What do you use for weight in your pack while training?

[MHWASH]

I've been using frozen gallon water jugs, but I'll run out of room at three, roughly 25lbs. I'm not packing camp on my back, but want to be able to pack out elk quarters from the steep and deep if necessary.

[syoungs]

Tubes of sand from the hardware store work well, I had some lead shot bags I've used in the past and in store when trying fit.

[highside74]

40lb bag of sand stuck in a plastic bag and duct taped closed to keep it clean.

[lamrith]

20# bag of pellets

[trophyhunt]

20# bag of pellets

I was just going to say that!

[BULLBLASTER]

I have a heavy duty dry bag that I filled with 55# of sand and rocks and duct taped to hold a shape I like.

[Karl Blanchard]

I have an old sea to summit dry bag that isn't water proof anymore.  Filled it with 50 pounds of gravel.  Well I thought it was 50 but turned out to be 80.  Couldn't figure out why everyone was smoking me on our workouts

[WAnoob]

I like a big water jug on the back of my pack, if the weight is too much to come down with when I reach the top I can just pour it out. I usually keep it almost full to prevent sloshing and being off balance.

[fish vacuum]

40lb dumbbell. I put a towel under it and one on each side to help hold it in position, then cinch up the pack.

[Bango skank]

If you want to pack around weight to train, pack some 50lb bags of salt into some trail cams.

[cougforester]

Get to the gym with your pack frame, throw some plates on there and go crazy on the stair stepper. Be sure to use a ratchet tie down strap so the plates don't get wiggly on you.

I got a few odd looks at first, but then when people started asking why I was doing this and I told them that you need be able to get meat off the mountain quick before it spoils, something clicked for them. A few of them said that they were very anti-hunting until now, but seeing the work that I was putting in to be sure that I didn't waste the animal I harvested at least opened their minds a bit! Pretty cool

[Magnum_Willys]

40lb bag of sand stuck in a plastic bag and duct taped closed to keep it clean.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

We train with the kiddos in the kiddo pack. It definitely never gets lighter.....

[Holg3107]

I personally like to use water. While training for Rainier a few years back I would carry 4.5 gallons in my pack during the ascent. Then fill up everyone's water at the top or dump it out for the descent. A lot of people go the sand route which works, water just seems more functional to me, especially if you plan on dropping weight for the descent.

[BULLBLASTER]

My training home loop has numerous up and downs so when I take off I got all the weight the entire loop.