[pct-l] What do others do to get/stay in shape

[Jim Keener ( J J )]

Hey Mango et al,

Sorry about the knee.

About ten years ago, when I told a friend I thought I would skip the morning walk said, "There have been many days I haven't wanted to run, but none when I wasn't glad I had." I'm very glad I heard that. It's warm on San Jacinto this week: 90s. So I'm going early. Baxter Beagle and I were on the Ernie Maxwell trail by 6:30. It's good to know all day that I've already gotten the exercise in.

Walk well,
J J

On Aug 18, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Jim & Jane Moody wrote:

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> I never had knee problems till I got to Sonora Pass this year and had to bail out on my planned thru-hike.  Being 63 yrs old, my knees aren't ever going to grow young again, so I am doing low- or non-impact aerobics, biking and elliptical machines at the gym.  I do some weightlifting work on trunk and legs, so long as it doesn't hurt the knee.  I spent a lot of time on the stairclimber with a loaded pack last winter, but I haven't had the nerve to try it since I got back. 
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> Mango 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "greg mushial" <gmushial at gmdr.com> 
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:27:00 PM 
> Subject: [pct-l] What do others do to get/stay in shape 
> 
> I'm wondering what others do to stay/get into shape for section or 
> multi-section walks (on a daily or weekly basis)? Assuming most people have 
> 9-5 jobs, what do you do? I've been walking either before or after work, at 
> least a 4.5 mile up, over and down the ridge fire road loop 5 or 6 times a 
> week; and if I can find the time, especially in the evening, try to do a 
> longer 8 mile extension to the shorter loop once or twice a week. Sometimes 
> I can especially go walking on a saturday or sunday - 15 to 20 miles, but 
> generally weekends are taken up with family-time.From reading various trail 
> journals (for thru or longer section hikers), I see more weekend warmup 
> hikes, but don't notice much daily walking. Is this the norm? What works for 
> other people? Your input, please... 
> thanks...  TheDuck