Monotony and boredom are the enemies of success. When you get bored, you lose discipling and motivation. When the gym has lost its appeal and the last thing you want to do at home is workout, it is time to get creative and find other ways of training in order to keep your body guessing and keep your training progressing. Here are a few creative ways to improve your fitness:
The Navy SEALs have a saying: Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. They understand that inherent in their job is the expectation that they will be very uncomfortable at times (physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, etc.). It is in these times that they must learn to be comfortable with whatever external or internal factors are making them uncomfortable so that they can focus on getting the job done, instead of focusing on their comfort level.
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Running is a great way to train. It improves your cardiovascular endurance, increases muscular endurance, and teaches you to push through discomfort. But sometimes you either don’t have time to go for a long run and other times you just don’t want to go for a long run. Either way, there are other ways that you can train by running that are time efficient and effective in ways that distance running is not. Continue Reading…
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Not too often do you hear the words investment and fitness in the same sentence. However, there is an investment that you can make in your fitness training that will give you long-lasting returns. You see, when you are training, you will progress and make improvements; but sometimes you need to learn more, be pushed harder, or be challenged in a new way in order to break through barriers and increase your fitness level to new heights. This is where you will want to invest in a personal trainer.
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Protein is essential to muscle recovery and growth. Regardless of your fitness goals, protein plays a crucial role in your reaching those goals. Even if you don’t want to build muscle mass upon muscle mass, protein plays a major role in even the most basic rebuilding of muscle fibers after physical exercise.
However, there are quite a few options when it comes to protein (egg, whey, casein, soy, etc.). What type of protein is best and when should you be consuming protein? How much protein should you be consuming on average each day? These are important questions to which you need to know the answer in order to make the most of your training. Continue Reading…
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Often times, we choose to give up on something because the goal seems too far away. We wonder if it is worth the time, effort, and resources required to reach the goal for which we originally set out. Take weight loss for example… The reason so many people join a gym or go on a diet for their New Year’s resolution is because it is a desirable goal: lose weight and be healthier. However, the reason so many of them quit within just a few weeks is related: the desired goal seems too far away.
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When you ask people how the weather affects their training, they might talk about when it is really hot or really cold or how they don’t like to run when it rains. Those are the obvious changes in the weather. But what about the more subtle forms of atmospheric change? How do factors such as atmospheric pressure, humidity, heat index, and dew point affect how you feel when you train and how your body recovers?
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You carry a pack. You hike long hills. You traverse uneven terrain. While hunting, you are constantly using the muscles that make up the driving force of your muscular system: your posterior chain.
The posterior chain is the group of muscles in your lower back and backs of your legs; more specifically, the spinal erectors, glutes, and hamstrings. These muscles make up the chain that links the entire backside of your body together. These muscles literally carry most of the load when you are in the backcountry, so it only makes sense that you should devote regular training to the muscles. Additionally, proper training of these muscles will reduce lower back pain and reduce the risk of injury.
Hunting seasons are in the rearview mirror and you might have realized this past season that you needed to be in better shape. More seasons are on the horizon and fast approaching and you realize you need to get in shape sooner rather than later.
Many will be hunting tukey this April and some will also be hunting bears. Come August, all big game hunts will begin kicking off and continuing all throughout the fall.
Now is the time to begin preparing for the seasons that are coming up on your horizon. Part of that preparation must include improving your level of physical fitness. Continue Reading…
You’ve probably read the content I have posted recently about volume training. You don’t do 5 sets of 5 reps in the back country; you do rep after rep, step after step, with weight in your pack and in your hands. You work for extended periods without rest.
I want to start a movement among hunters to encourage one another to buck the traditional training trends and embrace pushing the limits, just like we do in the backcountry. Continue Reading…
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