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BANNOCK1877

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Everybody is launching plans and hoping for tags for '06-- so what's your routine for getting in shape in the mean time?

For some of the older crowd, it's not too early to start.

Some of those high altitude Muley hunts are nose-bleeders, and don't forget the upper body for getting those quarters out of the hills...

What does a six-minute mile (flatlander style) translate into at 10,000 feet?

Hunting season is not that far away...
 
Six minute mile?! Good for you. It takes me 10 minutes. After a long winter off of doing nothing, I just started back up jogging. I will dedicate 1 hour to jogging. My plan is to be up to 5-6 miles a day 4 times a week. I just started last week and i am doing about 2 miles and walking the rest of the hour. My goal is to be at 5 miles by June.
ProHunter
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
 
You guys see the time of the winner of the Boston Marathon yesterday?! A Kenyan guy won it in a little over 2 hours............that's about 12 mph for 26 miles!!!!!!!! WOW.
Something to shoot for I guess........... :)

Lien2
 
My plans have hit the skids lately. Sore ankle, sore back and some personal drama have slowed me down considerably. I was running 4 miles a day 4 days a week, then stair stepper for 20 mins. But lately I have lost my fire and find it hard to run over 1-1/2 miles. 10 min miles are good for me. Hopefully when this sinus allergy mess clears up I'm back on track. I'd love to be at 32 miles a week with stair stepping,a couple of yoga classes and weight training by June.
 
CHASING KITTY'S!
And coming home with a mouth full of fur!
2200 cal diet and gym every day! The end
of May includes weekend hikes up this trail to
a peak!(not an BCBOY type peak but still an leg burner and
2.5 jount)July 1st I will add an back pack and add weight
as I go!I will have to increase calories a bunch by then to keep
from loosing healthy mass!
rm
 
My training started about a month and a half ago. Wake up before work every monday / wed. / Friday about an hour before and run 1 mile. Come home, go to work. Once I get home from work I get on my treadmill and run another mile and do a full body workout. Takes approx 20-30 minutes of non stop working out. Tuesday / thursday I wake up before class and run 2 miles on the treadmill and call that my cardio for the day. Weekends I take off.
Eating Habits - I cut the Sodas, The beers, The unimportant sugars out of my diet. Normally concists of 2-3 protien shakes 60-80 grams of protien from tuna throughout the day. Then possibly a Grilled chicken pita or a Teryiaki Chinese chicken wrap at night.




-Cass
 
Good grief Cass. Are you training for a prize fight with Old Oregon? This is a hunting website not a fighting one. Well, most of the time.

Do it the smart way. Tie your horse to the walker and turn it on. Drink a 12 pack then let him out in the pasture. He will be ready to roll by fall.
 
I got a bigger four wheeler and just made the switch over to Busch Light.
 
Good posts.

Ditto on the horses. Although they are getting more expensive to transport and maintain.

Ever consider pack goats?

Over 40+ exercise routines for me have to start earlier each year...used to be able to whip it up in a couple of weeks. Not any more. Turned into a fat wuss.
 
Yoga is great. The running really constricts the lower back muscles, causing a person to get stiffer. Also they do alot of balance exercises that work on muscles in the feet you'll never know you had. It really helps to strengthen your body core strength.
 
your not kidding on the lower back getting stiffer with the jogging!


"The rich...who are content to buy what they have not the skill to get by their own exertions, these are the real enemies of game." Theodore Roosevelt
 
Bought a treadmil. My workout is not inended to be seasonal or "get ready"... just a new regimen for all the time. either 4 or 5 days. 2 or 3 weekday morns before work, 4 miles 4% incline 6.6 to 7mph. 1 or 2 weekend days run 4 to 5 miles and hike 1 mile max incline. As the season draws nearer, i'll shed one day's run and do the same time with a 50lb pack to get the shoulders/back/hips used to the idea again. I hate "getting in shape". I've decided I need to be in generic shape all the time and then like a decent knife just need a honing now and again. I'm a cityboy so hiking the deer woods isn't doable.
 
On March 27 started at the gym 5 to 6 days a week with jogging/walking 1.25 miles on the treadmill and lifting weights for 15 minutes on the machines they have. This week took it up to 2 miles on treadmill each day, less weight lifting, and will drop to 5 days a week. I started out at 318 lbs and have dropped 12 lbs. The first week I lost 8 pounds then didn't lose for the next week and a half. Have just recently started losing again. I will sometimes substitute an elyptical machine for the treadmill if my knees are sore. I am more focused on losing weight than lifting weights and would like to be below 250 lbs by September. Haven't seen 250 in 7 or 8 years. Time to lose the weight!
Fruit for breakfast, small wheat bread turkey or chicken sandwich for lunch, and reasonable dinner. For the first three weeks felt like I was hungry all the time but it's getting better now. Have only blown the diet on 2 meals in almost four weeks. Fruit for snacks as needed 1 to 2 times a day.

