Outdoor Group Trek Training for Women
Join the growing trekking community that will help you stay on top of your trail fitness in a fun and inspiring way!
Fall Season 2020: September 8 - December 17
Updates to Phase 2 of Washington State's Covid-19 Plan for Outdoor Group Fitness:
The updated Phase 2 plan, now allows up to 8 clients at each outdoor training session as long as 6 feet of distance can be maintained between each client. The number chosen for each session will depend on the park and how easy or difficult it is to socially distance. For example, Yost Park & St Edward's State Park will require a smaller group due to their more narrow trails, whereas, I can work with a slightly larger group at Lower Woodland Park, thanks to its wider trail options and variety of open spaces. To ensure enough sessions for all, I have added an extra session at Yost Park of Edmonds (Tuesday mornings - shown below) and I have added a new trainer to help with overflow on the popular training days. The new trainer and I will follow all COVID-19 rules for outdoor trainers. Transformational Trekking also has its own trek specific rules to keep you and those around you safe. Prior to joining the group, you will be asked to sign a COVID-19 rules and waiver form. The rules on this form will be reviewed prior to each session and followed throughout the session. We thank you for your understanding around these additional rules at this time. Your safety, health and well being will always come first! For more information on how each session and hike will be run during this COVID-19 time, click on the two links below.
Weekly 90 - Minute Trek Training Sessions
Tuesday: 8:00AM - 9:30AM Yost Park of Seattle
Tuesday: 10:30AM - 12:00PM Lower Woodland Park of Seattle
Thursday: 8AM - 9:30AM Lower Woodland Park of Seattle
Thursday: 10:30AM - 12PM St. Edward's State Park of Kenmore
Weekly 2 - Hour Hikes:
Wednesday: 10AM - 12PM Alternating Seattle area parks
Monthly 3-4 - Hour Hikes + Trek Challenge!
Friday hikes: 8AM
Sept 25, Oct 16, Dec 4
Saturday & Sunday hikes: 8AM
Sept 13, Oct 4, Nov 1, Nov 21
Three Day Trek Challenge - December 11, 12, 13 - Mark your Calendars, more information coming in September!
Descriptions of each of the sessions
The weekly 90-minute sessions start out with a hiking specific warm-up that includes stick rolling, a 5-10 minute walk, simple glute strengthening exercises, and dynamic stretches. We then begin the "workout" where we intermix hiking with exercises that specifically train the muscles you will utilize on the trail and will help to improve your mobility, stability, and strength. Another part of our workout includes interval hill training to help increase your cardiovascular endurance for those long climbs on your treks. This portion is done at your own pace as everyone walks at different speeds. The session ends with a cool down that includes a relaxed 5-10 minute walk back to where we started and static stretches to help improve flexibility and help prevent injuries. Rest assured that at anytime during the session, if an exercise is taught that you do not feel comfortable doing or you know that you should not do, than Sheri will help you find an exercise that suits your comfort level or your needs, or you can opt to rest as well.
Wednesday mornings will find us rotating parks. After stick rolling and some dynamic stretches for a proper injury prevention warm-up, we will start our 2- hour hike in the park of the week. These mornings will be more about improving our muscular endurance through walking more miles than we do on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. At the end of our session we will cool down via static stretching and stick rolling.
Theses hikes will be about 3-hours in length on various trails near Seattle. Most trails we go to will be off of the I-90 corridor. Sometimes these hikes do go over the 3-hour time frame, all depends on the group and the condition of the trail. When there is too much snow or ice on the trails we stay closer to home and do our training hikes at local parks such as Saint Edwards State Park, Discovery Park or Carkeek Park- all great for longer hikes.
Why should I sign up?
The best way to train for an outdoor adventure is in the outdoors! This way your feet, ankles, knees and hips will gain stability and strength on the uneven surfaces that you will face on the trails. You won't even realize you are working out when you incorporate trek specific strength training as we hike. These outdoor sessions will help you feel amazing on your next trekking adventure! And when you are well prepared you will help reduce the possibility of an over-use injury that could bring your trek to a quick end.
By joining, you will become part of the growing trekking community and gain new friends meeting people that feel the same calling as you… to explore the world by foot. You may even find your next perfect trekking travel buddy!
This outdoor group trek training program will:
Investment
After signing up you will receive the "Member Page" code. Once on this page you will find all the details needed for this fall season.
Any questions? No problem - call or email me, Sheri Goodwin, at (206) 465-1795 or sheri@transformtrekking.com
Not sure if this program is for you? If two or more of the statements below describe you, then you will fit in well!
Okay, so now you are ready! 🙂 Sign-up here:
After signing up you will receive the "Member Page" code. Once on this page you will find all the details needed for this fall season.
Still have questions? No problem - call or email me, Sheri Goodwin, at (206) 465-1795 or sheri@transformtrekking.com