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Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days

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Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard

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Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer

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Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren.

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Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Hey everyone, welcome back. Hope

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Speaker 1: everybody's doing well. This week, we're going to be continuing

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Speaker 1: what I kind of dubbed our summer Prep series, and

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Speaker 1: it's going to be about fitness. You know, hunting in

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Speaker 1: the mountains is extremely physical, and I've found that over

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Speaker 1: the years, whether it's guiding, hunting, myself, whatever, Having consistent

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Speaker 1: success and the ability to just go that extra mile

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Speaker 1: really go hand in hand. And with everything that's been

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Speaker 1: going on, you know, the quarantines, the restrictions, there's probably

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Speaker 1: some people out there that are not as ready as

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Speaker 1: they want to be, and I myself am included. So

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be giving you some out of the box

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Speaker 1: and actionable training tips to help you push up the

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Speaker 1: mountain this season. But first we're gonna take a hike

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Speaker 1: up a little place I call Puke Ridge. Puke Ridge

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Speaker 1: is one of my favorite places the hunts, but it

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Speaker 1: got its name for a reason now over the years

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Speaker 1: has a guide. I've hunted this particular spot many times,

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Speaker 1: and just to lay out the topography, it's essentially a

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Speaker 1: mountain you start at the bottom of that goes straight up. Now,

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Speaker 1: of course it'd be nice to start at the top

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Speaker 1: of the mountain, which you can do, but you lose

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Speaker 1: your visibility of where the animals are at. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of fingers in this particular spot, so depending on

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Speaker 1: where the elk are, like the spot from the bottom

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Speaker 1: and then work my way up. Many years ago, I

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Speaker 1: when I started guiding, I was working for this outfitter

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Speaker 1: and um, you know it's opening day and before this,

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Speaker 1: this was just an area that I hunt myself a

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Speaker 1: lot as well, and I'd hunted it during the archery season.

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Speaker 1: There was a pretty nice meal dere in there. I

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Speaker 1: don't know why I decided to pass the buck up

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Speaker 1: with my bow and then decided later on in the

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Speaker 1: up not finding him again. So as I was scouting

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Speaker 1: between the archery and the rifle season, I relocated this

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Speaker 1: buck that i'd lost in September. Now it's like mid October,

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Speaker 1: and this is before opening day, so the outfitter that

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Speaker 1: it worked for happened to there are two on one hunt,

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Speaker 1: so I had two clients and myself as the guide,

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Speaker 1: and I figured, okay, I've been watching this deer for

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Speaker 1: the kind of the week before the season. I thought

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Speaker 1: that I'd be a really it's a really nice buck

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Speaker 1: for a general area. We should probably trying go get

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Speaker 1: that buck. Because most of the people that showed up

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Speaker 1: came hunting. We're really looking for elk, but they had

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Speaker 1: combo tags elk and deer tags, so it's just kind

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Speaker 1: of a cool opportunity to get a nicer buck than average.

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Speaker 1: And as I'm watching him right before the season, this

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Speaker 1: group of elk actually moved down off the mountain into

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Speaker 1: this pocket where the buck had been hanging out, and

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Speaker 1: in that group was like two little rag horn bulls.

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Speaker 1: So it's the night before the opener. The hunters come

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Speaker 1: going with. One of them was a little bit older,

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Speaker 1: he was in pretty decent shape. This is his first

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Speaker 1: was like in his mid thirties but overweight. It really

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Speaker 1: hadn't done much. And so both of them they this

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Speaker 1: So just like brow tein bull if we found that,

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Speaker 1: if they got elk, we would hunt deer. So I'm like, sweet, okay,

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Speaker 1: We get in, and also, like opening day, there's a

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Speaker 1: of there spooked. So we're sitting there before daylight, just

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Speaker 1: So these tend to just like be down lower in

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Speaker 1: it's so it's just like this first in the morning.

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Speaker 1: We gotta get on these elk, And I explained this

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Speaker 1: They're just gonna keep moving until they get to the top.

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Speaker 1: But I wasn't sure. You know, there's a couple of

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Speaker 1: we don't, we might not get any. So we start

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Speaker 1: So we're we're cruising up there. The older guy, I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's say quite a bit out of shape, was started

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Speaker 1: he could see those elk now, and he's like, all right,

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Speaker 1: we just got to get up to that ridge. They

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Speaker 1: he's fallen behind. I look back and he just he

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Speaker 1: looks like he's hurting. I'm like, all right, So I

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Speaker 1: tell the other guy. I'm like, hey, just keep on

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Speaker 1: and make sure he's alive, make sure he's okay, and

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Speaker 1: at the top of the region, all right. I was like,

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Speaker 1: just you know, keep going, keep a nice easy pace

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Speaker 1: and just keep moving. Okay. I go back, and as

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Speaker 1: good position. And I come down. He looks, he just

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Speaker 1: like looks like this is not for me. He's like,

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Speaker 1: why don't you two go up there and try to,

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Speaker 1: you know, get those elk. And I'm like, okay, He's like,

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Speaker 1: I'll just keep I was like, all right, you know,

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Speaker 1: normally I don't like to leave somebody, but this is

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Speaker 1: tell him, look, take your time, get up to that rock.

