Hunt Talker 2023 Fitness Goals

[Irrelevant]

I think you’re describing CrossFit

gross. I'll show myself out.
*hangs head*

 

[JLS]

 

[DouglasR]

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Jls low key being 20 years older than the rest of us and in better shape

 

[JLS]

Jls low key being 20 years older than the rest of us and in better shape

Yeah I’ve hiked with @neffa3 and I’m NOT in better shape than him.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

We did a 12 min AMRAP , for those that are not familiar with Amrap it means “as many rounds as possible”

12 deadlifts
12 burpees over bar

I did 125lb , max prescribed was 155lb

I completed 7 full rounds and was on round 8 at 5 deadlifts when time ran out

 

[noharleyyet]

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That's the most inefficient sled I've ever seen...

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

And there it is, one hour rowing! Was aiming to go only 12k total nice and steady.

 

[Irrelevant]

Yeah I’ve hiked with @neffa3 and I’m NOT in better shape than him.

trail running and chukar hunting are sorta the same thing, or at least lots of cross over. If we had even 30 lb packs you'd have killed me.

 

[406dn]

I feel like a cheater. A horse gets me to where I want to hunt, and packs out the meat if we score.

I do try to get the horses into shape, but absent inclines at altitude, they too, aren't fully ready for what awaits them. But, I ride each of them about 20 miles a week. That means I ride more days than not, once winter is gone. Also, I am very mindful about how much I ask from them.

It is truly impressive how many of you diligently prepare for the hunting season. Back when I was young, a few days a week playing full court basketball at the Y was the bulk of my preparation for the fitness needed to hunt in the mountains.

 

[hank4elk]

Had to make 2 trips to get lab work done. I must lose weight when I get pissed.
Down to 170. No pecks yet but getting muscle back.
Semi dad bod gut. My 1st. And I can tighten it up so it's not fat...LOL
PSA is down to .32 now and only one marker is low on 2 panels. Way good.
Meet new oncologist on the 19th.

All in all a good day. It even rained this afternoon.
Rio is doing great too.
One day at a time.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Just got done with a 3.6 mile cross court run , i’ve ran in years and years and years

But last night I was celebrating my son’s first full day in Montana with a country music concert , beer , pizza and then a giant waffle cone with two huge scoops of ice cream so I had to atone for my sins today. Before leaving for Wyoming for three days tomorrow.

It’s all about damage control for the next 2 weeks

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Sure, but I still log a lot of trail runs, and I don't find that powering my 155 frame up a "steep" trail is applicable to packing out elk quarters. IMO those stabilizers just don't get the same kind of workout during an impact/explosion that takes <1/2 sec vs with a ruck step that might be twice that duration, not mention the extra weight making you top heavy and increasing the effort required for those stabilizers. I simply never found any workout that has any real cross over to anything else in my life. Cardio is almost never my weak link, it's the strength endurance on the micro muscles that only get use on that specific thing. I attribute it to a very low baseline strength.

I've had to spent a bunch of time deliberately trying to get better at packing out elk quarters because, once I finally started killing elk and being in on others elk kills, I found that nothing I'd ever done in my life, despite being very "fit", ever got me ready for that specific activity. I mean, it's not ever just the uphill, but often taking that step down, under control, with a 100 lbs on your back, it's the stepping over logs, the losing your balance and not tumbling down the mountain, over and over and over. Train running ain't even close to that movement.

I think you’re correct, ain’t nothing else. If we had a routine for that it’d be Atlas stone to exhaustion. Then tire flip 20x. Then duffle bag carry through a blowdown 1000’ gain. Repeat.

 

[Irrelevant]

21.3 miles; 7,856 vert. Trail run/ hike, 1/4 off trail. I feel like crap...

 

[JLS]

I probably walked 20k steps back and forth to the garage today.

 

[ignorethefringes]

21.3 miles; 7,856 vert. Trail run/ hike, 1/4 off trail. I feel like crap...

 

[DouglasR]

21.3 miles; 7,856 vert. Trail run/ hike, 1/4 off trail. I feel like crap...

Dayumm Neff!!!

 

[hank4elk]

Rio & I did 3 laps this morning. Yus guys are killing me.

 

[DouglasR]

7/3-7/9: 18.99 run 87.64 ride

 

[mtmuley]

7/3-7/9: 18.99 run 87.64 ride

You will need stamina. I heard about your new girlfriend. mtmuley

 

[Deleted member 28227]

honestly, when it comes to living on the colorado front range in denver or north and you work a full time job with a family, you might as well live in kansas if you want to do real hill climbs on an every day type basis. it's just not time feasible.

colorado is a real catfish in that regards.

DIA to Keystone is ~ 100 miles
Boston Logan to Sunapee ~ 100 miles

Denver is definitely huge catfish.