for its own sake. So it’s training smart, rather than just training.  It could, we think, be the best tenner you’ll ever spend on the outdoors.

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What you will learn

Strength: the most important thing that the average person needs for fitness in the mountains. 

You will discover:

• Why fitness is the ultimate piece of hillwalking kit
• How getting stronger can give you more enjoyment from your time in the outdoors
• How to train if you can’t get to a gym
• Why simple training is the best option
• How strength makes everything easier, even walking
• Why stronger muscles are more efficient
• Why being stronger makes you less likely to get injured, making each walk safer
• How strength training can make you healthier: fight the effects of ageing & burn body fat
• Why strength training will give you stronger bones
• How flexibility is built on strong muscles rather than stretching
• Why balance is vital to walking and how it relies on strength
• How strength training can give you improved cardiovascular fitness without boring hours on the treadmill
• The simple principles that make muscles stronger
• The reasons why not every activity should qualify as exercise
• Why you still need develop skills as a walker
• How exercise in the outdoors can banish depression
• Key techniques to make every exercise more effective, even the humble pushup
• How to choose safe and effective moves that the minimise the injury risk of training, leaving you fit for the hills
• A simple routine of exercise, with harder options to try as you get stronger, that you can start to apply right now
• Why you should not stretch before exercise and what you should do to warm up instead.

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Simple moves, done properly…

Hillfit:Strength – Fitness for Hillwalking, Hiking and Backpacking is available for immediate download for only £10  (that is about $15 for the readers in the USA)

What the Experts say about the book

Top scientists, fitness trainers and outdoors writers say that Hillfit:Strength knocks it “out of the ballpark” (comments are about the first edition)

Here is what Doug McGuff MD author of Body by Science had to say after reading :

Chris has knocked it out of the ballpark with  Hillfit! Although the book is oriented to those who hike or climb, it is applicable to any sport, or eve

n just activities of daily life.  In Hillfit Chris has effectively distilled physical conditioning and strength training down to its essential elements.  The “why” and hows” are presented more clearly and precisely than I have ever seen.  This book will not just be another conditioning book for a specific sport;  it will serve to demon

strate for all sports the appropriate separation between physical conditioning and skill conditioning.  Bravo Chris!

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“Chris offers a no-nonsense introduction to applying proper strength training for hill walking. The techniques and tips within this book will allow you to walk farther, higher and with less effort then ever before. Use it to your advantage!”  

Skyler Tanner of Efficient Exercise

 

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“Chris takes a holistic look at fitness for the hillwalker in this easy to read introductory guide to strength training. He develops a convincing framework, highlighting the benefits to the hillwalker of strength training and how it fits into larger picture of good health and positive exercise. I’m not a gym goer or major workout fanatic but I found the four exercises he highlights well described and easy to follow and even after just a couple of sets could start to feel some positive progress. Overall this is an excellent booklet to help you work towards better hillwalking strength without resorting to gym memberships or expensive equipment.” 

Nick Bramhall, lightweight backpacker and blogger at Oh Inverted World

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“I think it is a great book that achieves what it sets out to do; namely to provide a simple, safe and effective program of exercise to improve strength and apply that to the activities of Hillwalking, Hiking, and Backpacking. It considers many aspects of program design that are often glossed over when considering application such as its safety and convenience. The program is explained thoroughly with reference to the scientific literature and shows that effective exercise does not require fancy equipment to be scientific, just your own body and an understanding of how to apply the science to it. The book is written with the trainee fully in mind and I hope that this book spurs more walkers to undertake appropriate exercise to improve their strength.”  

James Steele II Exercise Physiologist from Southampton Solent University

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“Chris Highcock does a fine job of zeroing in on THE major component of health and fitness as he provides key elements of what it takes to become Hillfit“

Fred Fornicola author of Dumbbell Training for Strength and Fitness

“Chris has run the top fitness research blog on the net for close to 5 years now. If there is a new breakthrough study that has advanced knowledge in health and fitness Chris is typically one of the first to know about it. Instead of simply giving his opinions about what does and doesn’t work, he lets science dictate his training routines and diet strategies. His new HillFit program is a shining example of this. A simple effective program that can be done at home…100% backed by the most current research regarding strength and conditioning. HillFit will get you systematically and stronger for hiking…bottom line. If that is your goal, this is the right course for you”. 

Rusty Moore - of Fitness Black Book

“With Hillfit Chris has done a great job of laying out both how  and why you should include resistance training in your preparation for getting out on the hills.”

Colin Gordon of Edinburgh Deep Tissue Massage

 

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The Hillfit Strength training booklet is aimed at the average hillwalker/backpacker and provides a simple guide to getting stronger with a minimum of time commitment. For many walkers strength is the neglected aspect of their fitness program as it is seen as costly to develop. Not just financially but also in the amount of time we are lead to believe is required You dont need to buy any special equipment or pay gym membership fees to follow this program. The routine can be done at home and requires one or two 15 minute periods in your week allowing you to get on with other things in your life. The exercise routine can be scaled to each persons requirements and is based on the latest scientific research. Many of these sources can be found in the booklets appendix. Readers of Chris’s Conditioning Research blog will be familiar with some of these studies as it has become one of the “go to” sites for anyone requiring details of the latest research on a host of health and fitness related issues. Even if you have never lifted a dumbbell in your life you can follow this program. A warning however. If you thought building strength was only possible by lifting barbells and dumbells and performing multiple sets of exercises for an hour several times a week then you may find your views challenged by this booklet!

Chris Gray (hillwalker and fitness enthusiast)   Here is what Bill DeSimonecommented on the book:

Chris gets it. Many of us trainer types get so enamored of the process of working out, that we forget the point.  We study exercise, we blog exercise, we Google what everyone else says about exercise, we may even actually do the exercise…so much effort and time spent around the workout that we forget to enjoy the benefits of it. Chris puts all that exercise information in the right context: train smart, then go live life.

Bill DeSimone (watch his video here) Author of “Congruent Exercise: How to Make Weight Training Easier on Your Joints”

How to get  the book

You can be reading Hillfit:Strength in the next 5 minutes

The ebook is sold as a pdf file, that can be read on any PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad or Kindle and will be made available to you for  download straight away.  You can be reading it within the next 5 minutes.

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Guarantee

No questions asked 100% refund if you are not satisfied.

If you buy Hillfit:Strength and do not think it is worth the price, or have any other complaint, I will refund 100% of your money.

Questions

If you have any questions about the ebook you can contact me by email:  chris@hillfit.com or leave a comment below.  Also have a look at the FAQs, someone might have already asked me the same thing.

Backpacking Fitness.  Hillwalking Fitness.  Hiking Fitness.   What you need most is strength!  Whether bagging Munros or tackling a long distance trail this booklet has something for you.