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Speaker 1: However long it takes you, we'll meet you back there

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Speaker 1: at some point. He's like, perfect, sounds good. So I

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Speaker 1: the ridge. Sure enough, the elk are feeding in this

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Speaker 1: a shot, boom, shoots the bull like sweet, So we

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Speaker 1: go over. We tag the elk, like, I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: check on the other guy. Go over the ridge, but

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Speaker 1: And as I'm going on the opposite ridge of where

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Speaker 1: we were. I look down and sure enough there's that

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Speaker 1: let's let's get over here. There. That buck is just

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Speaker 1: right below this other ridge. We get over there, sneak over,

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Speaker 1: position right across the canyon, bucks bedded there yards takes

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Speaker 1: the shot. Boom, he just filled both his elk and

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Speaker 1: his deer tag. Meanwhile, the guy that wasn't in very

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Speaker 1: go down. We tagged the deer, got that one, just

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Speaker 1: because I'm like, all right now we've got two animals,

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Speaker 1: we've got a process. But let this one cool down.

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Speaker 1: It's on the nice shady side. We'll go back up,

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Speaker 1: grab the other guy, take care of the alcohol. I'll

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Speaker 1: hang it up in the tree, and then we'll come

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Speaker 1: back and take care of this deer and pack it out.

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Speaker 1: You know, the guy that was not in very good shape,

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Speaker 1: you know, we meet up with him, and it was

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Speaker 1: just one of those deals where had he been there

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Speaker 1: probably would have shot an elk with the other elk,

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Speaker 1: because once we shot that one bull, the other bull

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Speaker 1: just kind of stayed there for a while, and with

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Speaker 1: the buck that the other guy shot, there were two bucks.

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Speaker 1: So I'm like, look, man, you know, now we've got

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Speaker 1: four more days to hunt, when we could have tagged

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Speaker 1: out if he was in just a little bit better

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Speaker 1: elk moved over. Actually, you know, we continued to hunt

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Speaker 1: first day he really had an eye opening awakening of like, man,

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Speaker 1: this is pretty tough stuff. But he got his head

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Speaker 1: that progress. There's gonna come a point where you're like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: it's difficult, but you've pretty much like got it to

429
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,359
Speaker 1: a place where you're gonna start trying to make it

430
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Speaker 1: without stopping. And that might mean you are going at

431
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Speaker 1: a snails pace in that point where you need to

432
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Speaker 1: slow down, but your goal is going to be to

433
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Speaker 1: make it up the thing that you couldn't go up

434
00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:02,679
Speaker 1: without stopping, to like constantly keep moving without stopping, even

435
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: if it's the slowest step. The like I've talked about

436
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,639
Speaker 1: this before, but it's like where I'm just like, I

437
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,879
Speaker 1: know I can't keep going, but I almost like I

438
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 1: turn around and start walking backwards because the muscles used

439
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,120
Speaker 1: to go forwards are no longer walking around like sidestep

440
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: real slow or I'm just like just whatever it takes,

441
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 1: keep moving to the top. And at some point you're

442
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: gonna be able to do that. And then that's where

443
00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,639
Speaker 1: now you're gonna record this and say, like when I

444
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,240
Speaker 1: do record things, I'm like, all right, here's how long

445
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 1: it took me. Here's how I felt. I was breathing

446
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,959
Speaker 1: super heavy, it was super hard I had to do

447
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,800
Speaker 1: this to get up. At at this point, my legs

448
00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 1: started to burn, and like really start to record that,

449
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,199
Speaker 1: because the cool part is you're gonna be able to

450
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,680
Speaker 1: see that progress every time. Then you know you're gonna

451
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 1: get to a point where you're just like one day

452
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,240
Speaker 1: you're just gonna Okay, I can get up at without moving,

453
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna kind of work on making that

454
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,240
Speaker 1: time a little bit better, a little bit better, and

455
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,720
Speaker 1: by the end of the summer, you're gonna have built

456
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,239
Speaker 1: that leg strength and you're have kind of taught your

457
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 1: legs like how to start pushing through things. And what

458
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,400
Speaker 1: that's gonna help with is your recovery times, the ability

459
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: to when you see an animal need to get somewhere,

460
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,120
Speaker 1: that's the times that you're gonna have to push through that.