Anyone have suggestions for me??????
 
LAST EDITED ON Apr-19-06 AT 11:40AM (MST)[p]changed the eating habits...quit drinking beer, drink only diet soda...no more junkfood, oatmeal for breakfast, salad or sandwich on whole wheat for lunch and then a decent dinner...lift weights every other day, 150+ situps/day, coach t-ball, chase my 4 yr old around, and usually run 2-4 miles on weekdays and 4-5 on weekends however due to calf injury walking now instead of running...lost just over 11 pounds in 5 weeks... 10 lbs to go...is it september yet?

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a3d, Time is far more worth tracking to begin with than distance. It's real simple; burn more calories, lose more weight. It's far better in that goal use a speed on whatever machine you use that gets your heart rate up but allows you to work for 30 to 40 minutes than to do a more intense 20 minute workout. Most guys can put a tread on 12 to 15% incline and get their heart rate in the zone with beetween 3.5 and 4mph (hiking)without having it burn them out in 20 mins. I'd also look more at my pants than the scale to begin with. Weight on big guys where you add some muscle lose some fat can be a bit deceiving. Your pants won't lie though. Weights are great for strength but if you want to shed the lb's it's all about the cardio.

Go longer, not faster.
 
BANNOCK1877, I started a simular thread on the General Hunting topic back in early March. You might want to review it, I think I titled it "Getting in shape to kill."

Personally I'm 46 and take this seriously every since I turned 40. My routine starts in mid November with weights 5-6 days a week; chest/abs, shoulders/back, bis/tris and legs/abs with chukar hunting on weekends and occasional stationary bike during the week. As soon as the weather permits after chukar season, I attack the mountain behind my house with a backpack on. I have a pre-determined place, mostly uphill that I strive to make it to in 30 mins. When I do this, 5 more lbs in the pack. I usually top out at 50 lbs in the pack by August. I continue the weights hard through April or May. When I start riding horses in May, I cut back on the weights to 4 days a week, 3 hikes a week and 4 rides a week. Some days I come home, hike for an hour, saddle up and ride for 1 1/2 hours and lift weights but I usually only do 1 or 2 things a night. By the first of Sept, if I'm not hunting, I walk 5 nights a week, ride 2 nights and go on longer rides (4-6 hours) on the weekends and have quit the weights. Come hunting season, the horses are in shape, the bird dog is in shape and hopefully I am too.

I use protein 2-3 times a day while lifting and take glucosamine/MSM regularly. I swear by this stuff. Without it my shoulders ache when I lift and my knees and hips couldn't handle back to back hikes up the mountain.
 
2 hours a morning at good old golds gym, work out 10 months a year hunt the other 2.

lift heavy weight everyday maybe 1 or 2 spin classes a week, it keeps me running strong.

3400 cals a day
350 g's protien
400 carbs
74 grams fat

eat clean lift heavy. :)
 
LAST EDITED ON Apr-19-06 AT 10:14PM (MST)[p]I'll wait until August and then go on a strict diet of crack, meth and malt liquor until I get to where I want to be. The speed really helps your hiking time and since you arent hungry, you can put less in your backpack. It does make it hard to sit still in a treestand though. Gotta keep your pimp hand strong!
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Thanks for the info elkslayer--- Have noticed a big increase in needed maintenance time since breaking 40, joints are holding up well tho.

What brand of glucosamine/MSM are you getting good results with?

Every try some of the powergel energy/carb booster on the market by Powerbar? I hear you get more efficient utilization with gel versus powder mix....but haven't tested it myself.
 
Hey Drake that sounds like the routine I am set out on. I am in the process of losing body fat first so calories are lower. It makes nervous however to think about someday eating that many calories. You have no problem keeping weight down? Or are you trying to gain large amounts of mass? I am 50 and there is little doubt that if I want to hunt for the next 20 years I am going to have to workout year round. Lean muscle is were it is at.
 
My physical conditioning usually peaks in November (after my MT rut hunt). I take off from running in December and January, usually till after the Super Bowl. No use in for me in trying to kid myself in keeping up with the forbidden "fruits" of the holiday season. Trapping canines gives me plenty to do anyway. At 52 I am doing more weights to maintain muscle tone and using light weights. One thing that I have come to believe is that there is a direct correlation in my general health and the time that food intake stays/digests in my body. I am a big believer in using supplements to stay REGULAR and IN SIZE. Not only does it feel good but it has to be good for you. Try it yourself.

I think there is real validity in keeping the digestive/excretory system going full time. Rotting, undigested food sitting in your stomach/intestines isn't my idea of great health.

Dean Parisian
Chippewa Partners
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Noticed some guys taking protein like 2-3 times a day. I was just wondering how much total. Just a heads up to you guys, too much protein can wreak havoc on your kidneys and can damage them. I used whey protein and Cell-tech a while back and lifted really heavy. After I was off of it I developed kidney stones and found that they are often attributed to increased protein or calcium in your diet. I'm only 23 so the cause was pretty apparent that it was the protein. My only advice is don't take more than the recommended daily requirements and drink a ton of water to keep that protein from accumulating in your kidneys.
 
