Backpacking?

wkoon76

I've packing a 60lb bag 4miles about every other day. I was wondering if this is a good excercise or not. I really need to work on some cardio, I know I'll probably get some strength training out of it but is it helping my cardio? I usually try to jog about a fourth of the way in intervals. Any advice would be appreciated.

wkoon76

I've packing a 60lb bag 4miles about every other day. I was wondering if this is a good excercise or not. I really need to work on some cardio, I know I'll probably get some strength training out of it but is it helping my cardio? I usually try to jog about a fourth of the way in intervals. Any advice would be appreciated.

diannholland1965

OH RAH!
You BET IT IS GOOD EXERCISE!
In fact I would think it is GREAT EXERCISE!
BTW....
Thank You!
--Diann...

diannholland1965

Now, the sprinting you are doing counts too, I have read that it is good for weight loss, in fact, sprinters seem to be more healthy then people that flat out run.
So keep up the good work.
:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
--Diann...

opatt23

Yeah absolutely that's a great exercise. My husband is a marine and he's constantly doing pt, including backpacking. He's in great shape, so yeah definitely I would think that's a great exercise.

laxgirl

It's definetly great exercise, especially if you can vary up the terrain you're walking

tekrueger

I googled it and this is what I found at a site "fitwatch" (the data used were mine); these were the results that came up:

"Activity: Backpacking
Weight: 198 lbs
Duration: 60 minutes
Approximately calories burned: 633"
(http://www.fitwatch.com/phpscripts/viewexercise.php?descr=backpacking&mets=7.0)

And, if you've got a heavy load like yours (60lbs) that means I would burn 849 calories in an hour!

From what I see it looks like a GREAT exercise activity :happy: (only one caveat, it is hard on the spine if you've got disk problems for example :grumble: )

Best,

Thomas