461
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,639
Speaker 1: And it's as much training and building your leg strength

462
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,080
Speaker 1: as training your mind and your body to say, hey,

463
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Speaker 1: this is what it feels like when I'm tired, but

464
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,760
Speaker 1: I know that I can get over that hump. I

465
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,600
Speaker 1: can get past that. And so building that strength, I

466
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 1: found really helps with that mountain endurance and that uphill climbing.

467
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 1: Now we also have to think, you know, what goes

468
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 1: up must come down, and if you're so focused entirely

469
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: on going uphill you're gonna lose a lot of energy

470
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: when you go downhill. And I really think that in

471
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: the mountains, you know, as much uphill as you do,

472
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,679
Speaker 1: you do is just as much downhill. And often the

473
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 1: downhill is when you've got the heavier packs and other things.

474
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 1: That kind of strength doesn't necessarily come from your legs,

475
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: but more your core. So you want to do two

476
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: things in your whatever your exercise regiment's gonna be add

477
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: in abdominal exercises, I do like a little circuit of

478
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: laying down sit ups in different forms, like try to

479
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 1: get all apps. I'll do like leg lifts or like

480
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 1: lay on my back, hold my legs up. Then do

481
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:27,520
Speaker 1: you know fifty sit ups on one side, fifty crunches

482
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: side crunches left and right, turn around my stomach and

483
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: lift my torso. So I try to get like all

484
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: the areas of my abdominal area to strengthen. But also

485
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 1: when I'm doing those uphill climbs, there's two ways you

486
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: can walk downhill. You can just bumble downhill and let

487
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,600
Speaker 1: gravity take you. That tends to be very hard on

488
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 1: your joints and very dangerous when you have a lot

489
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,160
Speaker 1: of weight, and if you don't practice like controlling your

490
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 1: descent when it actually comes to hunting time, You're gonna

491
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 1: get used to just walking like that. Your body is

492
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,479
Speaker 1: gonna hurt, your knees are gonna hurt. You're gonna complain

493
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 1: about that. After I do my uphill, I'm now like

494
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: controlling my descent, isolating my core, trying to stabilize my

495
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 1: body and really use my muscles and legs as shock

496
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: absorbers as I walk. It's almost like my knees are

497
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,359
Speaker 1: bent and I'm using my muscles downhill as much as

498
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 1: I am uphill, and getting used to using controlling your

499
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: muscles as you go downhill is going to help build

500
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: that endurance as well. So you aren't trying to take

501
00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: it easy on the downhill, but you're you're building that

502
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 1: strength and the muscles for balance and downhill walking. So

503
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: when you throw that heavy pack on when you're in

504
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,400
Speaker 1: the mountains all day, you know you've got the leg

505
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: strength for the uphill, but then you've got that core

506
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,400
Speaker 1: strength and stability for the downhill. Now we're gonna talk

507
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 1: about endurance, So I just like picking exercises that promote

508
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: endurance for me. If I if I could hike all day,

509
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,879
Speaker 1: you know, on weekends or whatever. That's the one that

510
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,119
Speaker 1: I'm going to pick, But obviously that may not it

511
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,720
Speaker 1: into all kinds of schedules. So any kind of repetitive

512
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 1: longhold to get your muscles to be able to work

513
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,440
Speaker 1: for longer periods of time, you know, for more home

514
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: gym type stuff, I pick things like jogging, cycling, just

515
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: anything where you're constantly working. Like I said, this is

516
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: trying to get you fit, mountain fit for a specific task,

517
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 1: and that specific task is just being able to move

518
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: for long periods of time. So anything like holding a chair, squad,

519
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: lots of lunges, lightweight, but just a lot of repetitions

520
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,639
Speaker 1: over longer period of time. You know. Building your leg

521
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: strength is great with heavy heavier weights. I don't do

522
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: a lot of weight training type stuff only because one

523
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: night it just bores me too. It's just not my thing.

524
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 1: In three I just find that I want to keep

525
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: that repetition of long, long repetition, so when I'm out

526
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: there hiking, I don't get tired. And that's just what

527
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: I'm looking for, you know. So if I'm thinking of

528
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,639
Speaker 1: some kind of exercise, I go with the three RS.

529
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: It's repetition, repetition, repetition, that's really what it comes down to.

530
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: You know, hunting is hiking all day at hiking speed.

