The mental challenge of a hill is probably the biggest gain of all. The
physical pain will test you, the mental strength will empower you. When your
body wants to stop and you keep pushing, the benefits in that moment and every
area of life are huge. Before Christmas I challenged myself to do Moffat Beach
hill, 10 times every week for 8 weeks and I never had a week that was easy. I
got faster, stronger, I pushed harder, I felt more confident within myself, I
felt more empowered and that is why the challenge of hills are awesome. I also
find hills can be a great outlet to let some steam off, if I have had a
challenging day I can let it go with a grunt on a hill.
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| Moffat Hill |
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| Arthur Hill |
My personal favorites are Arthur Street in Caloundra and Moffat Hill in
Moffat Beach. I find Arthur is steeper and harder though shorter. I find Moffat
is not as steep, though longer and it has a change of tempo which kicks in a
different burn. The thing is, a hill changes everything, it activates different
muscles, gets the glutes on fire, it burns if you push, it tests your
willingness and commitment.
I asked many of my Sunshine Coast friends what their favorite hills are
and the most popular were
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Moffat Beach Hill, Moffat Beach
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Browning Boulevard, Battery Hill
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Maree Street, Little Mountain
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Grassed Hill – Point Cartwright
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Dixon Road, Buderim
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Ballinger Road, Buderim,
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Sommerset Drive, Buderim
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Cogill Road, Buderim
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Arthur Street, Caloundra
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Pacific Terrace, Alex
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Citrus Road, Palmwoods
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Koala Park, Nambour
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Narrows Road, Montville
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Maleny-Landsborough Rd (Maleny range)
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Noosa Summit
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Stairs (like a hill) Hasting Street, Noosa Heads
Then throw one of these in as addition to spice up that hill by either
doing:
A.
Repetitive hills, e.g 10 runs or walks if you
cannot run, walking up a hill will still better than no hill.
B.
Sprints with rest, 100% effort and give yourself
a full recovery rest between sprints, max 20mins for total workout
C.
Add body weight exercises into it, pick 5
exercises (e.g. burpees, pushups, squats, situps, lunges) do 10 reps of each
exercise, run the hill and repeat 5 times.
I see a hill how I see a mountain, a challenge to the top. Like life, I
need to be focused, be prepared for it hurt, be prepared for it not to be easy,
be prepared to embrace the challenge, be willing to adapt, and do it well and
put in 100%, get to the top of that hill feeling proud of myself, taking in the
reward of the view at the top and feeling like I can take on the world.
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Great quote by Craig Harper that resonated with me.
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Overall I like to promote how fitness can be fun, I personally find
hills fun, I choose to see the fun, I choose to make it fun, plus the outcome
it’s totally fun having strong legs. The thing is, if being active can be fun
it is easier for you to keep it in your lifestyle, it will help you stay
motivated, so give it a go, try some hills on the Sunny Coast, don’t do it
every day, now that won’t be fun… mix it up, variety is the key my friends.
Please share your hill workouts. Do a starjump after it and #mabstarjump
so I can share the burn… (ps the starjump represents, live big, love big, dream
big and do lots of starjumps because life is totally worth celebrating).
Happy hill running all.
Mel x
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