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For many of us, the summer months are moments where we like to plan an adventurous challenge<\/strong>, be it climbing a mountain top, doing a long-distance backpacking, canoeing or kayaking trip, or you name it.<\/p>\n

Many of our rewilding drum followers ask me how I prepare myself for an actual expedition or adventure and how I train in between expeditions. Needless to say that most of my \u2018training\u2019 is influenced by the rewilding lifestyle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With still about a month and a half to go, I reckoned it might be interesting to talk a little about preparing physically for your challenge and about working out in general.<\/p>\n

Movement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As you might know by now, movement, and especially natural<\/em> movement<\/strong> is important within the rewilding lifestyle. Inspired by Erwan Le Corre MovNat and others, we advocate ways of moving in the most natural way possibleand learning the basic movement skills such as running, crawling, jumping, walking on all fours, and lifting heavy weights.<\/p>\n

As stated by Le Corre, working out should be functional. There should be a utility to the movement skill you are trying to master.<\/p>\n

Specific preparation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sports play an important role in today\u2019s society; there are the couch potatoes, the in-betweens and the sports fanatics.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/strong> is all over the place \u2013 people want to improve and win a medal or beat the opponent. In the world of adventure and expeditions, the only way up is higher, faster and more dangerous. Adrenaline rules<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Working out because it\u2019s healthy is not always the most appealing motivation. We only seem to appreciate our health when something is wrong with it. Luckily there is the rewilding point of view!<\/p>\n

Expeditions and Adventures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When Kiki and I are preparing for our next adventure or expedition, every detail has to be studied and prepared well, and many aspects have to be taken into account:<\/p>\n

The logistics and outdoor skills are important. Taking care of the gear, the route, the communication etc. is one thing, but then there is the physical aspect. Being in shape, both physically and mentally is important, but of course you need specific training<\/strong> for the activity you will be doing.<\/p>\n

Just a couple of examples of how we trained for specific expeditions:<\/p>\n

1.<\/span> When preparing for the Atacama Crossing<\/strong> back in 2010, a 250-kilometre-long self-supported ultra-marathon<\/strong> in the driest desert of the world, of course, running was the main thing. We trained first with relatively short distances and later the long ones \u2013 first without a backpack, later with a backpack \u2013 whenever possible in difficult terrain. To avoid overloading the body and injuries, I did a lot of hiking<\/strong> with a heavy backpack and I kept lifting weights<\/strong>. I also added Pilates,<\/strong> because I always need to work on my flexibility.<\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Preparing for a canoeing expedition<\/strong> on the Inari Lake in Finland, I did quite a lot of weights to build upper body<\/strong> strength and lots of canoeing workouts<\/strong> and trips with my expedition partner.<\/p>\n

3.<\/span> Winter expeditions<\/strong> are a different ball game.<\/p>\n