So I am 5 feet 7.5 inches 200 lbs. When I'm in my harness I appear to look really fat. Yes I have quite a bit of fat but a load of muscle underneath. What in your minds eye are great ways to burn that fat to become a better more confident climber

Beer is, typically, the downfall for many.

I resemble that remark!

Eat less, exercise more. Mostly eat less.

So I am 5 feet 7.5 inches 200 lbs. When I'm in my harness I appear to look really fat. Yes I have quite a bit of fat but a load of muscle underneath. What in your minds eye are great ways to burn that fat to become a better more confident climber

So I am 5 feet 7.5 inches 200 lbs. When I'm in my harness I appear to look really fat. Yes I have quite a bit of fat but a load of muscle underneath. What in your minds eye are great ways to burn that fat to become a better more confident climber

take a 60 days hiking trip in himalayas and above 13000 feet and you loose every fat you got on your body and come home 40 lbs lighter.

there is nothing else on earth that could burn so much fat and so clean than staying in higher altitude for long period of time.

take a 60 days hiking trip in himalayas and above 13000 feet and you loose every fat you got on your body and come home 40 lbs lighter.

there is nothing else on earth that could burn so much fat and so clean than staying in higher altitude for long period of time.

Are you really burning more calories by being at high altitude ? One would think that you burn less because you can exercise less since there's not as much O2 to use.

in high alt, you need to maintain right body temp which takes a lot of calories however, you do not have much desire to eat so it works both way plus,fat is a slow burner and takes a long time to burn . if you look at polar bears, they eat as much as fat as they can before they take their winter sleep and 3-4 months later, when they come out of hole, they are slim to the bone.

When I climbed in himalayas, I spend 30 days between 13,000 -20,000 feet and after i returned, I lost 20lbs of fat. Your respiratory and hearth rate increases significantly which causes higher metabolism and if your intake is lower than what body needs, the extra fat covers the rest of need cals and that is how you burn it.

Wow, what a bunch of random facts.

1. High altitude doesn't necessarily mean low temperatures.

2. I have quickly lost 5 pounds moving from sea level to Denver. I think that was just the shock/stress of the altitude. I gained it back within a year.

3. Re polar bears: of course you lose weight if you don't eat for 3-4 month. I think generally you eat more fatty stuff when it's cold regardless of altitude.

I've read that the body becomes more efficient if you live at altitude for a long time, which suggest that you burn fewer calories. I can attest that my resting heart rate is about 5 bpm lower in Denver than it was in Florida.


Based on these it's still not clear to me if altitude has any effect on weight loss. Of course you'll burn fat if you hike a lot, but is it better to do the Colorado Trail than the Appalachian Trail ?

If you want to cheat, trying starting a course of broad spectrum antibiotics, tetracycline is a good one.
This will kill a large portion of the digestive gut buddies, which in turn means that most of what you eat simply goes through; crapped out.
I wouldn't do it for long, maybe a couple of weeks.
Once you've grown fat cells, all you can do is shrink them, they do not disappear.
Also remember that your body stores toxins in fat, so when you're doing any kind of rapid weight loss, you're going to feel a little shitty, due to the toxins being flushed THROUGH your body.
Use at own risk and good luck.

So I am 5 feet 7.5 inches 200 lbs. When I'm in my harness I appear to look really fat. Yes I have quite a bit of fat but a load of muscle underneath. What in your minds eye are great ways to burn that fat to become a better more confident climber

The messege has been pretty clear - eat fewer calories and burn more calories.

If you're looking for a good cardio workout to do that will help your climbing, the answer may be climbing. Head to the gym/crag (preferably the gym so you don't block a route off) and run laps on a really, really easy route for 30/40 minute circuits. Climb up and down, milk rests if you really need to but try to keep moving.

If you get burnt out early then the route is too hard.

Not only will the cardio help you lose weight/gain CV fitness, you'll also be getting a disgusting amount of milage moving over vertical ground, so it could help shape up your technique as well.

Don't do that at the gym unless there's no one there.

Nah. Unless the gym is really crowded I will do this. I really don't care if you have been working a route in the gym. The gym is a gym, it's for training. How are you gunna get annoyed with someone because they are using it for its intended purpose?