Wayne Gregory is the man behind Gregory Packs, one of the best pack brands out there. In this video he explains the thinking behind sizing and fitting a pack including how to put a pack on correctly and then determine whether the pack you have is a

faster up hills, recover more quickly afterwards andeven cope with illness and injury. Just check out our new HillFitness Guide and have a faster, fitter weekend.See you on the hill,Jon and the team at OUTDOORSmagic.comeditor@outdoorsmagic.comRhinog Fach

This week's Kit Tip – a Wednesday one no less – is about pack fitting and how to optimise a pack to work most efficiently for you.Back LengthYour first step is to get the right size or back length adjustment for you. The crucial factor isn't your

the adjustments to suit your body. And the bigger the pack and heavier the load, the more important it is to get things right.Pack SizingWhen fitting a pack, the crucial measurement to bear in mind isn't your overall height but primarily your back length and

Outdoors and adventure travel clothing brand Rohan has announced a new, free walking fitness programme in conjunction with personal trainer to the stars, Matt Roberts.The programme developed from some Rohan consumer research that showed

Fitness is one of those weird things that's hard to pindown. Sure, you can be generally fit in the sense that you can walkup the road without collapsing into a wheezing heap and you don'thave any injuries, but beyond that things get more complicated

American footwear brand Vasquehas taken to the streaming video fields of YouTube with somequietly amusing clips explaining just how the foot works and fillingyou inon what they call 'TheScience of Fit'.It's all really nicely done with a classy

in a stormon the Alaskan mountain in May 1999. The bionic hand uses theelectrical impulses from the nervous sytem and is the first time anadult with a partial hand amputation had been fitted with anelectronic prosthesis.Ball can now carry out everyday

'bandwagon.Yesterday's Guardian G2 section carried a storytitled: 'Is it possible to be too fit?' as a direct response to thesuper-fit explorer's heart attack. The story by David Adam points outthe role of hereditary factors in heart disease, before going on toexplore what

and dry stone wall restorationand the clearing of inappropriate shrubbery. The idea behind the'Green Gym' is to appeal to people who want to exercise and improvetheir fitness but would rather do it outdoors than in someair-conditioned. MTV