A Half-Day Hike
Time: 4 hours Difficulty: Medium Focus and destress this weekend with a half-day hike. The four hours you spend hiking in the beautiful outdoors will give your body and mind more satisfaction than,...
View ArticleA Beginner Backpacking Hike (with food!)
Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Both hiking and backpacking are great exercises to help you focus and destress. The main difference between hiking and backpacking really is how much weight you are...
View ArticleMovie Inspired Workout: Lord of the Rings Hiking Workout
Time: 5 hours Difficulty: Medium “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”...
View ArticleExercises to Improve your Hike
Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Hard One of the greatest joys of hiking is the king-of-the-mountain feeling as you effortlessly leap from boulder to boulder, fearlessly tread treacherous trails, and...
View ArticleThe Treasure Hunt Hike
Time: You decide Difficulty: Medium You may or may not have heard of Geocaching before. but it is basically modern-day treasure-hunting, without plundered booty. The journey is the reward! You must...
View ArticleA Beginner City Hike: Fun Ideas for the Urban Jungle
Time: 30-60 minutes Difficulty: Easy Hiking is a wonderful focus and destress activity that anyone, of any fitness level, can start doing immediately. If you are an inner-city dweller, getting...
View ArticleThe Extreme Day Hike Challenge
Time: 6-8 hours Difficulty: Hard The words “extreme” and “focus and destress” don’t usually go together, but an exception can be made for hiking. An “extreme” day hike consists of any trail 14 miles...
View ArticleAn Intermediate Hiking Workout
Time: 3 hours Difficulty: Medium Focus and destress with a medium-intensity hike that will keep your mind and your muscles happy as you trek through the wilderness. This hike also incorporates a few...
View ArticleA Hiking Workout for Beginners
Time: 40 minutes Difficulty: Easy Hiking is one of the best exercises to help you focus and destress. You get to walk at a relatively leisurely pace, enjoy the smell of nature, look at pretty things,...
View ArticleUseful Hiking Technique, Tips & Skills to Know
Hiking is a great focus and destress exercise, but unlike some other sports, has a unique set of challenges and hazards. Here are some basic hiking tips and skills that anyone walking the trails...
View ArticleHow To Start Hiking Uphill: A Beginner Hike Workout
Time: 40 minutes Difficulty: Easy For many people, hiking means that you are going up a mountainside and conquering some epic peak. While “uphill” is not in the definition of hiking, reaching the top...
View ArticleThe Early Bird Hike
Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Hard A great hike for those who like to start their day with physical activity, the early bird hike begins in the wee hours of the morning, before the sun comes up. Why so...
View ArticleHiking Happiness: A Beginner’s Guide
Going on a hike can be the perfect way to focus and destress, but only if you properly prepare yourself! Unlike walking for fitness, hiking requires some planning, so here is a guide to getting ready...
View ArticleCody’s Hiking Music Playlist
Hiking can be a long and peaceful activity during which you leave your worries behind and reconnect with nature. An easy way to enhance the focus and destress benefits of your hike is to listen to...
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