Help with Fitness

Well, although not brilliantly fit, I am fairly fit. Have an average resting heart rate of around 72 so not too bad.

A weighted vest may be a brilliant idea, considering we have to wear them anyway. WIll see how much they are first though

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flutter you eyes.....look sheepish and sad........get someone else to carry the stuff for you!!!!!

Right, starting from here:

Resting heart rate: 72
Current weight: 10st 5 (not impressed!!)

I have decided to keep myself motivated I am gonna post regularly on this thread...and you can all shout at me and stuff too!

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Well, although not brilliantly fit, I am fairly fit. Have an average resting heart rate of around 72 so not too bad.

A weighted vest may be a brilliant idea, considering we have to wear them anyway. WIll see how much they are first though

well thats a good start then... I'd do a mix of jogging (and other lower impact CV such as cycling/swimming), body weight exercises (pressups alone there are a hundred different varieties to use, from static, to plyometric, weighted etc). The weighted vest will be the best to replicate what you're going to be doing... that one is about 80 quid I think, you can get cheaper. I have used that one though and its great quality, will last for ages. I use it to increase strength & conditioning, use it whilst doing pressups/pullups etc....

My best advice would be to do fitness in the gear you'd actually be wearing... so if you can, get your paws on the kit you'll be wearing and train best you can in that. That trains all the synergist muscles and joints to deal with the weight as it is in situ, not just wearing weight on your back, or as a vest/belt etc.

You could train with just a rucksack, for example:
Body armor - 15kg
Rucksack - 35kg
what you can do, is run around with a rucksack on your back with 50kg in it, BUT that won't train the synergist muscles that would be needed to bear weight on the torso (ie transverse abdominals, taps, deltoids) as well as getting you used to the strain on the joints.

Plus sticking all the weight on your back can be bad for your spine.

As for weight training, increasing the overall amount of muscle in the body will increase the amount of energy you can get at (due to the amount of ATP in your muscles), but personally I'd concentrate on core/abdominals and lots of leg work, and then add anything else you'd feel is required.

Hope that helps

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Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

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Sorry,I'll get my coat and leave now

haha! If I had someone willing, that would make that regime a teeny bit easier!

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Right, starting from here:

Resting heart rate: 72
Current weight: 10st 5 (not impressed!!)

I have decided to keep myself motivated I am gonna post regularly on this thread...and you can all shout at me and stuff too!

Further to that, I allowed myself 1 minute for each and managed:

33 Situps
10 Press ups (proper ones).

Hoping those go up a bit too....

8 weeks training, you should be looking at short sharp intense reps.ie 15 second rotations, 15 seconds work, 15 seconds rest 4 reps of same or slightly diff exerxise ie pressups. Also pyramid reps are good,shuttle runs 1 run 1 rest, 2 runs 1 rest 3 runs 1 rest 2 runs etc.
Also supersets bicep curls straight into shoulder press then 1 min rest 3 sets of 30 reps. the weight you use should allow you to do do 30 then 28-30 then 25 -30, if you manage 30 for all 3 sets increase the weight if you manage less than 25 then decrease it.

If you do the short sharp high intensity stuff it leaves more time for longer jogs, try Fartlek runs rather than pounding miles at the same speed, lampposts are good spacers.

Remember training should hurt, no pain nogain. you need to train different muscles different days and have rest days,
mon, chest and back
tue cardio
wed arms and abbs
thursday cardio
friday rest
etc

speak to your pti, cba is lighter but osprey is more balanced, after about a week of wearing it you wont notice it.

i guess its herrick your on about