fell walking (uk)

You certainly don't sound spoiled. And I'm in California so I have no group suggestions for you but........can you just start walking? If your here and you want to lose weight, what is your work out plan to do that?

You're not selfish! It's completely normal that you want to enjoy those types of things with him, I wish he'd have a little more patience and HELP you. He should know that it's not something you can just magically do overnight! I don't want to be hard on your partner, but I really think it would be good for you to discuss these things with him. Let him know that you want to do these things with him, but you just need a little help and a slow start to get there. It can be a great bonding experience Other than that, have you thought about trying couch to 5k? It's not a walking program, but if you can get to the point where you can run, those hills won't seem as difficult. Plus, it's a build up program, the first day you jog for 30 seconds and walk for a minute. Each week you up the running, lower the walking. Just a suggestion!

sorry but he sounds like a bit of an azz... just start walking... roads first then thru feilds etc for different terain.. or jump a treadmill and slowly increase the incline..i know how u feel..i cldnt want at all except to move around a bit tell a couple of weeks ago when i got a shot in my back..but after years of none yes i am walking again and have logged a ton of miles.. flat ground... dont have the strength yet to do any hills or steps yet..but working on it.

The Ramblers normally have groups in all areas of the UK. They do walks for beginners right through to the hardened fell walkers. They usually have a social life too, like curry nights and the like. I want to join but can't pluck up the courage to turn up on my own just yet.
If you live near south Wales let me know and maybe we can walk together, but I suspect you're further north. We have mountains in Wales, not fells, lol! :laugh:

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fell dialect British : a high barren field or moor

If he's doing it for exercise, he can get more exercise by looping back whenever he gets 100 yards (or so) in front of you. He gets to go faster, you get to go at a reasonable pace for you, you stay within a reasonable distance of each other, and you get to experience something more or less together.

my partner does alot of fell walking like massive hills ect. but atm im too unfit and overweight to do anything like what he does. hes taken me up a few small hills which nearly killed me but i did them. but its upsetting me that i cant keep up with him and he wont take me out loads because i am so unfit hed rather go with this mate he has who can do it alot better than me. Now this will sound selfish but i want to know if anyone can point me in the direction of a good beginners walking group (fell walking) so i can get better and be able to do things with him as hes booked to go away for 3 weeks to the pyrenees next year with his mate leaving me at home feeling down that he would never ask me to do anything like that with him .

i probs sound like a spoilt idiot but any help would be fab
thanks

Either do the C25K program to raise your endurance or do treadmill intervals.

5 min warm up, easy pace
Increase speed to 3.5 - 4.5 (either a fast walk or a slow jog)
1 min @ 5% incline (5% not 0.5%)
1 min @ 10%
1 min @ 15%
1 min @ 10%
1 min @ 5%
5 min Cool off, back to easy pace
Repeat starting line 2

Do this every other day and you will catch up to your bf in no time.

keep going with him anyway. I'm kinda stubborn. He can't stop you from following. Keep going, one day you'll kick his a**. Few weeks and you'll be passing him.

I used to do a lot of hillwalking til the babies came along - and I'm almost back to the weight I used to be then (still very overweight though). I think you'll just need to build up fitness by doing it. You can start by walking A LOT more where you live - Durham has lovely countryside, surely? Look for hills locally to practice on, take all the stairs you can find, get used to walking all day long. Are there walking groups or ramblers that get together locally? Check out libraries for local organisations, Ramblers Association, Youth Hostel Association local groups. Do you already know other people who'd like to get together for outings and long walks? You could start a walking group if you can't find one that already exists where you live.

You'll need to get in training, as if for a marathon, by teaching your body to cope with longer and more strenuous walks by starting small and building up stamina. You can do it - I did! The first mountain I climbed nearly killed me - I remember taking 3 steps and stopping all the way to the top. It was Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, it's used by the army for training runs, and these soldiers were running past me with enormous packs on their backs! Embarassment or what!!

Hi Rachel,

I've done a lot of hillwalking myself & Helvellyn can be quite a tough one, fitness & nerves wise depending on the route you take up & then down! But it is a good one to do & def a challenge. Go for it ! Though I probably wouldn't do it your own though? If you go up either via striding edge or squirrel edge there's a bit of a scramble at the end to get to the top. Bit nerve wracking - for me anyway. Striding edge def isn't for the faint hearted especially on a windy day :-) You can do Helvellyn nice & steady though.

If you were looking to go down that way you could stay at or near Keswick & do Catbells as a starter for your fitness & then look at Helvellyn and/or Scafell Pike plus there are loads of smaller hils in the area to get you started.

I don't really know Durham that well so don't know what's around there hills wise. Any hill work you do will help - including intervals on a slope/small hill etc.

Personally I have found that doing weight training, spinning & interval trg on the runner (HIIT) have increased my fitness & I can get up hills a lot easier & more quickly now.

Good luck with it.

Marie

Or he could walk circles around you, literally.

Okay, seems like it might be a little tougher to do with fell walking. But, my partner can outrun me all day long. Still, when we were running, we ran together. He just ran ahead, and when he got a certain distance, he turned and ran back towards me. When he passed me the other way, he turned around again. Might seem a little awkward. But we got to spend time together, and we both got our exercise as I was building up my speed.

We don't have much time now that work is picking up, and I get my exercise super early in the morning while he and everyone else in the house is sleeping.

The classic view of Catbells from near Friars Crag on the opposite side of Derwent Water

I'm hoping I've managed to upload a pic of striding edge......

I'm hoping I've managed to upload a pic of striding edge......

Photobucket always capitalizes the IMG, but MFP needs it to be lower case. All I did was change "IMG" to "img".

Yep. Simple as that!