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Secrets to fitness revealed! 1: Stand up 2: Go outside 3: Walk around a lot
by stuckagain 10y ago
Secrets to fitness revealed!
1: Stand up
2: Go outside
3: Walk around a lot
- handedness 10y agoThings do tend to be needlessly complicated, don't they? But the data provided in the article is a nice contribution.
- Johnny555 10y agoI think the complication comes in trying to balance exercise with everything else you want to do. Not everyone has the interest or the means to go on a 30 day hike.
- handedness 10y agoCompletely agree. But while I usually find overly-distilled things unhelpful, for the vast majority of people it really does come down to consuming fewer, better calories, and moving more (i.e, burning more). But I agree that the overthinking comes when people are trying to fit 27 hours of daily activities into 24, and also when people are pursuing results without burning more and/or consuming fewer calories.
- rch 10y agoYou need to lift heavy things as well.
- baddox 10y ago4: Be restricted in your calories by having to carry everything on your back.
- bootload 10y ago5. Uphill. 6. Repeat.
- chrismartin 10y agoNot really because you choose foods that are calorie-dense (i.e. foods without water weight, and fatty foods). 3000-4000 calories per trail day was typical during my 1,900 PCT miles. I never had to restrict intake due to weight concerns. Also binged on burgers and ice cream at every opportunity in town. This is what one of my larger resupplies looked like, 31,750 calories for a 7-day stretch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmartinpct/14501624495/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmartinpct/14501624495/in/phot... I gained 5 pounds overall, but started in decent shape without much to lose (125 lbs).
- baddox 10y agoWhen I did the JMT I was restricted in the last leg by the volume of my bear cannister. That's mostly what I was thinking of. I dropped from around 3500 calories per day to around 2800, and I sure felt it (also the last leg is by far the most difficult, southbound).
- chrismartin 10y agoYes, the southernmost stretch of JMT is also the burliest stretch of the PCT! Many thru hikers bend the rules for bear canister use. We carried canisters because we had to, but I don't know any PCT nobo'er who was able to cram all their food inside for the long Sierra Nevada (JMT) stretches. We slept next to our food so that we could chase away the bear.
- baddox 10y agoYeah, that would have been nice to have even just one more day of food outside the cannister, but I was pretty committed to following the rules.
- munificent 10y agoThose are the easy steps. You forgot: 0: Acquire the free time and money to not have to work, take care of others, etc. for extended periods of time.
- eigenvector 10y agoNo, that's irrelevant because of all parent's 3 points could easily be part of a job like land or mineral surveying, field biology, forestry, and so on. You don't have to quit working to go outside and walk around all day.
- stuckagain 10y agoI always wanted to be .... A lumberjack!
- RUG3Y 10y agoThis isn't realistic for most people. How many foresters/ mineral surveyors are there?
- mikegillman 10y agoNot realistic for many people who live far from rural areas.
- bbcbasic 10y agoOr have an outside office with stand up desk and treadmill.
- morgante 10y agoThere are plenty of people hiking the AT who are decidedly not wealthy. Heck, I've met quite a few hikers who hike specifically to save money (living off social security).
- mercutio2 10y agoI found lots of folks on the AT who weren't Silicon Valley wealthy (although I'd say more of them were than I expected). But almost no one was actually poor, as in, had ever lived hand to mouth, or couldn't call in family support at a moment's notice. So I'd say everyone I met was much more wealthy than anyone who's really poor in the US. Certainly there are exceptions, but the general assessment that thru-hikes aren't for the poor seems sound to me.