{"id":516,"date":"2013-01-06T02:42:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T13:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2013-01-06T03:19:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T14:19:02","slug":"a-90-minute-weight-vest-hike-in-auckland-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/a-90-minute-weight-vest-hike-in-auckland-city.php","title":{"rendered":"A 90 minute weight vest hike in Auckland City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I live in Auckland New Zealand. A city of 1.5 million. Probably I will leave soon as the economy is getting worse.
\nToday I went on my usual weight vest route. I walk down to the water front, past the ports to Tamaki Drive.<\/p>\n

From there I will often take a 3-5 or even 6 hour hike along the water front.<\/p>\n

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Here is the view outside my apartment block. That’s Queen street – main street Auckland.<\/p>\n

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Here’s me in my 18 kg weight vest setting off on a short 90 minute hike.<\/p>\n

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A view of downtown Auckland.<\/p>\n

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It normally takes an hour to walk to this spot and I consider it usually to be the “start” – either of a run to the beach way around the bays or a long grueling weight vest hike. My vest hikes I usually begin at 4 or 5 am when there is nobody around and it is cooler.<\/p>\n

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As you can see there are thousands of rocks and boulders down here – often I will do a stone lifting session.<\/p>\n

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A 90 minute hike is fairly painless. Generally the pain & fatigue kick in around the 3 hour mark. Anything over that like 5-6 hours is hell. I dont take breaks longer that 10-15 minutes on my hikes. Always with a minimum 40 lb vest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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