Has anyone really ever walked to failure on a regular basis? I typically have to stop because of blisters not muscle failure. (The furthest I've done is 12 miles with +10% weight.)

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exq 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I backpack often (usually 8-13% bodyweight in my pack) and during long summer days I can comfortably push well into the 30 mile per day range if there isn't too much vert to slow my pace down. My feet get sore, brain gets tired, and I run out of daylight well before any sort of muscle failure in my legs. If you aren't used to walking from sunrise to sunset doing so would build muscle, but your time would be better spent on a progressive overload leg routine in a gym.

	▲	LorenPechtel 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yup, I have never gone that far (but my summer hiking is entirely at high elevation with lots of climb) but I have never found anything like a failure point--I wear out because of time (not even daylight--I've made navigation errors that left me out there well past sunset), not muscle failure.

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UI_at_80x24 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Check anybody that has done the AT.

	▲	LorenPechtel 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You think they hike to failure?? (And you should be looking at the CDT, anyway.)

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worthless-trash 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I used to persistent hunt to failure, ended up with bulky calves and tibialis.

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bglazer 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Where were you doing this? Were you ever successful? How did you do it, like what were your tactics? So many questions!

I’ve never heard about modern people doing serious persistence hunting, except for a stunt that I read about years ago. I think it was organized by like Outside or some running publication that got pro marathoners to try and they failed because they didn’t know anything about hunting

	▲	conception 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Right? Where’s the well written blog post on this I want?