How does everyone keep in shape?

by **Jimr** on Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:52 pm

I talk a good game of golf

by **markskor** on Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:58 pm

Trying to lose 10 pounds before summer, so I found a 7 - 8 mile hiking loop here in Sacramento.
They call Sacramento the City of Trees - not much elevation change, so do the bridges..
I give you Sacramento today.

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by **Carne_DelMuerto** on Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:20 am

I'm also trying to drop some pounds and get my legs ready for this summer. Here in Auburn I've explored a lot of the Auburn Rec Area looking for the steepest trails. My current favorite is this 5.5 mile loop that starts with about 600 feet of climbing in the first mile.

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by **ERIC** on Fri May 04, 2012 10:06 am

markskor wrote:Trying to lose 10 pounds before summer, so I found a 7 - 8 mile hiking loop here in Sacramento.
They call Sacramento the City of Trees - not much elevation change, so do the bridges..
I give you Sacramento today.

Probably not helping the ol' heart rate when you're stopping every 100 yards to take a picture, Mark. :lol:

by **rlown** on Fri May 04, 2012 12:57 pm

ERIC wrote:Probably not helping the ol' heart rate when you're stopping every 100 yards to take a picture, Mark.

Repetitively lifting the camera to his eye every 100 yds is how Mark builds upper body strength.

by **lnl** on Fri May 04, 2012 6:40 pm

I road/mountain bike ride weekly. I try to do 100 miles a week.

by **rlown** on Fri May 04, 2012 6:51 pm

lnl wrote:I road/mountain bike ride weekly. I try to do 100 miles a week.

Inl, In your experience, how does a mountain bike regimen work for you when you hit the trail? Cardio or what?

by **lnl** on Sat May 05, 2012 4:47 am

rlown wrote:
lnl wrote:I road/mountain bike ride weekly. I try to do 100 miles a week.

Inl, In your experience, how does a mountain bike regimen work for you when you hit the trail? Cardio or what?

Cardio for sure. I live at the base of mt. Diablo. I ride it both road and mtb, but the mtb is more of a challenge with steeper climbs. Here, I'll try to keep my cadence and heart rate up on longer climbs.

by **oldranger** on Sun May 06, 2012 7:49 am

With my first Sierra backpack of the season just over 2 weeks away I have been increasing my regime.
This past week, in addition to two gym sessions I did 3 significant day hikes in the Boise foothills during breaks from Grandpa Duty.

Hike one: Mostly Hulls Gulch: 10 miles, 2000 ft vertical w/ 26 lbs starting weight in pack. This was a lolipop route with first mile+ repeated

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Hike two: 5 Mile Gulch, Watchman, 3 Bears (loop trip): 5 miles, 1000 ft. vertical w/ 27 lbs starting weight in pack.

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Hike Three: 5 mile Gulch to top of ridge (up and back) 7 miles, 2100 ft. vertical w/32.5 lbs starting weight. Did this yesterday. Perfect day for hike, mostly cloudy 43 degrees at start, 39 degrees at top, 50 degrees at finish.

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Will probably repeat Hulls Gulch and the loop trip next week with the 32+ load before returning to Bend.

I can almost taste the creek water from the Sierra!

Mike

by **Hobbes** on Sun May 06, 2012 10:15 am

My personal goal this season is to average 15+ mile (trail/easy xc) days. Now, this is for trips lasting only for 3-4 days, and with a near SUL rig to boot (13 lbs start, 8.5 finish), so it's not really a marathon, but I've gotten progressively more serious about training.

I really enjoy walking, but the distance/time required to develop this level of conditioning was taking too long, so I bit the bullet and started running (again.) Now, I've always been a big critic of running, but the recent trend in barefoot/flat heel running perked up my interest.

(I don't like running because in my mind, our paleo ancestors weren't jogging around tracks or on hard streets/sidewalks. Rather, they were either walking to get from place A to place B, or they were jogging/trotting while pursuing injured game.)

Not to belabor a well debated topic, but I think it makes sense to walk @ a really fast pace and/or jog/trot @ a really slow pace **over non-man made surface areas**. And because running has a 4x caloric burn over walking, I can compress the time by 75%. (Running for 1 hr burns 800 calories, while walking burns 200. If you move to trails and/or packing, the differential remains.)

I bought a pair of NB MT 110s back in January, and after walking in them for a few months, started jogging in them along some of our trails. Right now, I'm up to 5-6 miles/day, split into two sessions (2-3 miles per session). My next goal is to combine them - basically, a 10k each day.

I figure if I can reliably run 6+ miles/day, then I can reach 15 miles/day without killing myself. Even if the net energy/endurance requirement is increased on the order of 50%, I think I'll have enough reserves to motor the distance I need before heading out.

by **Wandering Daisy** on Tue May 08, 2012 9:20 am

A bit off topic, but do any of you wear a heart rate monitor? I need to get one for my husband and he said to get a "good one". I have no idea what is a "good one". His cardiologist wants him to keep his heart rate under a certain number and we are doing a backpack trip this weekend.

I have a 6-mile hiking loop from my house down to Sailor Bar on the American River. It has a few hills - I figure about 500 feet total. I just did the upper loop around Lake Netoma this morning. If I want a hill to ride I have to go up to Folsom Lake. My method of getting more exercise on my bike is to not upgrade my bike. I have a really crappy bike - it really makes me work hard!

by **oldranger** on Tue May 08, 2012 2:27 pm

WD

As a matter of fact, I do. Had one for a couple of years but never used it until a stent was inserted in a coronary artery in March. It seems that my heart rhythm gets funky around 138. So I just got back from another 10 miler here in Boise with 32 lb pack and just hiking like I normally do it did not get above 132. Last Saturday for about an hour and a half and my HR fluctuated between 134 and 140 as I did a much steeper trail in much cooler weather and it was hard to hold back.

I have a Timex, think I bought it at Costco! I have compared it with cardio machines at the gym and with the monitors they hook me up to in Cardio rehab and it seems to be right on. It also has some programable features like actually keeping a record of your max heart rate on an outing. But just looking at the monitor has been good enough for me. The transmitter for the monitor straps around the chest and I had forgotten I still had it on until I read your post.

Mike