If you go trekking or hiking you’ll get plenty of healthy exercise while you enjoy our beautiful outdoors at the same time. If you find it difficult to maintain a traditional and sometimes boring exercise schedule, go exploring your surroundings instead and the exercise you get will be a great bonus. By choosing Veloped Trekking you have a multitude of options to carry all your gear when you are heading out to explore the world.

Veloped Trekking offers you comfort, support and safety during your adventures. It greatly reduces the impact and stress caused by trekking and hiking. With the Veloped Trek as your companion you’ll enjoy the same benefits as when riding a mountain bike, and you can head for the mountains, hiking trails, forests, dirt roads and green areas.

With the sliding seat you can also take a break in between your efforts. In addition; the air-pressured tires and the suspension provide unbeatable comfort. Contrary to a vehicle with solid tires, the Veloped rides a lot smoother and you do not feel each and every bump in the road.

In order for you to get started with exercising really easily, we have developed a 12-week Veloped Walking Plan. You start very gently, trying to use every opportunity for a little extra exercise. Your 12-week aim is to establish the habit of a daily 30-minute Veloped Walking session. When you start out, this doesn‘t have to be done in one walk, it can be split into two or three shorter walks. And remember that every step counts, even taking a stroll in your garden.

You can download the 12-week Veloped Walking Plan here.

With most exercises you run a great risk of overexerting yourself, but Veloped Walking keeps you going at the right intensity. When pushing the Veloped you will both increase the training effect, and also use a little more energy. By engaging your upper body when Veloped Walking your heart rate increases with 5-15 beats per minute, when compared to ordinary walking. The actual increase in heart rate of course depends on your intensity level and the walking terrain.

The intensity level of Veloped Walking is optimal for improving your health, while at the same time achieving a high fat burning effect. Increasing the pulse rate, for instance by running, will on the one hand improve the cardiovascular effect, but at the same time the intensity will force your system to switch to mainly glycogen for fuel instead of fat.

For a maximum combined health and fat burn effect, the ideal pulse rate is 55 – 70 % of your maximum heart rate. The recommended intensity level is shown in the pulsrate/age-diagram to the left, where the green field represents the ideal for health improvement and fatburn.

So if your aim is to lose weight and improve your fitness at a steady rate, Veloped Walking is an excellent choice. You can exercise a little longer each time, and instead of wearing yourself down you will enjoy faster progress when working towards your personal goal.