iFit Trek up Mount Everest

iFIT's “Everest: A Trek to Base Camp” has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Science. This is the first time that programming from a connected-fitness platform has been nominated for a Sports Emmy. The Awards ceremony took place at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in NYC on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, where the winners were announced.

The nomination category, “Outstanding Interactive Experience - Original Programming”, awards “original interactive sports content, multimedia storytelling, as well as significant and innovative social integration”. Other nominations in the same category include FOX College Football on FOXSports.com, House of Highlights on Bleacher Report, NBA on TNT Tuesday, and NFL Slimetime on Nickelodeon.

Although not selected as the ultimate winner, being nominated demonstrates iFit’s quality of content and commitment to excellence in its connected-fitness programming. The winner selected was NBA on TNT Tuesday.

THE IFIT EVEREST WORKOUT SERIES

Everest: A Trek to Base Camp is an 18-part, interactive treadmill workout which recreates a hike to Everest Base Camp. The workout-series can be streamed on-demand to exercise equipment at home by NordicTrack, ProForm, and FreeMotion. Or independantly, via the iFIT app on Android and Apple devices, including Apple TV, Google, and Amazon TV.

Exercise equipment powered by iFIT can automatically adjust the incline, decline speed, or resistance to match the terrain of your workout, creating a unique, immersive, and interactive experience that syncs in real-time as it's displayed in HD to a treadmill, elliptical, HIIT trainer or incline treadmill's touchscreen. iFit members can climb, hike, and trek up challenging inclines and downward declines.

The 18-part, interactive workout series is designed for all fitness levels, presented by a trio of experts who also cover some history and a variety of stories giving context and meaning to the destination and the training.

HISTORY MAKING

On Monday, March 22, 2021, iFit presented a Live Workout from Mount Everest with iFit Guide Kenton Cool to the Fit community.

iFit members hiked up Kala Patthar with Kenton and the climbing team ending at the summit with a stunning view of Mount Everest in the distance at sunrise and close-ups of beautiful colorful Tibetan prayer flags. The 5 vibrant flag colors represent blue for the sky, white for air and wind, green for water, yellow for the earth and, red for fire. Himalayan Buddhists believe they carry goodwill and are hung to pass on well wishes and prayers to all those who come across the path, with each blessing carried on the wind as they flutter. There is a lot of local history and unique cultural aspects learned along the trek all communicated by the iFit guides as they go.

Take a 25-minute hike up Kalla Pattar roughly at 18,000 feet above sea level. You hike an elevation of 825 ft. to the summit viewpoint of Everest Base Camp, in time to see the sunrise.

If you are an iFit member you find this destination-adventure workout available to schedule for your iFit enabled exercise equipment anytime.

Meet the Everest iFit Trainers

Kenton Cool

British-born, Kenton Cool, age 49, is one of the world’s leading high-altitude climbers and avid adventurers. He’s climbed Mount Everest 15 times along with many other mountain peaks around the globe and is the only Brit to ski down two 8,000m peaks. As an iFit Guide, Kenton Cool was able to live stream a workout direct to iFit members as they joined in the hike at sunrise. He has scaled Mount Everest a total of 14 times, once summiting the daunting mountain twice in the same week. Kenton is a hugely popular motivational speaker. He currently, lives in Gloucestershire with his wife Jazz and children Saffron and Willoughby. Visit his website at https://www.kentoncool.com or follow him on Instagram.

Lydia Bradey

Lydia Bradey is a mountaineer and Mountain Guide living near Wanaka, New Zealand, with her partner Dean Staples and a cat called Koshka. In New Zealand, Lydia began climbing at a young age and became the first woman to successfully summit Mount Everest without any supplemental oxygen. Following in the footsteps of New Zealand climbing legend Sir Edmund Hillary and one of the first two men to climb Everest in 1953. Lydia spends her free time as a motivational speaker. She is also the only woman to have successfully guided Everest five times. Learn more about her at https://lydiabradey.com or follow her on Instagram.

Ang Tshering Lama

As a guide, Ang is always willing to go the extra mile to help others. He was part of the world’s highest rescue. This feat was completed at an 8,600-meter elevation on Everest, where they were able to save 2 lives. Ang is a member of a prominent Nepalese Sherpa family and owner of “Happy House”—so-called by explorer Sir Edmund Hillary. He enjoys sharing the Himalayas’ hidden valleys and villages with visitors.

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