2rocky
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Permit me to poke fun tongue in cheek at ourselves...
Myself I'm trying to play catch up since I've come off my 2014 peak of running 50k trailraces and I don't have the same enthusiasm i used to for 40/50/60 mpw running. I'm ashamed to say I rushed a stalk on a nice buck because I had to get to a race the next morning. I swore I'd never do that again.
But nothing gets you in Hunting Shape better than hunting. Just like nothing gives you a gym physique like time in the gym.
If you were to compare two guys the same age , one who climbs the hills 6 hours a day, 5 days a week versus the gym guy working out a couple hours a day 5-6 days a week. The hills guy is going to be in better hunting shape than the gym guy for probably the first 2-3 weeks. Then I think the concentrated strengthening, and flexibility work in the gym has made the muscles able to recover well during that adaptation phase.
Now a days my mindset is that I won't sacrifice an opportunity to hunt because of training for a race or an archery shoot. I've been guilty of getting blinders that I HAD to get my training in for that one big out of state hunt. When in reality hunting shape is so much more that pure physical fitness.
My last 30 and next 60 days I'm in a HIIT class where the goal is to keep my Heart rate at 80% of max for a 45 minute - hour workout. A variety of circuits like you describe with KB's, DB's, Sandbags, BOSU, etc. It's like cramming for a test....
Yep I'm gonna go do those gym workouts every day I can to make up for the fact I have to spend 45 hours a week in a building. But when our local hunting season opens before the Nevada season, I will go basically do "walks with my bow" rather than try and fit in another workout or run.
But don't get me wrong, I'd spend 5x the time in the field rather than in the gym if I had to choose one over another.
Myself I'm trying to play catch up since I've come off my 2014 peak of running 50k trailraces and I don't have the same enthusiasm i used to for 40/50/60 mpw running. I'm ashamed to say I rushed a stalk on a nice buck because I had to get to a race the next morning. I swore I'd never do that again.
But nothing gets you in Hunting Shape better than hunting. Just like nothing gives you a gym physique like time in the gym.
If you were to compare two guys the same age , one who climbs the hills 6 hours a day, 5 days a week versus the gym guy working out a couple hours a day 5-6 days a week. The hills guy is going to be in better hunting shape than the gym guy for probably the first 2-3 weeks. Then I think the concentrated strengthening, and flexibility work in the gym has made the muscles able to recover well during that adaptation phase.
Now a days my mindset is that I won't sacrifice an opportunity to hunt because of training for a race or an archery shoot. I've been guilty of getting blinders that I HAD to get my training in for that one big out of state hunt. When in reality hunting shape is so much more that pure physical fitness.
My last 30 and next 60 days I'm in a HIIT class where the goal is to keep my Heart rate at 80% of max for a 45 minute - hour workout. A variety of circuits like you describe with KB's, DB's, Sandbags, BOSU, etc. It's like cramming for a test....
Yep I'm gonna go do those gym workouts every day I can to make up for the fact I have to spend 45 hours a week in a building. But when our local hunting season opens before the Nevada season, I will go basically do "walks with my bow" rather than try and fit in another workout or run.
But don't get me wrong, I'd spend 5x the time in the field rather than in the gym if I had to choose one over another.
