MCPHEDRANb10
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What's your favorite workout to do to get ready?
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dfanonymous
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No work out to train for anything anymore, just work out to stay the best me year round.
I still focus on compound movements. Hitting chest, back, legs, shoulders and biceps twice a week mixed splits at about 12 sets per group.
I don't really do cardio specifically. Cardio's for woman. I plan on dying of bottled up stress and heart complications like a man.
On a serious note, I get out as often as I could for scouting in the mountain; so I'm always climbing and flighting altitude. During my recomp's I switch it up to a few weeks of CrossFit, which I don't recommend for a lot of the age group in here.
Not everything in a a muscle group requires weights. Some of my back exercises are the fighter pull up program pyramid for an example. Adds volume in general, and can help maintain endurance not just hypertrophy.
I still focus on compound movements. Hitting chest, back, legs, shoulders and biceps twice a week mixed splits at about 12 sets per group.
I don't really do cardio specifically. Cardio's for woman. I plan on dying of bottled up stress and heart complications like a man.
On a serious note, I get out as often as I could for scouting in the mountain; so I'm always climbing and flighting altitude. During my recomp's I switch it up to a few weeks of CrossFit, which I don't recommend for a lot of the age group in here.
Not everything in a a muscle group requires weights. Some of my back exercises are the fighter pull up program pyramid for an example. Adds volume in general, and can help maintain endurance not just hypertrophy.
A combination of cardio and strength training. At my age it is a daily life style to maintain my health.
Now before a "out west hunt" I will modify it a bit and add in additional exercises such as uphill hikes or using the Stair Stepper.
Main thing is just get started and worry about the rest later….that is rhe hard part "Making the sweat".
Now before a "out west hunt" I will modify it a bit and add in additional exercises such as uphill hikes or using the Stair Stepper.
Main thing is just get started and worry about the rest later….that is rhe hard part "Making the sweat".
Buckskinner
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Getting ready? Should be incorporated into your lifetime of activities.
I'm 55 and decided a few years ago that I don't want to end up like most Americans.
Got hooked on a couple podcasts that emphasize overall health and lifestyles. Changed diet, added supplements, workouts, morning routine, and bought a sauna and redlight panel.
Investment of money and took a couple years but look and feel 10 years younger. Wish I hadn't waited so long to start.
I'm 55 and decided a few years ago that I don't want to end up like most Americans.
Got hooked on a couple podcasts that emphasize overall health and lifestyles. Changed diet, added supplements, workouts, morning routine, and bought a sauna and redlight panel.
Investment of money and took a couple years but look and feel 10 years younger. Wish I hadn't waited so long to start.
Country Bumpkin
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Just turned 40 this year and based on the workouts that I've logged for the last 7 years, I'm in better mountain shape than ever before.
Variety is key for me so that I don't get bored. In the winter I do 2-3x / week of lifting and 2 days of cardio. My warmups are either air bike or rowing machine. rowing does a great job of glutes and lower back which translate really well to mountain hunting. My winter cardio is a combination of peloton treadmill and peloton bike (those are key for me as the tread allows me to log mindless miles while watching YouTube hunting videos). The bike is where I really get after it to build VO2 capacity, for those I follow an peloton instructor to do a variety of intervals and durations. Kendall Toole was my favorite and she's got a lot of excellent workouts, but sadly she moved on from peloton and I haven't discovered anyone that I like.
Starting in mid-March or early April (as soon as snow melts), a friend and I hit a 1,200' climb that's 3/4 mile long with 60 lbs pack 2x a week. We do this in just under 30 minutes at the start of the spring and by hunting season we finish in just over 26 minutes. It takes about 22-24 minutes to get back down safely with trekking poles (it's loose and slippery pea gravel atop decomposing granite). Every other week we will sub one of our weighted climbs for a 6.5 mile 800' run that we do in about 55 minutes.
I've been doing variations of this for 3 years now and I feel great year round (when I'm not injured… I keep pushing too hard in the gym chasing hypertrophy).
Variety is key for me so that I don't get bored. In the winter I do 2-3x / week of lifting and 2 days of cardio. My warmups are either air bike or rowing machine. rowing does a great job of glutes and lower back which translate really well to mountain hunting. My winter cardio is a combination of peloton treadmill and peloton bike (those are key for me as the tread allows me to log mindless miles while watching YouTube hunting videos). The bike is where I really get after it to build VO2 capacity, for those I follow an peloton instructor to do a variety of intervals and durations. Kendall Toole was my favorite and she's got a lot of excellent workouts, but sadly she moved on from peloton and I haven't discovered anyone that I like.
Starting in mid-March or early April (as soon as snow melts), a friend and I hit a 1,200' climb that's 3/4 mile long with 60 lbs pack 2x a week. We do this in just under 30 minutes at the start of the spring and by hunting season we finish in just over 26 minutes. It takes about 22-24 minutes to get back down safely with trekking poles (it's loose and slippery pea gravel atop decomposing granite). Every other week we will sub one of our weighted climbs for a 6.5 mile 800' run that we do in about 55 minutes.
I've been doing variations of this for 3 years now and I feel great year round (when I'm not injured… I keep pushing too hard in the gym chasing hypertrophy).
dogz
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Good stuff!
I'm 67 and I work out 6 times a week. Combo of lifting, cardio, rowing, stepper and my fav the bike.
I'm in better shape than I was in my 40's and I was in pretty darn good shape then. I want to be in the best shape I can be, watch my diet, work to keep body fat sub 10% is a biggie for me.
Stay READY so you don't HAVE to get ready!!!! Diet and exercise should be a yearly endeavor everyday!
dogz
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Amen to that!
Best advice so far.
257WHBY13
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Ruck w/ Backpack
For you flat landers
If you can't get to 7500+ elevation to hike ya gotta do what we do in the winter. Stair stepper W/light pack, after that more stair stepper, best to get your HR elevated and keep it there. Also DEEP lunges with weight and single leg step ups on the bench! Strength is great but your cardio is more important!
Yeah buddy, you too know what we call those!!!! "ELK MILES"
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I love any workout that accomplishes something as I workout;
Splitting firewood with an axe and maul
Piling up waste brush
Framing and trimming houses
Walking high into mountains to fish, hunt
Wading/kayaking the low rivers fishing
Tamping fence posts
Fixing fence
Yard work
Garden work
Walking to moms
Just anything to be active.
I forgot…
Lifting my fork.
I go to a "CrossFit" gym 5-6 days a week. I say that in parentheses because the owners write their own workouts. To build up for hunting I will take a 20" box after the workout and do 250 step ups 3 times a week with a vest to simulate hard uphill climbing on my legs. I figure as long as my legs can carry me in and out I can deal with being a little out of breath . As a side note if you're planning a hunt with some climbing try the "Chad 1000" workout. We do it every Veterans Day and it's boring as hell but if you want to test your legs endurance and your mind it's great. 1000 step ups with a weighted vest for time.
. As a side note if you're planning a hunt with some climbing try the "Chad 1000" workout. We do it every Veterans Day and it's boring as hell but if you want to test your legs endurance and your mind it's great. 1000 step ups with a weighted vest for time.