I just wanted to say thanks for all the comments. It has got me motivated to start exercising. At five o' clock this morning I was eating breakfast and reading this post and all of a sudden I thought " I'm going for a jog, well mostly a walk" and I went for a mile. I think this is the start of something good. I've never exercised in the past and have always been in pretty good shape but the last couple of years with 40 quickly approaching has really taken it toll. Now I need to slow down on all the bad junk food I eat.
 
I work construction and own a carpet cleaning business so There is no need to work out. My pre scouting trips gets my legs in shape for the hunting season. I'll tell ya this. I slowed my drinkin down and I lost 15 pounds just from that and eating better. Now that I'm in my thirty's, My metabolism slowed down just a little bit, so I'm paying attention to my health.


Clyde
 
I don't doubt you about the kidney stones but I've never heard that. I've read lots of weightlifting articles and generally for bodybuilders they recommend 1 gram protien for every pound of body weight. That would be 210 grams for me and even when I do 3 protien shakes a day, I would be pushing it to get to 150 grams a day. Water is the cure all though. Your digestive system, your muscles, skin, even your brain. That hangover you get after getting lit the night before is usually dehydration. Drink a bottle of water after every cocktail and you won't get that headache.
 
LAST EDITED ON Apr-22-06 AT 07:36PM (MST)[p]coyote hunt the same area all winter spring and summer plus miles and miles of shed hunting.
pritty much hunt every day off all year.
eat deer or elk steak every dinner and fast food every day for lunch breakfast is a dounut or maybe a minimart hot dog at 10 am.
2 packs of maraboros a day. no booze in more than 15 years sex once a year if she makes me
6'2" and 165 lbs can walk for ever and drag in short sperts
just bring young kids to do the dragging if you got any that works best for me.
sorefeet bought a fourwheeler this year for dragging like he needs it his elk always fall right next to the road [old two tracks we don't road hunt] out of his last two elk the longest drag was 3 feet to get it off the twotrack we drove over the gut pile to load it. last year we tied a rope to a tree looped it around the bed of the truck picked its head up and drove 8 feet and it was loaded.
 
Wyoelk, it's alot easier to do it year round than to stop and start, I eat about 6-8 times per day which really keeps my metabo running full speed & yes every once in a great while i will eat fast food or have a soda pop :)- Working out is the easy part it's freakin eating clean that sucks.
lmao looking forward to the back packing meals at this point.
 
Started running Dec. 19, 2005. Now, I'm running 5 miles 4 or 5 times per week. The weekend workout depends on the weekend activity. If I don't do anything on the weekend (pack in bear bait, wallk the river fly fishing, etc.) then I run the 5th workout. I started @ 241.5 lbs. and I'm now @ 205 lbs... I haven't felt better since I played college basketball. I'm 33 now and the best part is I CAN EAT WHATEVER I WANT TO!!!!!
 
Polarbear- that was hilarious!LMAO

I pretty much shed hunt, film and explore new areas all year long when I have the time. Usually 2-3 times a week on good months or 2 times every two weeks on bad months. Work and honey do list dependant.:)
Carry my packframe loaded on every outing and usually I will cover 6-12 miles or more depending on what I am finding.

Some weight training about 2-3 times a week keep my upper body in shape along with a few body bag striking sessions.

Throw in a physical hard working job and I stay fit for a guy closing on 40 faster than I like.

"What does a six-minute mile (flatlander style) translate into at 10,000 feet?" - You should have no trouble hiking even with less oxygen to breath.
Last time I ran a six-minute mile I was in bootcamp.. Now no way in heck could I come close.

Best,
Jerry
 
Hey guys,
I recommend alot of ankle stretching and quad work to keep your knees safe. You want to stretch the calf with a straight leg and bent. (gastroc/soleous). This is the number one cause of general knee pain while hiking. Especialy down hill.

Starman PT
 
I'm 46 years old, ride my bike up to 12 miles a day starting in about the end of june. I hunt up to 10,000 feet with no problems and by about the second week of the Washington bow hunting season my lungs have quit burning and if you put a big muley in front of me I can almost run it down. Them monster bucks do crazy things to people that are addicted, don't they.
 
Protein is a good thing to add to your diet if you are busting your butt in the gym 2-3 hours a day, 4+ days a week.

Your body can only process as much extra protein as it can use...if you aren't working out heavy/intense enough to burn it, your body will not use it.
It works good for those who work out at a very intense level. For those who don't, that extra protein will most likely do one of two things...you can watch it get filtered through your kidneys or bowels, OR it will get converted and stored as fat.


Most folks can get by with eating an extra burger patty or a can of tuna...if they want a bit extra protein.
 

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