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Rowan Smith: Hiking and Trekking Coach
The Training For Trekking Podcast
The Training For Trekking Podcast is created to help hikers, trekkers and mountaineers prepare for their bucket list adventures. Rowan shares with you the simple training strategies to get you fit, strong and resilient to tackle anything the trail will throw at you. He also dives deep into subjects such as how to prevent altitude sickness, nutrition while hiking, injury prevention and much, much more. So you can have the very best chance of a safe, enjoyable and successful adventure!
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 193 ratings
Lovely podcast
Rowan. I am training for a trek in Nepal in 2026. I injured my meniscus in 2023. I think with your advice is great. Your podcast and Chase Tucker’s Chase mountains program provide evidence based feedback that is helping me prepare for my challenging trek. My objective is to be more healthy. ...Read full review »
Jam rocking via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/09/24
The information is great, but it gets tiring to listen to the host with his very very verys and really really reallys. I wish someone would give him some coaching on how to avoid doing this. It is annoying.
TMBergirl via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 05/27/24
Stumbled across this and really like the cruisy tone, short episodes and great content. Not necessarily things you haven’t heard before but a good reminder or a slightly different take on what you might already know but haven’t thought of in a while.
Natts78 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 04/30/24
Recent Episodes
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Published 11/13/24
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Published 11/06/24
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