[pct-l] Adding Weight to Pack for Training

[G. Lowe aka Wheeew]

Joel-

Nothing lame about it, IMO.  I have done the "backpacking on a treadmill" a number of times.  I max out the incline, and slow it down to mimic the approx. speed I think I'd be going uphill.  It's a great workout!  I also like those cheap hydraulic "stair steppers"....the ones that are basically just 2 foot pads in a box, and you can adjust the tension to add resistance.  These also helped build the appropriate muscles.

Good luck!

Wheeew

Joel Ramey <joel.ramey at gmail.com> wrote: Out of curiosity, what do the fellow flatlanders do for training?
  
 I know that getting out with a pack and hiking with in(and de)clines is the best, but since I've moved back to central Oklahoma, no such inclines exist.
  
 I figured that a regiment of weight lifting, focusing on shoulders, back, abs, and legs (especially calves) would be good for strength. I've also thought about bike riding for cardio (running always seems to be out due to shin splints, although hiking has never really bothered them).
   
 Lastly, I know this might sound lame, but has anyone ever just walked on a treadmill with a full pack with the treadmill set on an incline? My roommates have one, and I've been considering this as an alternative training.
   
 Any thoughts or ideas?


 On Feb 10, 2008 11:21 PM, Jim Keener <lists at oldmanwalking.net> wrote:
 Greetings,

I added two five pound dumbbells to my pack for my last five day
hikes. I hike 6-12 miles, four or five days a week. A result, which
 should have come as no surprise - yet did - was my amazement about how
much harder it is to move that extra ten pounds. My elevation gain on
these hikes ranges from 1,400 to 2,000. And I can tell the difference
at the end of the hike. It has renewed my resolve to lessen pack (and
 body) weight.

Jim Keener ( J J )
http://oldmanwalking.net

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