The Training For Trekking Podcast
Hosted by I · Rowan Smith: Hiking and Trekking Coach
4.8from 144 ratings
- 450
- Episodes
- 69
- Transcribed
- 144
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 154K
- YouTube views
About 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!
- Publisher
- Rowan Smith: Hiking and Trekking Coach
- Category
- health & fitness · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
69 of 450 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
TFT368: Training To Hike The Sunshine Coast Trail
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
TFT367: Training To Hike The West Maroon Trail
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
TFT366: Leanne's Training Journey To Hike Kilimanjaro
Inside a recent episode
TFT368: Training To Hike The Sunshine Coast Trail
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It is harder than you think. And I think that is even true for my friends that I met on the trail that had done the John Muir Trail. They were even telling me how much harder they thought this trail was than they were expecting. And I think that's the truth of it, is that it looks when you, you know, you go to the you get there's a guidebook that you can get that's great and very detailed. There are these huts you think like, oh, this is pretty straightforward. It's just more challenging than that. I think the lack of switchbacks is a big part of that, that it is just a lot more straight up the little hillside and straight back down the next one. […]
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- Jennifer
- Todd
- Leanne
- Cathleen
- Cyril
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 153,934
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 116 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 28 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 69
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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