10,000ft a week

[stevefoster]

Many people have told me this and Mike Sadula says, "Some say that you need to climb 10,000 ft a week." Prior to a BG attempt
But, for how many weeks before, and what if its not possible every single week?

[daz h]

Many people have told me this and Mike Sadula says, "Some say that you need to climb 10,000 ft a week." Prior to a BG attempt
But, for how many weeks before, and what if its not possible every single week?

why isnt it possible , house stairs are good merry

[mxhornet]

I live in a flat

Top floor mind you

[stevefoster]

why isnt it possible , house stairs are good merry

Glad you said that, 3 flights of stairs in this house, and 2 flights on the decking, and up and down ladders at work, probably doing more climbing than i realise

[IainR]

I did this for my Paddy, still average about that. I just made sure I had a good 12 months of at least averaging 3000m a week, but also tried never to do less than 2000m, living in Snowdonia this wasn't hard to achieve at all.

[Mark Smith]

I did this for my Paddy, still average about that. I just made sure I had a good 12 months of at least averaging 3000m a week, but also tried never to do less than 2000m, living in Snowdonia this wasn't hard to achieve at all.

That's way more than i did before the bgr. I averaged 12,000 over 6 months, building up to it over a couple of months.

[stevefoster]

And how do you get an accurate measurement given that garmin's are'nt that accurate?

[Mark Smith]

i used maps, which are

[stevefoster]

i used maps, which are

See your point ST
Can't find my house stairs on an OS map though

[IainR]

I used my Garmin downloaded through Sports tracks, sometimes Anquet, sometimes maps, sometimes a standard suunto altimeter watch.