You have a goal.

We help you prepare.

Let’s make it happen.

You have a goal.

We help you prepare.

Let’s make it happen.

Welcome To TrekTrainers

Individualized Coaching

Our mission is to provide individualized coaching for people who want to pursue adventures in the mountains. Our coaching includes physical preparation, mental preparation, equipment selection and providing you the knowledge to enhance safety and mitigate risks in the mountains.

Guided Hikes

We also lead guided hikes primarily in the Northeastern part of the United States and organize international trekking adventures around the world.

Contact us for more information on our upcoming treks!

We’ll help you achieve your trekking/hiking goals.

 

Whether it’s a moderate 5-mile hike or climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, whether a single day adventure or a multi-day trip – preparation is key. Every trek is different, every hiker is different, so we provide individualized coaching in designing training program specifically for you.

To pursue a trekking or a hiking adventure we have developed the TREK Model: Training, Resilience, Equipment, and Knowledge. We want you to be trained (T) and physically ready, have the resilience (R) to successfully adapt to changing terrain and environmental conditions while maintaining psychological well-being in the face of adversity, equipped (E) with the right gear for an outdoor adventure and the knowledge (K) to maximize your fitness and minimize risks. Our TREK model is individually designed to help you be optimally prepared for your adventure.

We bring over 50 years of climbing, hiking and trekking experience. Our medical and physiology backgrounds uniquely qualify us to provide the very latest scientific information and most advanced training technique for safe and successful hikes and treks.

TRAINING

We provide age-specific guidance with special emphasis and optimization for clients over age 50. It is an individualized and focused approach to developing strength and cardiovascular fitness with an emphasis on rest and recovery to maximize the physiological adaptations.

RESILIENCE

Trek Trainers will provide mental preparation strategies for hiking and trekking activities. This will include the preparation phase of mental focus prior to the event and what to do when facing adversity during the trek/hike. Additionally, we are including a post-event review. While it is exhilarating to be in the outdoors among majestic mountains, there are many potential situations that could affect the hike/trek such as weather, group dynamics, food/water, sickness, altitude issues, etc. We are giving you strategies to help deal with these adverse events.

EQUIPMENT

Distance, duration, seasonal variations and technical difficulty of the hike will influence what you need. We will help you with gear selection from footwear to clothing to backpacks. We will cover all essential items as well as specialized equipment for your upcoming trek.

KNOWLEDGE

Our goal is to give you the knowledge to be successful in the mountains to achieve any trekking or hiking goal you have. We will teach you various strategies to maximize your training and minimize your risk of injury.

Our Guided Hikes and Treks

We currently focus on leading hikes ­ in New England to help people with their knowledge and safety in the mountains.  Hikes are organized for beginners to advanced and are tailored to individual goals.

We are currently organizing treks for Everest Base Camp and Kilimanjaro for 2025/2026.  We will handle all the logistics of the trek once in country and we’ll join you on the trek to share our knowledge and passion for trekking.

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YOUR TRAINERS

Ph.D., AT, R. FNATA

Mike is an avid outdoorsman, coach, medical professional and a cancer thriver who has climbed, hiked and trekked all over the world. He is dedicated to sharing his knowledge of the outdoors and the physical and mental preparation needed to be successful on climbs particularly for those with cancer or dealing with health issues. His professional career as a certified athletic trainer provides a scientific background and unique knowledge developing individualized training programs and leading hikes and treks. He has been dedicated to sharing his knowledge to others with similar passions and objectives in the mountains. His guiding belief is “people don’t care how much you know, but people want to know how much you care”. He enjoys getting people started on their journey in the mountains and takes an individualized approach coaching each person with a caring and scientific approach.

MBBS, FRCS, DipABLM

Arul Mahadevan is a cancer physician based in the Boston area. He believes that travel empowers the body, mind and soul and he cherished that experience for years with his wife, son, and daughter. Growing up in India and since pursuing his medical career in three continents has allowed him to explore and enjoy the natural beauty on this planet in close quarters.

Recently, what started as a resilience building exercise during Covid, quickly evolved into a passion to explore the outdoors by hiking/trekking. He completed all 48 four-thousand footers in NH in 2-1/2 months in 2020 and since hiked all over the US (Arizona, Colorado, California, Washington) in all seasons including winter. He has also completed treks to Mount Fuji in Japan, Everest Base Camp in Nepal, and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Our Philanthropic Mission

Trek Trainers strongly believes in giving back to the community to help others. Trek Trainers will donate 10% of proceeds to organizations dedicated to outdoor education. Each year a different philanthropic organization will be identified.

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