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Florencio Antillon Park
The legend museum near The Pípila
Guanajuato
ChorusTECHNIQUE FOR WALKING UPHILL
I learned this trick about walking up hills from the shepherds of Wales. Most of us waste energy while climbing steep slopes because we never straighten the legs. The knee is always bent. This means the weight of our body is supported by the muscles of the leg. Bent legs never gives the muscles a chance to relax. This technique shows you how to transfer your weight onto the bones in your leg which relieves the leg muscles.
The trick is to straighten out the hindmost or trailing leg by pushing the knee back so it "locks" and the leg is fully extended. You will experience a "settling-back" feeling as the leg bones "lock" and take the weight. This momentairily shifts the weight of your body onto the bones of the leg- allowing your muscles to relax. - these brief rests add up when going up a long or steep hill.
The hill must be steep for this trick to work. Guanajuato offers plenty of opportunity.
