Outdoors · eastern Cyprus
Outdoor training and hiking in Cyprus
“If you are not into anything, hiking is something. Every step counts.” No membership, no equipment worth arguing about, no lane to book. Walking is the one form of training almost nobody is too unfit to start, and it is a genuine one.
The training nobody is too unfit to start
Every other page on this site quietly assumes something: that you own a bike, that you can swim a length, that a gym is somewhere you are willing to walk into. This one assumes shoes. That is not a lesser version of training; for a great many people it is the only version that ever happens, and it is the one that leads to the others.
Walking on uneven ground is also better exercise than it sounds. It is weight-bearing, it works the legs and the core, it asks your balance to do real work, and the effort can be dialled from a gentle hour to something that will make a fit cyclist quiet.
- It scales to you. The same route can be an easy hour or a hard three, depending on pace and how much climbing is chosen.
- Whole-body, low impact. Legs and core do the work, and there is none of the repeated shock that puts beginners off running.
- Balance and coordination. Uneven ground trains stability in a way a treadmill cannot.
- It costs almost nothing. Decent shoes, clothing you already own, water. That is the list.
- You go outside. Which, for stress and for whether you keep doing it, turns out to matter more than most training variables.
Walking somewhere warm, in winter
The seasons here run opposite to the ones most visitors are used to. High summer on this coast is hard to walk in during the middle of the day, while the months when northern Europe is dark and wet are the best walking months of the year: mild, dry and long enough in daylight to do something properly.
- Coast and headland: the sea path around Cape Greco, which is flat, exposed and best early.
- Inland and the villages: farm tracks and quiet lanes, sheltered when the wind comes off the sea.
- Something with climbing in it, if you want the day to be training rather than a walk.
- Summer means early or late. Between roughly 11:00 and 16:00 in July, the sensible plan is shade.
The same seasonal argument is why cyclists come here in January. We have written it out in full: cycling in Cyprus in winter.
And if you already train
For cyclists, swimmers and triathletes it does a job their own sport does not. Cycling in particular is a seated, non-weight-bearing sport in one plane of movement: excellent for the engine, unhelpful for bone, and for everything that keeps you upright.
- Aerobic work without the same fatigue: useful in a recovery week, or when a niggle rules out riding.
- Weight-bearing load, which cycling gives you almost none of.
- A change of scene in a long block. Motivation is a training variable whether or not anyone writes it down.
- Time on feet, if there is a run leg in your season. See triathlon coaching.
Outdoor work is planned alongside gym sessions rather than instead of them. The two answer different questions. See personal training, or the coaching page for how a week gets put together.
Book an outdoor session
1-to-1, outdoors, at a time that suits you.
Personal Training: single session
€5045 minutes
45 minutes, 1-to-1, in whatever you came for
Fitness & Performance Consultation
€80one hour
One hour with Ramo at the shop · where coaching starts
Every step counts
Start with one walk
If nothing else on this site looks like something you could begin on Monday, begin with this. It leads to the rest more often than you would think.