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<blockquote data-quote="IanCo" data-source="post: 1607415" data-attributes="member: 106861"><p>Congrats on your hunt! I've never sheep hunted and can't wait until I finally draw a tag. </p><p></p><p>I did notice some fitness improvements last year in my elk hunting from previous years though. I used to be able to pull off a big day but would be pretty wrecked the next day (probably doing very similar training to what you described) and last year I was able to hunt hard everyday of the season. Most of my training last year was for a 50-mile ultra marathon three weeks before my main elk hunt (fitness was great but I was still eating a lot of Tylenol for joints and ligaments not healed yet). </p><p></p><p>The biggest takeaways from my training that also help for hunting fitness are getting in the long days training at a slow pace, ( zone 1 or 2 if using a heart rate monitor, being able to breathe through nose the entire time if you aren't using a heart rate monitor). And for me doing those long days fasted part of the time helped a lot (helps your body adapt to using body fat as fuel instead of relying on carbohydrates for fuel). Still keep doing the training your doing but add in a lot of training in the lower heart rate zones that are a pace you can maintain all day will definitely add to how hard you can hunt for multiple days. </p><p></p><p>Maybe explore the high fat/low carb diet as well. Fat is more calorie dense per volume than carbohydrate foods and it does help make you more 'bonk proof' than a high carbohydrate diet. It's not for everyone but a lot of people respond well to it and it's worth looking into. </p><p></p><p>There are a lot of sources for training but I learned most of it from a book called 'Training for the New Alpinism' for people training for mountaineering. It's long, got a lot of info but it is good if you are doing a once in a lifetime objective where fitness is extremely important. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IanCo, post: 1607415, member: 106861"] Congrats on your hunt! I’ve never sheep hunted and can’t wait until I finally draw a tag. I did notice some fitness improvements last year in my elk hunting from previous years though. I used to be able to pull off a big day but would be pretty wrecked the next day (probably doing very similar training to what you described) and last year I was able to hunt hard everyday of the season. Most of my training last year was for a 50-mile ultra marathon three weeks before my main elk hunt (fitness was great but I was still eating a lot of Tylenol for joints and ligaments not healed yet). The biggest takeaways from my training that also help for hunting fitness are getting in the long days training at a slow pace, ( zone 1 or 2 if using a heart rate monitor, being able to breathe through nose the entire time if you aren’t using a heart rate monitor). And for me doing those long days fasted part of the time helped a lot (helps your body adapt to using body fat as fuel instead of relying on carbohydrates for fuel). Still keep doing the training your doing but add in a lot of training in the lower heart rate zones that are a pace you can maintain all day will definitely add to how hard you can hunt for multiple days. Maybe explore the high fat/low carb diet as well. Fat is more calorie dense per volume than carbohydrate foods and it does help make you more ‘bonk proof’ than a high carbohydrate diet. It’s not for everyone but a lot of people respond well to it and it’s worth looking into. There are a lot of sources for training but I learned most of it from a book called ‘Training for the New Alpinism’ for people training for mountaineering. It’s long, got a lot of info but it is good if you are doing a once in a lifetime objective where fitness is extremely important. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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