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Physical Fitness

I also have a home gym. I removed my recliner from my living room and have an elliptical and stationary spin bike right there ---- sometimes it helps to be single :)
 
Last year I dropped 40 lbs by trail running and eating better. Over the winter I added about 15 lbs back. Just got started back and looking forward to hitting some trails again. I'm planning on running on some public ground nearby that I can hunt. Hopefully I can gain some intel while losing my beer gut.
 
Last year I dropped 40 lbs by trail running and eating better. Over the winter I added about 15 lbs back. Just got started back and looking forward to hitting some trails again. I'm planning on running on some public ground nearby that I can hunt. Hopefully I can gain some intel while losing my beer gut.

Gets tough in the winter for sure lol. If you need a running partner let me know. I need to do more of it. I’m sitting at 34lbs down and feeling pretty dang good


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I do lawn and landscape maintenance, so I'm pretty active in the summer. I dropped 40+ lbs last year and have been able to keep it of so far. I'm going to do all my scouting with all my hunting gear plus 10 extra lbs so come hunting season my set should feel light in comparison to what I packed in the off season.

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At home crossfit gym.


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Been doing CrossFit for 8 years. Started at age 42 and my wife does it with me too. A couple of nagging injuries and deer season have messed up my normal routine but I’m back at it again hard this month. This is my home CrossFit gym - CrossFit Kelly - have everything I need including a 15 foot rope out in back yard. It’s basically 2 1/2 bays of my garage - wish I had @TNhunter space


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wow you guys have some awesome gyms. I go to Anytime fitness 5 days a week. I work hard but don't eat right! lol
Monday- legs
Tuesday- cardio
Wed- full body no cardio
Thurs- cardio
Fri- chest/ arms
some weekends
Sat- core/ back
Sun- core/ back
 
I do lawn and landscape maintenance, so I'm pretty active in the summer. I dropped 40+ lbs last year and have been able to keep it of so far. I'm going to do all my scouting with all my hunting gear plus 10 extra lbs so come hunting season my set should feel light in comparison to what I packed in the off season.

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I'm convinced that just hiking a few times a week with a weighted pack helps a ton. I hiked all last summer with around 50lbs on my back and cleaned up my diet a little and the weight just fell off. I went into hunting season feeling awesome and my pack with my regular hunting gear felt like nothing compared to the 50lb pack lol.
 
I'm convinced that just hiking a few times a week with a weighted pack helps a ton. I hiked all last summer with around 50lbs on my back and cleaned up my diet a little and the weight just fell off. I went into hunting season feeling awesome and my pack with my regular hunting gear felt like nothing compared to the 50lb pack lol.

I walk every morning for two miles work Grace (my redbone) I'm carrying a 50# pack and it definitely helps cut bodyfat
 
I'm convinced that just hiking a few times a week with a weighted pack helps a ton. I hiked all last summer with around 50lbs on my back and cleaned up my diet a little and the weight just fell off. I went into hunting season feeling awesome and my pack with my regular hunting gear felt like nothing compared to the 50lb pack lol.
I agree. I used to hike or scout almost every day after work. It wasn't working out because it was fun. Then a new job with new hours and the baby came and I've been struggling to find a routine.
 
I'm convinced that just hiking a few times a week with a weighted pack helps a ton. I hiked all last summer with around 50lbs on my back and cleaned up my diet a little and the weight just fell off. I went into hunting season feeling awesome and my pack with my regular hunting gear felt like nothing compared to the 50lb pack lol.
I agree I also know that no matter how hard I worked all summer long while my diet was garbage my results were garbage. The hardest thing for me to do is the eat right. I'm not a big fan of fruits and vegetables so I really have to work at keeping the trash out of my diet, but this is what has helped me the most!

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Wow you guys make me jealous. I have been working out for about 15 months doing some full body weight training 3x and cardio twice a week. I started really light on the weights and worked my way back up to heaver stuff. Prior to 15 months ago I had not seen or thought of a gym in 20 plus years. I feel better and stronger but have seen very little difference in the scale. I am hoping to make progress this year with weight loss but I have been sick on off since the beginning of the year and it has really messed up my gym time. Stinks have a wife that works in med office, she brings everything home for me to get sick from. Yet Somehow she never gets sick.
 
Wow you guys make me jealous. I have been working out for about 15 months doing some full body weight training 3x and cardio twice a week. I started really light on the weights and worked my way back up to heaver stuff. Prior to 15 months ago I had not seen or thought of a gym in 20 plus years. I feel better and stronger but have seen very little difference in the scale. I am hoping to make progress this year with weight loss but I have been sick on off since the beginning of the year and it has really messed up my gym time. Stinks have a wife that works in med office, she brings everything home for me to get sick from. Yet Somehow she never gets sick.

Tim I'm not any kind of health care pro or physical therapy pro or anything having to do with health as a profession. I'm a computer programmer. When I read accounts like yours, all I think is "get your ass in the gym!" I work in an office full of sickly coughing softies. How is it they are so sick, taking so many days off work, and I'm there everyday?

OK, maybe they are better actors. :)

Few of them do physical work like I do in the gym. I'm in there touching all the nasty biomass on the treadmills, stationary bikes, weights, dumbbells, etc. I consistently push myself beyond suggested heart rate levels for my age

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/exercise-intensity/art-20046887?pg=2

And yet I'm rarely sick!

I'm not saying go for the gold tomorrow. But find a way to make the workout part of the routine. Dragging a deer from a valley bottom can be an Olympic-level human endeavor. Start training for it now.
 
I truly believe that you have to fuel your body correctly to be the most physically fit as possible. I have always said that 2/3 - 3/4 of being strong and physicallly fit is your diet and rest. The older you get the longer periods of recovery are needed from exercise. Also, dietary needs change.

Yep, I am talking about prunes, guys. Might as well learn to like them.
 
I’m not sure what you mean by in shape but I have lots of shapes. I walk a lot during summer but by winter time changes and it’s dark when I get home. Heck I walked 10 miles Sunday at saddlepalooza. Not much pack weight but muck boots are like ankle weights. When I went elk hunting I spent a year dropping from 285 to 210. Running 3.5 miles three times a week and strength training another three days. It wasn’t enough. I’m up to 290 now so it’s time to plan another elk hunt.
 
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