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Just another 11-mile round tripper with 40 pounds. Total elevation gained was near 1500'. A cute little hike....

Yesterday - outside: 47 minutes, zone 2

Today - gym rat: chest dip; barbell shoulder press; 60 minutes, zone 2

Hiked from 7am to 11am. Only found elk, no mearns.

The death March continues tomorrow

Where are you in NM?

9 mile hike with 30 pounds. 1600' gain and loss. Averaged 2.3MPH. took a route on way back that was sporty. Bushwacked. My forearms are cut to shreds...

Been hiking a fairly steep trail about 4x a week. 25lbs in the pack. Will stop at 30# to avoid unnecessary wear and tear on the body. 30 minute youtube workout with wife in the evenings. Mainly core and bodyweight exercises on no bad addiction. Chick stuff but the scenery is ok. Barbell squats too.

Had a good week 40 miles (~7000' of gain), 9 miles of the 40 on snowshoes. Got both Wendler strength sessions in (start of new 4 week cycle)- chin ups and pull ups going up.

Awesome stuff. Outdoor workouts in AZ, NM, MT, AK. Cool places. Good motivation for me to get out of the gym and urban outdoor routine!

Was hiking around the southern side of the San mateo range. Pretty country. Think I'll eventually go back to just hike the apache kid wilderness.

Yesterday's circuit, no rest between exercises, 1 min rest between rounds, several warmup/light rounds, 4 working rounds:

Cleans from boxes at knee height
PL/low-bar squat
Weighted dips
Chins

Sled drags, squats, lunges, leg press. 20min ruck w/ 45lb

Hiked yesterday in the lava flows near Parker Az. Quite challenging, not much elevation gain, (900) feet but lots of rock, loose rock, steep rock faces and dry waterfalls to scramble around and over. Managed to make 5.6 miles in less than 4 hours, without harm, stiffer than hell this morning.

Today

Dynamic effort bench w/bands, alternating grips (close/normal/wide) each set. 9 sets of 3 - 30 sec rest

Following that, circuit, no rest between exercises, 1 min rest between rounds, several warmup/light rounds, 4 working rounds:
Snatches from boxes at knee height
Olympic/high-bar squat
Rows
Rocking tri's

Adopt this plan if you want to make gains



https://www.t-nation.com/training/lifting-3-days-a-week-is-best/

My hike earlier in the week, did some damage so my miles have been extremely short. Got knee and hip pain, hopefully taking it easy for a few days will help. I am pissed, had a great January.

^ get better soon!

Good week for me- 35 miles (221 for the year), 8 of those miles snowshoeing the Elkhorns with my little buddy Tiny Elvis.

Got both strength training sessions in. I've settled on a modified Wendler 5/3/1. Instead of lifting three days a week, I lift two, but combine squats with bench and deadlifts with overhead press. I've also started adding a 4th set at the end- he call's it "first set last"- you take the weight of the first set (which is the lightest set) and do as as many reps as possible. I think this one additional set has helped me.

In between each of the sets of squats/bench and deadlift/overhead press- I do pullups (chin-ups on deads/press day), mtn lunges on deads/press day and dips on squats/bench day and four sets of various core exercises. So far, so good

yup- that's it

concentrates on the big compound lifts; stresses good form over weight; progressive program-starting with lighter weights and keeps building; insures adequate recovery time and suggests a lot of different accessory exercises

there may be a better strength program out there, but this one is solid!

It is a good, solid program.

Lifted yesterday with my youngest. Light work for me (and him), really focusing on him learning, increasing range of motion, and making sure his form is perfect.

Front Squat
Milt Press
Lat Pulldown

Squats, deadlift, kettle bell lunges, leg press. Sprint intervals.