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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1777891" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>muleskinner you young whippersnapper, I have 10 years on you. </p><p>Unless you have bad knees you should try a weighted pack at least 4 days a week for at least one hour per day. Lordy, I'll take age 66 any day.</p><p></p><p>**What is<strong> not </strong>being said here is that you absolutely must have a pack with a frame and a padded hip belt <em>so 80% +- can be transferred to to your hip girdle and legs and not on your spine. </em></p><p></p><p>Begin with 25 pounds and add a few pounds each week until you get to 30 -35 pounds. </p><p> I find this also gets me ready for ski season, especially the cardio when I'm above 8,000 feet.</p><p></p><p><em>Use hiking poles </em>to help you climb, save your knees on downhills and get an upper body workout too. As well, you can add two half dollar sized moulded nylon discs called "Quick StiX" just under the handles so you can almost instantly mate them and twist them into X'd shooting sticks. For around $45. this is the least expensive and lightest way to get solid shooting sticks for those longer range shots. (This old dog is always learning new tricks.;o)</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1777891, member: 54178"] muleskinner you young whippersnapper, I have 10 years on you. Unless you have bad knees you should try a weighted pack at least 4 days a week for at least one hour per day. Lordy, I'll take age 66 any day. **What is[B] not [/B]being said here is that you absolutely must have a pack with a frame and a padded hip belt [I]so 80% +- can be transferred to to your hip girdle and legs and not on your spine. [/I] Begin with 25 pounds and add a few pounds each week until you get to 30 -35 pounds. I find this also gets me ready for ski season, especially the cardio when I'm above 8,000 feet. [I]Use hiking poles [/I]to help you climb, save your knees on downhills and get an upper body workout too. As well, you can add two half dollar sized moulded nylon discs called "Quick StiX" just under the handles so you can almost instantly mate them and twist them into X'd shooting sticks. For around $45. this is the least expensive and lightest way to get solid shooting sticks for those longer range shots. (This old dog is always learning new tricks.;o) Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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