I am in love with walking. Like, I'm probably one of those irritating people you'll meet who wants to tell you all about how much I love walking. So, here we are.
I'm not a professional. I'm not all geared up nor are my goals intense or lofty. I do it for the dopamine, the daydreaming, and for my simple weightloss goals.
For the past 2 months, I have been going short distances. I have two hills on either side of me. Hill K is .77 miles and an elevation of 80ft at the top compared to my starting point. My average of walking this and getting home is 14 minutes.
Hill F is .95 miles and an elevation of 160ft at the top compared to my starting point. My average walking this and getting home is 18 minutes.
I will usually do one in the morning and then the other later in the middle of the day.
I also have been lifting weights while I walk them. Since Hill K is lower, I start with the heavy weights on that one while still doing lower weights on Hill F.
This week, I am doing a 7.5 lbs in each hand for Hill K. And a 5 lbs weight in each hand when I go up Hill F. Sometimes, because the 5 lbs are so light for me by this point, I will walk up Hill F, then coming back, instead of going home, I will walk up Hill K and then come back down and go home, so I am getting more repetitions. Literally, I forget I'm pumping them while I'm going, I can't even feel it. Sunday is my set schedule to drop the 5 lbs and start doing the 7.5 lbs for both hills. And I'll lift these for a couple weeks before starting with the 10 lbs on Hill K.
My goal is to be lifting comfortably 15 lbs by the first week of October, and likely walking both hills in one sitting. I'm focusing less on the scale right now because I want to build up muscle. I'm more focusing on measurements.
I'm not a professional. I'm not all geared up nor are my goals intense or lofty. I do it for the dopamine, the daydreaming, and for my simple weightloss goals.
For the past 2 months, I have been going short distances. I have two hills on either side of me. Hill K is .77 miles and an elevation of 80ft at the top compared to my starting point. My average of walking this and getting home is 14 minutes.
Hill F is .95 miles and an elevation of 160ft at the top compared to my starting point. My average walking this and getting home is 18 minutes.
I will usually do one in the morning and then the other later in the middle of the day.
I also have been lifting weights while I walk them. Since Hill K is lower, I start with the heavy weights on that one while still doing lower weights on Hill F.
This week, I am doing a 7.5 lbs in each hand for Hill K. And a 5 lbs weight in each hand when I go up Hill F. Sometimes, because the 5 lbs are so light for me by this point, I will walk up Hill F, then coming back, instead of going home, I will walk up Hill K and then come back down and go home, so I am getting more repetitions. Literally, I forget I'm pumping them while I'm going, I can't even feel it. Sunday is my set schedule to drop the 5 lbs and start doing the 7.5 lbs for both hills. And I'll lift these for a couple weeks before starting with the 10 lbs on Hill K.
My goal is to be lifting comfortably 15 lbs by the first week of October, and likely walking both hills in one sitting. I'm focusing less on the scale right now because I want to build up muscle. I'm more focusing on measurements.
