There is a new workout craze taking over the trendiest hiking trails of Southern California. Folks are loading up packs with car parts and babies and walking the steepest inclines possible. From weighttraining.about.com: Overall, carrying a heavy pack on the back brings many muscles into play, including those of the arm and shoulder that you use to sling the pack onto the … [Read more...]
Hiking
Hiking merges two requirements of human existence, connecting with nature and exercise. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... The potentially prophetic John Muir was a stud. He was a naturalist and storyteller who mused on his nature adventures in the Sierra … [Read more...]