Who's Been Training- And How?

[Fink]

For the past few months, I’ve been concentrating pretty much solely on my legs, as I feel fairly confident in my upper body strength. I have been running about 3 miles every other day, and on the days I don’t run, I do squats and lunges. A buddy and I loaded our packs today, and climbed the best hills we have here.. I’m almost amazed at how many more muscles I feel working getting out and stomping around with the pack on versus everything else I’ve been doing.

Of course, it might have been the 98 degree heat. 52 days until elk season, I fear I may not be ready.

 

[nv-hunter]

ordered widerness ath 28 day challange today. hopefully it will give me a boost to my workouts

 

[Shaun]

4-5 miles every morning on the step mill at 85-90 steps a minute. Than my normal weight routine after. Plus shooting every night now that we moved out of the city

 

[BigSurArcher]

52 days until elk season, I fear I may not be ready.

52 days is a looong time. If you put your mind to getting ready right now and you go hard, you will be just fine and glad you put in the work. Go get it.

 

[BossBrott]

Damn BSA, Im doin' it! Feeling pretty good too. Havent eaten any crap at all. After work, I hit the weights, then I hit the bike. Dont have any supplements, but I might consider them for their benefits. Feeling great at 43, thanks.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I've stepped up my workouts too. M/L elk opens Sept 8. Spending 5 am's at the gym (wife goes too) and doing a 4 mile walk evenings. I'm feeling great too........at 70!

 

[BigT]

Ok I sort of cheated this year. I am down at this point 108 lb since april 2012... (cheating part is i had stomach surgery) Been running 2 miles every other day to keep my legs in shape. This year my air will be a lot better (can tell when i run) . I am a little worried about my strength but have started the insanity workout for the last couple of weeks. they really like to jump alot in those video's. The good thing can save room in my pack cause i cant eat like i use to..LOL

 

[dihardhunter]

Crossfit as usual. Knocked out the 100 Day Burpee Challenge about 45 days ago and hiked 25 miles in 28 hours this weekend (Saturday 1 p.m. - Sunday p.m.) with a 46 pound pack (32% of my body weight) to work out any gear kinks in my system. Best shape of my life, but weight loss over the weekend's grueling hike was a wake up call. Sucked down 3800 calories and 4-96 oz. bladders of water and still shed 25 ounces. With a 17 day archery elk in the plans, that's gonna get nasty!

 

[Doe Nob]

I am punishing my cardio, trying to get develop wind at sea level I will need for 7 days at 11,000 feet in Colorado in a month. I have tried several things - here is what works best for me. Interval training seems to work the best for stressing your cardiovascular systema and getting your body used to working while sucking wind. One way to do this is outside on the track - sprint at top speed for 2 mins, then walk or jog for 2 mins - repeat up to 8 intervals. I have found as I have made some good progress getting my wind up, I'm having a hard time pushing myself, so I have moved over to the treadmill. Current regimen - stretch - get on treadmill 7 degree incline at 3.5 mph. After you feel warmed up and loose, do the 2 min interval, running up the incline, start at 6.5 mph, lower mph as you run out of air completely, but do not decrease incline. That running uphill is punishing, it definitely gets me to my maximum. Do 8 2 min intervals, even if by the end you are barely jogging going uphill. If you do the latter one for a couple weeks you will see a noticeable increase in your wind.


I'm also climbing the parking garage next to the hospital near my house, its only 9 stories, but I take double stairs with a 40 lb pack on. I do double stairs to my goal, which I try to increase every time, then when I can't do more of those, I do one rep single stairs, then one last rep with the pack off. You really fly right up when you drop 40 lbs!

 

[xtreme]

Twentysix days to bear S&S season. Weight down to 185, doing some hard farm work in the heat. Can hardly walk, running is out. Two hip replacements, open heart and an an aneurysm surgery are beginning to limit me some. Carrying a heavey pack is out. I am finding you can get by whithout a bunch of amenities. The more weight I lose the better off I am. Next goal is 180 by bear season. Maybe be to 175 by Mule deer hunt. Getting ready for mule deer season 11/3.

 

[mnhunter]

I switched to barefoot running (vibram 5-fingers) last year, and have been really happy with how it has built my leg strength much better than my old heal strike running style.

I started out this summer doing alot of running (about 25 miles a week), and walking with a pack one day a week. The beginning of this month I bumped up my walking w/pack to 8 miles twice a week, and biking (mountain or road) 20 miles, 3 days a week.

 

[hoshour]

Wow, I needed this thread. Thanks for the wakeup call.

I've been working 16 hour days 5 days a week for months now so almost no time or energy to work out and high carb food is convenient. Add in poor sleep and it's a spiral. I am really paying for it with lower energy and extra pounds.

No time like today to get back on the right track.

 

[Big Sky]

Good luck! The first day is the hardest.

 

[hoshour]

Thanks, Big Sky.

Made it through the first day, had to put up with feeling down and irritable most of the day but that will get easier as my blood sugar finds its level. Changing the diet is definitely the hardest part for someone used to a lot of carbs and sweet snacks. In the end I should have a lot more energy.

 

[dihardhunter]

Just got revenge on my nemesis - the "Filthy Fifty". Crossfit workout that took me 43 minutes 2 or 3 months ago. Still didn't crush it, but knocked 11:30 off my time yesterday. Made me feel good to see that much progress.

 

[SprintNShoot7]

I've been doing a lot of lifting and trying to turn lifting into cardio. I can't do the distance running like some of you guys. But I did four weeks where I'd do a squat/deadlift supersetted with a clean and super set that with box jumps. That worked pretty well. Also been riding the stationary bike, plus doing sprint intervals for cardio.

 

[HuntPrep365]

mnhunter - barefoot style is the way to go! I think you'll love it when you get used to it.

A whole lot of constantly varied, high intensity functional movements. With extra lunges thrown in. Doing my typical Crossfit-type training with more emphasis on metabolic conditioning the later in summer we get. And my buddies and I are throwing in a 400m walking lunge for time every weekend. Except for last weekend, as dihardhunter said, when we hiked 25 miles and gained 6500' with 40-lb packs in a day and a half. Coming down to it now!

 

[mnhunter]

HuntPrep365-

I do love it. I started with them about a year and a half ago. My longest run on them so far is 9 miles. I have never had joint pain from running, but I could tell a difference in how little shock goes into your joints when you switch to barefoot. When it gets cold I switch to Merrell trail gloves.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Went to see the Doc yesterday as I've been having some ankle pain in my Lt foot. Pain right in ankle bone under pressure. Started about 3 wks ago and has gotten worse. X rays negative. Diagnosis...Tendonitis. Steroid injection and rest it. Have to change my workout. Feels better this am, but Doc says probably started when I upped my workout to 2 a days about a month ago.

Its a bitch to get old!!!

 

[Timberstalker]

Your doin good CC, I wish my dad (69) was as able as you at 70. I've been reading this tread for a while. You guys are crazy, I just started working out this week, it usually takes me a month in shape. Walking and P-90X works for me, if I start too early I get burned out. I don't really get my "woods" legs under me till a couple of days in the woods climbing the steep stuff and stepping over wind fall, a few days of that and I'm good to go!