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09 Jul 2012, 5:24 pm

3-4 days a week i go walking in the wilderness for nearly 3 hours walking up hills etc...

honestly do you think that is probably an excessive amount of exercise?



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09 Jul 2012, 5:27 pm

Excessive is what these military/Seal Team camps train people in doing. Back in high school I walked home 3 1/2 miles every day because of the thugs on the school bus.


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09 Jul 2012, 5:27 pm

Jamesy wrote:
3-4 days a week i go walking in the wilderness for nearly 3 hours walking up hills etc...

honestly do you think that is probably an excessive amount of exercise?


lol no. @football practice we push trucks for 45 mins.

30 mins sprinting up hills.

45 mins squats/deadlifts/bench press.
20 min suicide runs.


Daily.


And I usually work out alone when I get home. 1-2 hours with no quarter.


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09 Jul 2012, 5:34 pm

Not if you enjoy doing it and it isn't some kind of regemented thing you force yourself to do.


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09 Jul 2012, 5:41 pm

Jamesy wrote:
3-4 days a week i go walking in the wilderness for nearly 3 hours walking up hills etc...

honestly do you think that is probably an excessive amount of exercise?


No
(unless it's causing you pain or injury, of course!!)
More people should do the same 8)



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09 Jul 2012, 6:35 pm

Jamesy wrote:
3-4 days a week i go walking in the wilderness for nearly 3 hours walking up hills etc...

honestly do you think that is probably an excessive amount of exercise?

It sounds like a good amount, not too much and not too little. You might want to increase the number of days and length of time you walk per week in a couple of weeks to build endurance. Hills are good. Walking up hills is better than walking downhill or on a flat surface.