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

[Cosmic Cat]

I would like to mention the importance of stretching. Buy a good book such
as the one by Bob Anderson and practice several times a week. Throw in some
Yoga for core strength.
Continue a basic routine once you start the hike and focus on areas that
need attention. This will help protect your body from injury.
I started my thru stretching at least a half hour daily. This tapered off as
the hike continued but I was still putting in around ten mins a day at the
end. Its impossible to prove that the stretching prevented injury, but I
believe that it ultimately made my body feel better. Happy body = successful
thru hike.

Goodness

On Aug 19, 2010 5:20 PM, "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
Granted I think I still have residual "in-shapedness" from my two big
hikes, but I'll answer your question. What I do is walk to work. It's
only 3.5 miles round trip with an overpass as the only hill. I will
also walk to run errands when I can. In addition to that, I hike with
the Sierra Club on weekends at least one of the weekend days. Usually
that entails about a 2000 foot climb on average. I've continued to do
some backpacking whenever I can.

I have found that I can still do 20 - 25 mile days in northern
California PCT and a two 20 mile days in a row in the High Sierra on
the JMT including Muir Pass. Helps that I have a light pack and I
think wearing Chaco sandals is a miracle. Also, there's something
about that high altitude air. It's so fresh and clean.

Diane

On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:54 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> 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

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