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The HikeStrong Podcast is where I share practical guidance on hiking, backpacking, and trekking preparation. Each episode blends fitness insight with real-world training strategies to help you build strength, endurance, and confidence for any trail. I sit down with guests to break down how to train for demanding hiking, backpacking, and trekking goals using smart strength training, endurance training, and conditioning approaches. You’ll hear clear advice on altitude training, uphill training, and injury prevention, all woven into training conversations that support preparation for major destinations such as Kilimanjaro, Everest Base Camp, Rim to Rim, Tour du Mont Blanc, the Camino de Santiago, Patagonia, Machu Picchu, the Alps, and the Dolomites. Because training is never one‑size‑fits‑all, I also bring listeners inside real programs. In select episodes, I interview clients in a deep‑dive format that reveals week‑by‑week training details — real data, real challen
Unknown Host hosts HikeStrong Podcast, a sports show with 39 episodes published.
A hiker who completed both Mount Kilimanjaro and the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu compares the training, terrain, altitude, stairs, weather, guides, and gear. A few months after summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Alicia
Katherine and Ellen set out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro together, but they came into the journey from very different fitness backgrounds. In this episode, they share how they trained from the flatlands, what surprised the
Most hikers focus on the trail—almost no one understands what shapes the experience before they arrive. What does it really take to create a great hiking experience—and who’s working behind the scenes to make it possible
In this episode of the Hike Strong Podcast, Marcus Shapiro sits down with Joel — a 63-year-old retired physician who went from a heart attack, beta-blockers, and years of declining fitness… to completing the Camino de Sa
How do you train for Mount Kilimanjaro at 60+ without living near mountains? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro isn’t just about summit night — it’s about the months of preparation beforehand. In this episode, siblings Bob and S
Most hikers research hiking gear and watch gear reviews before a trip. You’ve probably watched hiking gear videos before your last hike—but have you ever thought about who’s creating them? In this episode, we step inside
What do years inside the outdoor industry actually teach you about gear, preparation, and creating in nature? In this episode of the HikeStrong Podcast, Marcus Shapiro sits down with outdoor photographer and filmmaker Da
Thinking about a Swiss Alps hut-to-hut hike but don’t know where to start? How do you actually plan it—and what do most first-timers get wrong? In the final episode of this series, Marcus and Alex, founder of The WanderW
After months of training, what is it actually like to hike hut-to-hut in the Swiss Alps for the first time? This is the reality of a first Swiss hut-to-hut experience. In Part 2, Dave is joined by Alex, founder of The Wa
What does it really take to train for a Swiss Alps hut-to-hut hike at 63—especially if you’re new to multi-day hiking? For Dave, it became a path back to strength, confidence, and independence. In Part 1 of this three-pa
In Part 2 of this conversation, Blake Hansen returns to Mount Rainier with lessons learned from his first attempt. This episode focuses on what changed the second time — particularly around gear, systems, and on-mountain
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, I sit down with Blake to walk through the beginning of his Mount Rainier journey — why the mountain became a goal, how his first training cycle unfolded, and what happened during
In this episode, Michele shares how one miserable backpacking experience in Yosemite — a trip that began with a rolled ankle and a 5,000-foot descent — nearly pushed her away from backpacking altogether. But instead of g
In Part 2, Hilary and Alexis take us through the final weeks of training , their milestone breakthroughs, and the moments on Mount Kilimanjaro that revealed not just their physical readiness — but their resilience, minds
When Hilary and her daughter Alexis signed up to climb Mount Kilimanjaro , they each trained on their own schedule but stayed connected through shared goals, encouragement, and a deep commitment to see the journey throug
In Part 2 of this conversation, Marcus and Lisa pick up where they left off— digging into the peak phase of her 20-week training plan leading up to the Tour du Mont Blanc . They talk about how Lisa managed higher mileage
I had a pretty ambitious goal going into this conversation with my client, Lisa. The idea was to cover all 20 weeks of her Tour du Mont Blanc training plan , and my hope was that each week you’d learn something you could
What does it take to climb Kilimanjaro when you don’t live near mountains? And what happens when you decide to do it all over again for the Inca Trail? In this episode, I sit down with Alicia—a self-described “non-athlet
Most travelers walk away from a guided trip thinking, “That was amazing”—but they have no idea what it actually took to make it feel that way. In Part 2 of my conversation with former REI Guide of the Year Chris Anderson
When REI announced it was shutting down its Experiences Division , the internet exploded with outrage. For many, it felt like the company was abandoning one of the most meaningful things it offered - a way to actually ge
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