Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Does training in Goku’s weighted clothes work for fitness, strength, and endurance? I’m an average, typical guy when it comes to fitness and strength. As a personal fitness goal, I attempted to complete this hike--both ascending and descending--wearing a 30lb vest.
For those unfamiliar, the Manitou Incline is a hiking trail just west of Colorado Springs, located in the foothills of Manitou Springs. Rather than a winding hiking trail, it is basically a staircase trail that goes strait up.
Number of steps: The incline has 2,768 steps.
Length: The Incline is about 0.9 miles long from base to summit.Elevation gain: The Incline gains 2,020 feet in elevation.Base elevation: The base elevation is 6,530 feet.Summit elevation: The summit elevation is 8,550 feet.Average grade: The average grade is 45%.Steepest grade: The steepest grade is 68%.
They say to plan on 2-3 hours just to go from the base to the summit.
Find out if I was successful in my goal by watching the video.
Stay tuned for a followup video where I debrief and talk about what I learned in my attempt. Does training in Goku’s weighted clothes work for fitness, strength, and endurance? (spoilers, it has to do with my philosophy and what seems to be a theme of suffering and human connection in shared suffering) NOW AVAILABLE! Click here: youtu.be/EFXBiJeAOzQ?si=1MiiKp2COYpKfHWZ
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Also, I'll be uploading loads of behind the scenes content to my Patreon, so for more content and access, please consider supporting me and my family on Patreon, so I can keep doing this type of stuff (and other stuff too, I guess):
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OR buy some merch here: leaving-la-mancha.creator-spring.com
For further reading and content, visit my website here:
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0:00 Parking Lot Introduction
0:30 Scale Weight Of Vest
0:37 Base Of The Manitou Incline0:49 Beginning Incline
2:25 First Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
2:47 Back At It After First Unexpected Issue
5:57 Second Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
6:16 Back At It After Second Unexpected Issue
7:51 Third Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain (At Step 2500)
8:08 Special Appearance By Wilford Brimley To Help Me Explain My Third Unexpected Issue
8:15 Back At It After Third Unexpected Issue
9:22 Approaching Summit
9:29 Step 2768
9:39 Summit
10:05 Descent (Forgot To Click Record Until Already Headed Down)
12:24 Fourth Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
12:39 Back At Base Of Incline
12:43 Headed Back To Car (Completion Thoughts 1 and 2)
13:14 Headed Back To Car (Completion Thoughts 3)
13:38 Reaching My Car, Taking Off Vest For The First Time
13:48 Special Appearance By Raditz From Dragon Ball Z Witnessing My Power Level Increase
14:20 The Day's Final Stats, Total Time It Took Me To Complete, And Preview For Followup Video
Does training in Goku’s weighted clothes work for fitness, strength, and endurance? I’m an average, typical guy when it comes to fitness and strength. As a personal fitness goal, I attempted to complete this hike--both ascending and descending--wearing a 30lb vest.
For those unfamiliar, the Manitou Incline is a hiking trail just west of Colorado Springs, located in the foothills of Manitou Springs. Rather than a winding hiking trail, it is basically a staircase trail that goes strait up.
Number of steps: The incline has 2,768 steps.
Length: The Incline is about 0.9 miles long from base to summit.Elevation gain: The Incline gains 2,020 feet in elevation.Base elevation: The base elevation is 6,530 feet.Summit elevation: The summit elevation is 8,550 feet.Average grade: The average grade is 45%.Steepest grade: The steepest grade is 68%.
They say to plan on 2-3 hours just to go from the base to the summit.
Find out if I was successful in my goal by watching the video.
Stay tuned for a followup video where I debrief and talk about what I learned in my attempt. Does training in Goku’s weighted clothes work for fitness, strength, and endurance? (spoilers, it has to do with my philosophy and what seems to be a theme of suffering and human connection in shared suffering) NOW AVAILABLE! Click here: youtu.be/EFXBiJeAOzQ?si=1MiiKp2COYpKfHWZ
Please Subscribe to youtube.com/@leavinglamancha for more content.
Also, I'll be uploading loads of behind the scenes content to my Patreon, so for more content and access, please consider supporting me and my family on Patreon, so I can keep doing this type of stuff (and other stuff too, I guess):
patreon.com/leavinglamancha
OR buy some merch here: leaving-la-mancha.creator-spring.com
For further reading and content, visit my website here:
leavinglamancha.com
0:00 Parking Lot Introduction
0:30 Scale Weight Of Vest
0:37 Base Of The Manitou Incline0:49 Beginning Incline
2:25 First Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
2:47 Back At It After First Unexpected Issue
5:57 Second Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
6:16 Back At It After Second Unexpected Issue
7:51 Third Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain (At Step 2500)
8:08 Special Appearance By Wilford Brimley To Help Me Explain My Third Unexpected Issue
8:15 Back At It After Third Unexpected Issue
9:22 Approaching Summit
9:29 Step 2768
9:39 Summit
10:05 Descent (Forgot To Click Record Until Already Headed Down)
12:24 Fourth Unexpected Issue, Stop And Explain
12:39 Back At Base Of Incline
12:43 Headed Back To Car (Completion Thoughts 1 and 2)
13:14 Headed Back To Car (Completion Thoughts 3)
13:38 Reaching My Car, Taking Off Vest For The First Time
13:48 Special Appearance By Raditz From Dragon Ball Z Witnessing My Power Level Increase
14:20 The Day's Final Stats, Total Time It Took Me To Complete, And Preview For Followup Video
