Winter Fitness The Woofing Way

Jon Doran

07/11/2002 at 16:48

Any top tips for getting fit for winter? Do you crampon up trees, carry your granny up hills or what? Or do you just ignore it all and hope for the best?

OutdoorsMagic Editor | jon@outdoorsmagic.com

Orange Alex Ford

07/11/2002 at 17:09

Gym, gym and more gym I'm afraid.

The Cosford microclimate makes it such that it's just plain nasty to go out when at work (during lunch) so it's back to the gym.

John Corteen

07/11/2002 at 17:11

Can't do the gym it bores me senseless and I was pretty senseless already!

Running on roads is it for me but I do that in the summer too.

Hedgehope Aztec

07/11/2002 at 17:14

Just bike through all the cow poo..

pete morley 1

07/11/2002 at 18:01

Bike, walk, run up and down ladders most days, saw up wood, kick ass !

Hedgehope Aztec

07/11/2002 at 18:17

Oh and drink too much...

joan collins

07/11/2002 at 19:05

I work on a planned six month programme which combines aerobic training with HRM (mostly running and biking), walking with weighted pack, weight training and recreational exercise (climbing, riding, skiing). I've tried a less structured approach in the past, but you quickly get to a plateau, and it's too easy to cop out when you're feeling less motivated. This is really to get me fit for HA mountaineering, and is almost certainly overkill for pottering around in Scotland, but having some basic fitness never hurts.

Dave Moseley

07/11/2002 at 19:36

I swim quite often for the heart & lung type stuff, then just get out in the hills as often as possible for the rest, gym's bore me, and I always manage to find good reasons for not doing other things........

Ben Hedley

08/11/2002 at 13:52

hmm...well apart from running up n down stairs all day at college, walking up hill hill to get to boots, i find lifting pint glasses seems to help...

seriously tho i found last yr that getting up at 6am n doing a 2hour gyme session before college helped....

its just the getting out of bed bit thats hard!

Brian Metters

08/11/2002 at 19:54

Try a visit to my website www.fitnessdoctor.biz and visit the subscribers section using the username endurance and the password kathmandu
When you're in, read the section on moubntaineering fitness.
As a fitness instructor, mountaineer and regular reader of Outdoors Magic I'd be happy to handle any questions.

Orange Alex Ford

08/11/2002 at 20:27

Brian...Thanks very much. That's really great.

Some good information there, and your pictures of Nepal and the Alps are great too.

Dan G

09/11/2002 at 14:14

I don't. I just eat lots of MaccyDs.

Dan G

09/11/2002 at 14:32

Actually, that's a lie:

I go to circuit training on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which is a very intense workout for about an hour and a half. It's good stuff with a good warm up/cool down and stretches. I usually have a 30mins run on a Sunday, and I'm just starting sprint training down at the track on Wednesdays.

I do it to keep in shape, the closest I get to the mountains these days is Pete's Eats

Dan G

09/11/2002 at 14:34

BTW, any ideas why I only weigh 66kg (about ten and half stone, I think) despite being five ten and stuffing my face at every chance?

Scott Ganson

10/11/2002 at 02:08

Not drinking enough beer?

Ben Hedley

10/11/2002 at 19:43

i used to be 10stn 8 in the summer...now im 11stn 11 without any obvious weight gain so i have no idea wots going on there

tony mcgarley

10/11/2002 at 19:51

I think you should/would have noticed a 10% weight gain.

Are your scales broke.....?

Dave O aka Jungle Dave ;)

20/11/2002 at 10:37

Well I am dropping weight...gone down to 15 1/2 stone now from 17 at the start of the summer holidays... I'm 5'11

20/11/2002 at 11:29

Well done dave, keep it up mate.

Si(C)

Hedgehope Aztec

20/11/2002 at 12:01

Hi Si.
Nice to see you yesterday. Hope you didn't have to spend too long at casulty.
Mike

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