The elk is on the other side of the fence...

Aaaahhhhhhhhh

stairs...go to you local HS and run sets up, walk down at the FB stadium.

P90X (same difference). Three weeks into it right now and I and wife can already see differences.

Vash,

I take it that you will be doing lot of walking up and down trails or even X country humping some weight on your back? Way back when I was bike racing and running x country in high school, I thought I was in shape. I was in great shape for the sport I was involved. Come backpacking time, in the high Sierras, it kicked my fat ass. I was not used to caring weight and walking for miles at a time. The terrain and the thin air killed me. My biddy came back from the Marines (basic) kicked our skinny ass because he was so used to walking for miles with a pack on him. My suggestion is to get a pack and load it up with some weight (#20?)and start humping the local hills.

Oh, the year after high school, only the two of us nut jobs were able to hitch hike across the Sierra backpacking. I prepped for that one. Once a week, I walked with a 25 lbs backpack and my dirty boots in my local hills. I would do several loops near the police academy which is right by my home every Thursday after school for about four hours . I had no problem on that trip that summer, but the #60 lbs pack still kick my fat azz near the end of the day.

Oh forgot to tell you, I did it once a month for three months before the trip. I was still putting in 400 miles a week riding and racing.

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K-E diet to get the weight off, then go do a boot camp!

great advice. i will do this right away. trying to find some of those cool traffic sign sandbags in our office right now. great way to insure my new boots are broken in too.

Heck, I just stuck a bunch of cans, bottles of water and a big jacket and my running shoe (just in case), to take up all the space in there. This way, I will also get used to the sagging off balance, sagging pack too. Well, most of the weight are on the hips.

ditch that contraption and get yourself some stout English Yew