April 2005 Workouts
I've begun training for hiking and backpacking for our upcoming trip up North. I will use the YMCA when I cannot do that. Maybe I'll slip in a bike ride here and there. But I want to avoid the severe knee pain I've experienced on long, rugged hikes. I also want to be able to backpack, which I've never done.
I began using Ian's internal frame pack. I later switched to my external frame pack. The stats representing hikes where I used the internal frame pack seem to include the weight of the empty pack in the "pack weight". I don't see a note of the empty pack's weight.
Week 14 - Apr 4th through 10th, 2005
Vacation Monday
Tuesday, April 5th
Backpacking for 1 h 10 m in the Bluffs using the internal frame pack
Pack weight 36 lbs
Clothing and boots 9 lbs
Total weight carted 45 lbs
Wednesday, April 6th
Backpacking for 1 h 5 m in the Bluffs
Pack weight 45 lbs
Clothing and boots 9 lbs
Total weight carted 54 lbs
Thursday, April 7th
Stairs: 10 min, 106 cal (with pack)
Elliptical: 10 min, 110 cal (with pack)
Stairmaster: 10 min, 89 cal (with pack)
Note: trainer recommended against elliptical trainer after I did it, saying it placed too much strain on the knees
Friday, April 8th
Backpacking for about 1/2 hour in the Bluffs.
Note: Would have hiked longer, but encountered a smoldering tree and had to hurry off to the fire department (there'd been a controlled burn that apparently was not 100% controlled).
Pack weight 45 lbs
Clothing and boots 9 lbs
Total weight carted 54 lbs
Saturday, April 9th
Backpacking for less than 1 hour in the Bluffs
Pack weight 45 lbs.
Clothing and boots 9 lbs
Total weight carted 54 lbs
Sunday, April 10th
Hike on Crooked Lake Trail with Stacie and her dog Mission for 2.5 hours.
Used my external frame pack this time (it weighs 6 lbs). Was worried about length of hike and thought the trail would involve more hills than the Bluffs, so packed light.
Trail usually takes me 2 hours, but we had to stop a lot to secure the dog when we ran into bikers, runners, and other hikers.
Packed backpack weight 25 lbs.
Pack contents 19 lbs
Hike felt very easy - was not tired at the end. Probably due in part to the lightness of the pack and in part to so much stopping. Only had some shoulder strain.
I had intended to carry less weight, but was very surprised to learned that I had carried so little. Although this hike was no test whatsoever of my ability to carry a significant weight, it was a benchmark of sorts. I can obviously increase the weight quite a bit to give myself a better workout.
Week 15 - Apr 11th through 17th, 2005
Monday, April 11th
Backpacking for 50 m in the Bluffs
Packed backpack weight 45 lbs
Pack contents 39 lb
Clothing and boots 9 lbs
Total weight carted 54 lbs
Note: Got email from Brendan cautioning me that incorrect backpacking training would be worse than no training, and also that hills can be problematic. So am now going back to the Y to work on knee strengthening and general fitness.
Tuesday, April 12th
Stairmaster: 10 min forward, 93 cal; 10 min backward, 83 cal
Leg Extension: 10 x 60 lbs; 6 L, R x 30 lbs; 7 x 2 L, R @ 30 lbs
Leg Curl: 10 x 75 lbs; 2 x 10 L, R @ 35 lbs
Wednesday, April 13th
Bike: 45 min, 343 cal?
Saturday, April 16th
Bike: 25 min, 264 cal
Week 16 - Apr 18th through 24th, 2005
Monday, April 18th
Stairs: 11 min, 115 cal
Stairmaster: 11 min, 141 cal
Treadmill: 11 min, 101 cal
Leg Extension: 2 x 10 R, L @ 30, 30
Leg Curl: 10 R, L @ 35; 10 R, L @ 40
Wednesday, April 20th
Stairs: 12 min, 123 cal
Treadmill: 10 min, 117 cal
Stairmaster: 12 min, 113 cal
Leg Extension: 2 x 10 L, R x 45 lbs; 5 x 75 lbs (both)
Leg Curl: 10 x 2 L, R 45, 30; 10 x 85 (both)
Squats: 2 sets of 10
Thursday, April 21st
Stairs: 13 min, 119 cal
Treadmill: 13 min, 132 cal
Stairmaster: 13 min, 117 cal
Leg Extension: 8, 7 L, R x 45, 40; 6 x 70 (both)
Leg Curl: 10 x 2 L, R x 40, 45; 10 x 70 (both)
Squats: 2 sets of 10
Saturday, April 23rd
Stairs: 14 min, 120 cal
Treadmill: 14 min, 119 cal
Squats: 2 sets of 15
Leg Extension: 10 L, R x 40, 35
Leg Curl: 10 L, R x 40, 45
Sunday, April 24th
Stairs: 15 min, 150 cal
Stairmaster: 15 min, 173 cal
Treadmill: 15 min, 156 cal
Squats: 2 sets of 15
Week 17 - Apr 25th through 30th, 2005
Monday, April 25th
Stairs: 15 min, 177 cal
Treadmill: 15 min, 90 cal (backward and forward)
Leg Extension: 10 L, R @ 35, 40
Leg Curl: 10 L, R @ 45, 50
Squats: 2 sets of 20
Wednesday, April 27th
Stairs: 15 min, 157 cal
Treadmill: (backwards and forwards) 15 min, 62 cal
Stairmaster: 15 min, 155 cal
Leg Extension: 10 L, R @ 35, 35
Leg Curl: 10 L, R @ 45, 50