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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:02:49 PM EDT

I've been listening to audio books and hiking, and it's next to godliness. Just sweating, hydrating, looking out at the lake, and listening to Hemingway. My hike is about 1.5 hours plus 40 min of travel time so I get a lot of exercise in and a lot of books listened to. Three times a week and it comes out to 4.5 hours of exercise and I pound out one classic per week.

I've knocked out these in the last six weeks:

1984
The Road
The Alchemist
Catcher in the Rye
Brave New World
The Sun Also Rises

I used to belong to a health club and hated the elliptical and staremaster (misspelled on purpose). Even with music or entertainment I couldn't do more than 15 minutes. I also find classic books to be quite a labor to read through but audio books make them a lot more enjoyable. I actually look forward to my exercise now and it doesn't feel like work.

I even got a Jeopardy question right the other day!

In a Paulo Coelho novel,
a 200-year-old who can
transform base metals into
gold.

So give it a try and knock out two birds with one stone. The books mentioned are all available on youtube as audiobooks. Plus many more so if you are a cheap bastard too, you are gtg.

Posted: 6/17/2022 12:06:48 PM EDT

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I prefer a light jog every morning but recently I started seeing a guy around town just walking around briskly with hiking attire on. He'll stop at a bench every so often and step up on it repeatedly like a stairmaster then go about his walk. I might try that since all the good hiking spots are too far for a daily travel before work.

Posted: 6/17/2022 12:09:15 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2022 12:10:10 PM EDT

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I need to get to trekking on out myself.
Sounds pretty good OP.
Continue to enjoy!

Posted: 6/17/2022 1:40:58 PM EDT

[#4]

Hiking has helped me lose a lot of weight, and finally kick the BP meds habit. I lost, and kept off 4-5lb after hiking a 38mi trail some years back.

Posted: 6/17/2022 1:48:05 PM EDT

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I do this when cycling a boring ride. Currently hearing Entitled - How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne.

Posted: 6/17/2022 1:55:59 PM EDT

[#6]

Been hiking every weekend for the past couple of months. It feels great! Clears the head and you get in shape. An added bonus is trying out your gear to see how it performs in various weather. Oh and the beauty of being out in the wilderness! So get off your ass you fatties!

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Posted: 6/17/2022 1:57:46 PM EDT

[#7]

Watch out for mountainbikers

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:00:53 PM EDT

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I like the audio book angle.

The boy and I have been working at the shop together for the summer and there is a nice 2mile loop on our way home with a nice amount of elev change. So I have someone to talk with. But if I were alone, that'd be a cool way to cram stuff in my brain at the same time.

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:04:07 PM EDT

[#9]

I do this also. It's just so hot here during the summer you have to really watch your hydration. When I day hike, I typically use a weighted pack.

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:35:50 PM EDT

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She's a cutie

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:39:17 PM EDT

[#11]

Would love to do that, but gotta keep an ear out for bears and moose.

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:47:10 PM EDT

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I was thinking similarly. Hiking with earbuds in sounds like a decent way to get fucked up. This was just a couple miles from me.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/10/mountain-lion-stalks-trail-runner-for-six-minutes

Posted: 6/17/2022 2:50:57 PM EDT

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I've been listening to audio books and hiking, and it's next to godliness. Just sweating, hydrating, looking out at the lake, and listening to Hemingway. My hike is about 1.5 hours plus 40 min of travel time so I get a lot of exercise in and a lot of books listened to. Three times a week and it comes out to 4.5 hours of exercise and I pound out one classic per week.

I've knocked out these in the last six weeks:

1984
The Road
The Alchemist
Catcher in the Rye
Brave New World
The Sun Also Rises

I used to belong to a health club and hated the elliptical and staremaster (misspelled on purpose). Even with music or entertainment I couldn't do more than 15 minutes. I also find classic books to be quite a labor to read through but audio books make them a lot more enjoyable. I actually look forward to my exercise now and it doesn't feel like work.

I even got a Jeopardy question right the other day!

In a Paulo Coelho novel,
a 200-year-old who can
transform base metals into
gold.

So give it a try and knock out two birds with one stone. The books mentioned are all available on youtube as audiobooks. Plus many more so if you are a cheap bastard too, you are gtg.

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Who is King Midas?

Posted: 6/17/2022 3:33:08 PM EDT

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She's a cutie

Do you think you could fuck the stupid out of her?

Posted: 6/17/2022 3:35:27 PM EDT

[#15]

Catcher in the rye = overrated garbage.

Posted: 6/17/2022 4:56:42 PM EDT

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I was thinking similarly. Hiking with earbuds in sounds like a decent way to get fucked up. This was just a couple miles from me.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/10/mountain-lion-stalks-trail-runner-for-six-minutes
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Posted: 6/17/2022 5:09:50 PM EDT

[#17]

You can't fix stupid but you can fix fat.

Posted: 6/17/2022 5:13:20 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2022 5:21:19 PM EDT

[#19]

I like to go for a hike/walk with the HF backpack radio. I can play radio and it's a good workout.

Posted: 6/17/2022 5:31:54 PM EDT

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Lol - good one.

Posted: 6/17/2022 5:33:11 PM EDT

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You have really embraced suffering.

Posted: 6/17/2022 5:34:41 PM EDT

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Do people who read AND listen to books, is your recall as good with both or less with one.

Posted: 6/17/2022 5:39:02 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/17/2022 6:11:21 PM EDT

[#24]

When I hike, I enjoy the scenery. A little background music might be OK (in earbuds) but nothing that distracts me too much from enjoying nature.

However, audiobooks would be welcome for indoor cardiovascular exercise. Especially at a gym where the screens are tuned to soap operas or "reality" TV.

Posted: 6/17/2022 6:33:38 PM EDT

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You have really embraced suffering.

It's pretty tame compared to Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul or Roxan Gay's Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Posted: 6/17/2022 6:36:59 PM EDT

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It's about the same once your brain gets exercised to hearing complex ideas. Sometimes I go back to re-listen or make a note to look up a spot in the ebook. Cntrl-F gets to the spot.