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Questions about walking with a backpack. Anonymous
/fit/. Twice a week I walk two and a half miles (4.02336 kilometers) with a 20 pound (9.0718474 kilograms) backpack on. I walk this as fast as I can, it's not a leasiurely pace.
I'M NOT FAT I'M UNDERWEIGHT SO DON'T SAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET RID OF FAT FAGGOTS.
Anyway, my question is, how good is this for building strength in my weak legs? Is this good cardio, or should I make my walks more frequent? Are there any (BACK) safety considerations I should make when I'm carrying that much weight?
>> CWheezy !!bJFrM5LONOF
This is really, really bad for making your legs strong.

It's probably good for making your legs better at walking with a backpack on, though
>> Anonymous
is that a chick or a dude?
>> Anonymous
they must eat kebabs every meal
>> Anonymous
>>393233
>they must eat kebabs every meal
wat
>> Anonymous
Fuck the backpack, you need SQUATZ, brah.

http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/
>> Anonymous
>>393208
>>393240
>This is really, really bad for making your legs strong.
>Fuck the backpack, you need SQUATZ, brah.
Well my original intention in asking this was to only ask about cardio, but I figured I would throw in a few other questions.

I should have realized that if I mentioned strength all the other questions would have been ignored. I lurk /fit/ plenty so stop giving me all the repetitive STARTING STRENGTH, SQUATZ, etc. I've seen it over and over already and have bookmarks.
>> Anonymous
BUT WHY DO YOU USE A BACKPACK? JUST GO RUNNING
>> Anonymous
Fellow skinnyfag here... Anything that even resembles cardio is total shit for building strength. I dunno why weak people love cardio. I learned the hard way I guess too. I used to do a bunch of cardio and weight lifting. I never got anywhere except losing more weight.

To get stronger is simple: Eat more and lift heavier!

Even simple sit ups, pull ups, pushups are good in the beginning. If you can barely do one pushup, then keep working on it until you can do them easily. If you can do something like 10x3 pushups, pullups, and situps easily then you will be much fitter than 90% of people you'll meet. Thats a great beginner goal to reach for a total weakfag, and it requires no equipment or money to start (cept pullups if you can't find a bar or tree limb).

If walking with a 20lb backpack made you buff then all college students would look like body builders.
>> Anonymous
>>393250
It's me walking home. I have textbooks, waterbottles, umbrella, notebooks, pens, and a sweater that I have to carry. I'm a jew too so it's saving me money.
>> Anonymous
HOLY SHIT. All /fit/ ever thinks about is building strength.
>> Anonymous
>>393252
Well I appreciate your advice, I am already doing shit to gain weight and get stronger. I wanted to know MOSTLY if this REQUIRED act of walking home was benefiting me, and since it's a part of my regular schedule if I should ADD any other kind of cardio. I'm not weak willed pussy. I'm eating healthy, doing strength training, and making slow steady progress.
>> Anonymous
>>393252
>If walking with a 20lb backpack made you buff
Also, not really my goal. I'm one of those "MUST LIVE FOREVER" faggots.
>> Conclusion: Continue to rely on Google to answer all questions. Anonymous
/fit/ is really shitty if you want to learn anything beyond squatz, starting strength, no spot reduction, HIIT, etc.
>> Anonymous
>>393265
i also must live forever
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>>393256
>HOLY SHIT. All /fit/ ever thinks about is building strength.
>> Anonymous
>>If you can barely do one pushup, then keep working on it until you can do them easily

Who the fuck can barely do one pushup

Ethiopians?
>> Anonymous
>>393284
Fat people who never do any hard work. Even Ethiopians can do one pushup.
>> Anonymous
>>393284
Girls?
>> Anonymous
>> how good is this for building strength in my weak legs?

Not very good, you will get far more benefit by just doing two sets of bodyweight full-squats and/or lunges every other day. This is assuming you walk on mostly flat ground, which means that your legs really don't need to work that much.

>> Is this good cardio, or should I make my walks more frequent?

Good cardio? No.

>> Are there any (BACK) safety considerations I should make when I'm carrying that much weight?

Twenty pounds isn't much as long as you pay attention to any discomfort/pain. To reduce stress on your spine, tighten the lower belt that most backpacks come with until you feel the backpack settling on your hips.
>> Anonymous
>>393303
Thank you for answering me kind sir.
>Not very good, you will get far more benefit by just doing two sets of bodyweight full-squats and/or lunges every other day. This is assuming you walk on mostly flat ground, which means that your legs really don't need to work that much.
I do bodyweight squats and lunges every other day as you recommend, and it's a slight incline until about the 1.5 mile mark, then it's slight decline and eventually the last .5 of a mile is really crazy downhill.

>Good cardio? No.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME I START RUNNING.

>Twenty pounds isn't much as long as you pay attention to any discomfort/pain. To reduce stress on your spine, tighten the lower belt that most backpacks come with until you feel the backpack settling on your hips.
OK, cool. Thank you.
>> Anonymous
>>393303To reduce stress on your spine, tighten the lower belt that most backpacks come with until you feel the backpack settling on your hips.
And raise the backpack as high on your back as you can. Make sure you don't lean forward against the weight. Especially not your neck or your shoulders.
>> Anonymous
>>393314
Making the adjustments immediately.
>> Anonymous
>>393284
The fuck is that?