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Sounds to me like you're on a great path Cab! Would only add what vandeman17 mentioned, throw that ruck on and hike. What are you preparing for? To hump up, down, and sideways in the elk woods with probably a 17 lb daypack (or all in one pack) on your back, if you're in an area that you can hike in (you may get some funny looks if you're hiking downtown Olympia ). Treadmills are fine and dandy (put your pack on doing that also, grin), but, I personally have found that with 2 or 3 years of elk hunting under my belt, nothing gets me in better shape for elk hunting than hiking with a ruck on my back. 30 pounds is fine to start but by the middle of July and up till season start, slowly increase the weight in your pack up to close to 50 "and" find a way to hike up and down hills, even if that means just using the local stadium stairs. You'll be surprised at how well hiking with a ruck on, 4-5 times per week will get you in tune with what the mountains have in store for you. RJ
Congratulations on losing all that weight! Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your elk body.Mental toughness is definitely something that is trained. The only problem is that it is trained during season.As far as physical, you seem to be at a point in your training where you shouldn't be doing any hikes without weight. Start light if you must but work towards 80 pounds or more.I'd also recommend weening off the treadmill and start going on runs. Push yourself further and further.Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: SilkOnTheWetSide on June 20, 2017, 06:29:23 AMCongratulations on losing all that weight! Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your elk body.Mental toughness is definitely something that is trained. The only problem is that it is trained during season.As far as physical, you seem to be at a point in your training where you shouldn't be doing any hikes without weight. Start light if you must but work towards 80 pounds or more.I'd also recommend weening off the treadmill and start going on runs. Push yourself further and further.Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI sure wouldn't train with 80#'s unless you're just walking smooth easy stuff. No reason to risk injury before season ever comes. Just put 25#'s of hunting gear in, and do lots of off trail hiking in steep country. Training is about building your self confidence so you have that mental strength that you can do it.
Quote from: buglebrush on June 20, 2017, 07:43:13 AMQuote from: SilkOnTheWetSide on June 20, 2017, 06:29:23 AMCongratulations on losing all that weight! Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your elk body.Mental toughness is definitely something that is trained. The only problem is that it is trained during season.As far as physical, you seem to be at a point in your training where you shouldn't be doing any hikes without weight. Start light if you must but work towards 80 pounds or more.I'd also recommend weening off the treadmill and start going on runs. Push yourself further and further.Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI sure wouldn't train with 80#'s unless you're just walking smooth easy stuff. No reason to risk injury before season ever comes. Just put 25#'s of hunting gear in, and do lots of off trail hiking in steep country. Training is about building your self confidence so you have that mental strength that you can do it. Train as you hunt! Silk's advice is what I would follow. You WILL be faced with a 100lb ruck at some point (or a LOT more loads). Training with 60-80lbs is totally normal. Just don't do it on hardtop pavement - That WILL kill your joints.
Quote from: ctwiggs1 on June 20, 2017, 07:53:55 AMQuote from: buglebrush on June 20, 2017, 07:43:13 AMQuote from: SilkOnTheWetSide on June 20, 2017, 06:29:23 AMCongratulations on losing all that weight! Rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your elk body.Mental toughness is definitely something that is trained. The only problem is that it is trained during season.As far as physical, you seem to be at a point in your training where you shouldn't be doing any hikes without weight. Start light if you must but work towards 80 pounds or more.I'd also recommend weening off the treadmill and start going on runs. Push yourself further and further.Good luck!Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI sure wouldn't train with 80#'s unless you're just walking smooth easy stuff. No reason to risk injury before season ever comes. Just put 25#'s of hunting gear in, and do lots of off trail hiking in steep country. Training is about building your self confidence so you have that mental strength that you can do it. Train as you hunt! Silk's advice is what I would follow. You WILL be faced with a 100lb ruck at some point (or a LOT more loads). Training with 60-80lbs is totally normal. Just don't do it on hardtop pavement - That WILL kill your joints.25 lbs is what he was walking around with for body weight 6 months ago.50 lb bag of sand is really not that hard after a time or two.As far as injury goes, not sure how humping 80 lbs of sand on a trail is going to be a cause for injury concern anymore them playing basketball or jogging in a busy area would be.Once you get accustomed to that I would increase weight further. Of course, a solid pack frame/bag helps in these endeavors. I wouldn't be doing it with a Jansport! 😂But I can't support the idea of NOT training with heavy weight...doesn't compute with me...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
i would add running. up and down hills, dirt and pavement. it punishes the feet and joints, but in a way that i deem necessary to get them hard to the rigors of elk mountains. i would expect anyone in my group to be under 45min/5mi before season
Keep in mind why your getting in shape.....its not to pack x amount of weight or run x amount of miles....My only requirement is you can keep your head in the game and have fun...that takes more physical training for some then others
Quote from: kentrek on June 20, 2017, 01:11:37 PMKeep in mind why your getting in shape.....its not to pack x amount of weight or run x amount of miles....My only requirement is you can keep your head in the game and have fun...that takes more physical training for some then othersEhhh.Things like FTF said above are more like baselines we've come up with for ourselves for the kind of hunts we do.And trying to find those baselines for your hunt allows you to "keep your head in the game."So, in a way...it absolutely is about how much weight you can pack over distance, and how many miles you can run. Because those are the types of training that allow you to be in shape to hunt elk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk