Sunday, January 01, 2012
Hillfit: Strength – the missing element in your training Fitness for Hillwalking, Hiking and Backpacking
Just a quick one. In a couple of weeks I'll be launching a booklet that I have written on strength training for hillwalking. I'll post more information on it here as it progresses and also explain how you can get a copy.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Interesting! My wife is off to Everest Base Camp in March and we've decided we need to fix her (and my) diet now it's the new year. This could be exactly what we need.
Sorry Colin, there is nothing in it on diet. It is all exercise. However, diet is really important. My basic rule is to eat real food: meat, eggs, veggies, fruit, fish etc and to make most meals myself. I also avoid wheat as gluten doesn't agree with me. In general for diet, I'd point you towards the Perfect Health Diet http://perfecthealthdiet.com/?page_id=781
or follow the 12 steps here: http://www.archevore.com/get-started/
Very interesting. I am intrigued and looking forward to more details. Great to see a self-publication and material from an enthusiast.
Currently, I don't get out so regularly, so have to work purposefully on fitness away from the hill. It will be interesting to see what you suggest.
I got the Royal Marines fitness manual for Christmas - perhaps a little optimistic?! Apparently, binman fitness is the best all round fitness. Pretty left field, but effective!
http://www.andy-kirkpatrick.com/blog/view/binman_fitness
Simon
thanks for the comment - I follow your blog by the way and it is nice to have you visit here.
To be honest I am a bit conflicted about the book. I would hate to be seen as an expert on fitness. I am fit enough for a 43 year old office worker, but not that special. It is more just a set of simple exercises for the average guy who wants to improve fitness. It focusses on strength because that is actually really important and looks at the health benefits of strength training then gives a simple routine that you can do at home to make it more accessible.
I like Bin man fitness.....but I've injured myself in the past throwing weights around or doing other mad stuff and my aim nowadays is safety and minimising the risk of injury. I want to get to the hills without injury . The last thing I want is for training to stop me walking and some mad crossfit, binman stuff can do that. But it still sounds fun.
If you send me your email address chrishighcock AT gmail.com I will send you a review copy .
Chris
Cheers, Chris. YHM.
I don't think you need feel conflict over the book. From my experience, the key to fitness is function, and that is gained precisely through doing an activity or hobby, so we all have something to offer.
Over the years, I have thrown together a variety of exercises from Pilates, Army fitness and stretching to help me keep in reasonable shape.
Absolutely agree about injury-prevention. I used to go to the gym and 'pump iron' then slipped a disc. Really have no idea why I bothered with weights now. If it's not functional, I don't think it should figure. [N.B., some resistance training is definitely beneficial.]
Simon
Post a Comment