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<blockquote data-quote="Tiny Tim" data-source="post: 1874798" data-attributes="member: 87887"><p>While weight lifting and exercise are of great value, nothing compares to real outdoor simulations (as best you can). I would do 15 minutes a day on a stair climber for a warm-up. Go out hiking in the hills for a few miles and the next day my calves are aching and my legs tight. All the uneven terrain, even if slight, engages a great deal of secondary muscles that just don't get the attention they need on the flat surfaces of treadmills, elipticals, and other machines. Its certainly better than nothing, but no substitute for the great outdoors. Even rocks and sandbags in your pack carry differently than the real thing. I try to use old clothes and a jug(s) of water to try and simulate a more realistic backpack "loading". Everything helps, and the trail is much more beneficial than a flat gym floor. Even when walking, the shoulder of the road is better than the flat and "perfect" road surface. Both have their place, and as Moster stated, diet will make huge IMPACT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiny Tim, post: 1874798, member: 87887"] While weight lifting and exercise are of great value, nothing compares to real outdoor simulations (as best you can). I would do 15 minutes a day on a stair climber for a warm-up. Go out hiking in the hills for a few miles and the next day my calves are aching and my legs tight. All the uneven terrain, even if slight, engages a great deal of secondary muscles that just don't get the attention they need on the flat surfaces of treadmills, elipticals, and other machines. Its certainly better than nothing, but no substitute for the great outdoors. Even rocks and sandbags in your pack carry differently than the real thing. I try to use old clothes and a jug(s) of water to try and simulate a more realistic backpack "loading". Everything helps, and the trail is much more beneficial than a flat gym floor. Even when walking, the shoulder of the road is better than the flat and "perfect" road surface. Both have their place, and as Moster stated, diet will make huge IMPACT. [/QUOTE]
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