uphill athlete for year-round base building, mountain tactical for six weeks out from the big trip.
>>1820154I mean, your specific numbers are a little off, and it helps to have some specialized strength training, but it's absolutely possible to increase the pace/load that feels "easy" to you. In fact, I think this is pretty much the only way to train in the long term (see e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GXc474Hu5U), though it's a very slow process.
On the other hand, part of this is that "relaxed pace" and "heavy bag" are moving targets, and that in particular if it feels heavy when you put it on it's probably gonna wear you down. But 40lb felt a lot lighter to me when I could squat lmao3plaet!!1! than it did when I had never lifted a weight in my life.
