10,000ft a week

[ukhursty]

I seem to remember somewhere on this thread (or maybe another) there was talk of squats with weights being a good gym exercise, especially for strengthening the descending muscles. That right? Anything else?

I'm trying to compensate a bit for lack of time in the hills this winter and get my legs in shape for some long days.

You don't need weights to do squats mate, well it depends what you want, muscular endurance or brute strength?

Many reps of the normal squats should suffice for fell running I would say, but I'm no expert.

Hands on temples, feet shoulder width apart, bend legs to 90 degrees, back straight, head up....repeat.

Obviously using a weight bar with weights will increase strength and muscle size, but they will burn out quicker on a long run, I would suspect



Back on topic, been bagging around 10k foot now for the last few weeks.