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Getting Ready for an Active Vacation

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To enjoy an active vacation you do not have to be in super hero levels of physical condition, you only need to know you limitations and select the appropriate activities for your current or projected vacation time fitness levels.  If you are here in this section you; got here by error, you are planning a trip and want to get in shape, or you are a fitness nerd and looking for more information.  I hope this section will help all who stumble upon these pages, to get out and get moving.

The Body is one of the most important pieces of the Outdoor Equipment Puzzle

How many times do you hear someone talking about getting a light weight, high tech piece of gear to help them go faster or further? However, one piece of equipment at seems to always get overlooked is the body and mind. Today society in general is softer or less fit to face hardships. We use public transportation or our car for everything, computers, and do not even start on the way we eat, all this combines to make us less ready to endure stress and physical challenges. Therefore we need to work on the body and mind as much as we need to maintain our specialized equipment. There are several accectped norms in exercise theory and some commonly accepted approaches to training and fitness: