Thread 2847432

I like the fact this is a largely a white man's pursuit, and I like how everyone say Hi to each other on the trails. I ALSO hate running but turns out walking up mountains is pretty damn fire for your cardio. Skinny white people who eat healthy is what I see on the trails and I love it, pic is from New Zealand.

>>2847432 (OP)
Welcome home. It's also fun when you start to notice your stamina improving.

>>2847432 (OP)
Good for you mate. NZ has some real nice hiking.

>>2847432 (OP)
>Skinny white people who eat healthy is what I see on the trails and I love it, pic is from New Zealand.
I'm fat and I've been day hiking for years
kill me
my stamina does slowly increase but im still turbo slow

>>2847514
It does and it's isolated from the rest of the world which is lovely.
>>2847514
I've hiked thinner and I've hiked fatter and I honestly felt like being a bit chunkier meant I overheated more, got tired easier, all the usual stuff, you can still do it though and you still make the effort.

>>2847514
I'm fat and I've been hiking regularly since I was a kid. I can outpace about 85-90% of the people on my trail crew and I regularly pass anyone I see on the trail. Even my gym friends struggle to keep up on a hike, and I don't understand that because I'd consider myself very unhealthy.

>>2847541
I definitely overheat easily.

>>2847542
>I can outpace about 85-90% of the people
I was slow hiking as a kid even when I was rail thin
I have something going on with my connective tissue and muscle being poorly developed genetically that my weight has only made harder

but um, ive lost no weight at all hiking, though my medical numbers feel like they could be worse given my weight
and i max out at around 800-900 ft of elevation gain and 4-5 mi for the most part - ive done more, but not often

>34
>love going up hill
>will happily be breathing out my ass and sweating into my eyes all day if it means I can avoid going downhill and feeling like my knees will explode.
Send help

>>2847549
Man, speed isn't anything. Is it important to you? I can spend and entire day walking 4 miles because I stop to peer into the grass and try and remember WTF that plant is, or look at trees and try to figure out why they grew a certain way, looks some bedding planes in the rock and wonder at the span of time between two next to each other which are entirely different or stop and listen to flowing water. I don't find head down and fast hiking as rewarding as any of that stuff, unless I have the mind to do it as physical training/accomplishment.

>>2847554
I started jogging downhill. it helps/

>>2847557
Honestly I'd feel less pain barrel-rolling down hill than going down on my legs, thanks tho.

>>2847556
im super slow and close to death doing any sort of exertion

>>2847554
Use trekking poles

>>2847432 (OP)
Day hikes are comfy. Get up early, do a nice hike with my dog, maybe eat some lunch on top of a mountain, home before dark to have some dinner and browse the chans.

>>2847554
Lean backwards a little try and keep your weight inline with your ankles, take smaller steps. This helped me.

>>2847594
>>2847627
Thanks for the advice, I'll try poles and be more conscious about body positioning going down hill.

What’s a good distance for a day hike that doesn’t have elevation increases?

>>2847647
I think most big day hikes are 17-23km depending on the terrain but honestly as a dude with medium fitness and OP as mentioned I found about 12km good, not exactly short, can still go places, still stuff but you're not getting to that point where you're walking 8 hours and start turning into "Oh another fucking tree" "Oh more fucking rocks where are my car keys"

>>2847793
you are going to get him in trouble
anon start with 2-3 mi and work your way up
if you are hiking and all you can think is "this is a slog I can't wait to be done" you should have an hour or less to go at that point