531
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: But in that hiking speed, you're throwing in mountains, you're

532
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 1: throwing in a lot of deadfall and things you've got

533
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 1: to step up and over and all this. So you're

534
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 1: constantly working, you're constantly moving, and you want something at

535
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: home that kind of compliments that. And doing something like

536
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: a little bit each day is really good. And then

537
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,159
Speaker 1: if you have time on the weekends, you know, do

538
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: something a little bit longer. It's gonna help build that insurance.

539
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,199
Speaker 1: Whether it's a slow like jog for an hour, a

540
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 1: weekend hike. Maybe go do some shed antler hunting or

541
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: something that's very like throw on that pack, go in

542
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,119
Speaker 1: the mountains or the woods or whatever and do that

543
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: hiking and do those movements in an activity that's going

544
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: to keep you occupied that very well mimics what you've

545
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: been training during the week days. For now, we're gonna

546
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 1: move on to one thing that I think a lot

547
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: of people forget about. They might be prepared, they're working out,

548
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: they're doing all this stuff, then they get into the

549
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,720
Speaker 1: mountains or on their hunt, they throw their backpack on,

550
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 1: they start walking, and they go this pack sucks is

551
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: because they aren't prepared to carry weight even before the

552
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: pack out. Wearing a backpack and having some weight in

553
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: it is really something that you need to be training for.

554
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,680
Speaker 1: And honestly, I suggested doing it with the backpack that

555
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: you're gonna be hunting with. You also have to think

556
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 1: about the other forms of weight you're carrying on your body.

557
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 1: A lot of people train, they jog, they do all

558
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: their stuff, and then when they go out hunting, they

559
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 1: throw on their hunting boots, which are a couple of

560
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: pounds apiece, and they throw on their pack and they're

561
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 1: immediately gassed and feel unprepared, and mentally they're like, man,

562
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,040
Speaker 1: I worked out a lot, and then they get in

563
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: on the hunt and they realize like that extra bit

564
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: of weight slows them down, and mentally it kind of

565
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: beats you down. So I suggest you know, adding into

566
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: your training something that incorporates that packway as well as

567
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: that boot weight. Obviously, you need to break those boots in.

568
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: So if you can wear your boots on some of

569
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: this stuff great. If you're doing stairs, put those boots on,

570
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 1: put your pack on and get used to wearing that

571
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: and wearing that weight, or if you're just doing a jog,

572
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 1: maybe it's your your normal jog. It might sound super

573
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: eighties whatever, some ankle weights or some kind of weight

574
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 1: on your feet so you can you still got that

575
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: comfort of the shoe, but your legs are used to

576
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: lifting a little bit more weight. So when you go

577
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: out into the field, you know, it's not a surprise.

578
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: Your body is like, yep, I'm used to lifting a

579
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 1: little bit more weight down there. Great. One thing that

580
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: I've found, one thing that I do a lot, is

581
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: I just start carrying a weighted pack around on all

582
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: my hikes or all my stuff. I found, like I

583
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: use those forty pound more in salt bags. They just

584
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: fit in like my pack. Real well, you know, you

585
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 1: want to prevent injury and other things, but having like

586
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: a good amount of weight where you're used to it

587
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: and it's not going to kill your back is good

588
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: to do. You know, start out with lighter weight. If

589
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 1: this is new for you, just start wearing that pack

590
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: and maybe put some waters in it that you're gonna take,

591
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: you know, maybe a full full two leader, analogen or

592
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: something like that. It's not a lot of weight, but

593
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: you just start out at one spot and start working

594
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: up to something else. Also, I mean I learned this

595
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 1: from my dad, was you know, I mean there's guys

596
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: that are bigger guys that can just kill it in

597
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: the mountains. You know, you don't have to be the

598
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 1: leanest men is dude out there to be successful, but

599
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: you also have to have that attitude and mentality of

600
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: keep going, and you also have to be able to

601
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: carry some stuff. And you're just gonna make your your

602
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: whole experience more enjoyable when it's easier for you. You know,

603
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: my dad was like fairly overweight and then decide four hunting.

604
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: He's like, I'm gonna get in shape. And he has

605
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: worked out every day for the last I don't even

606
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: know eleven years, maybe something like that. But you know

607
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: he realized when he lost that weight on his body.

608
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: You know, you think about carrying a forty pound pack

609
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 1: seems heavy, but if you have forty pounds to lose,

610
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: you know, you can lose that and replace it with

611
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: that packway and you're just gonna have a much more

612
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: enjoyable experience on the hunt in the mountains. Now, this

613
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 1: last one. Not many people talk about this, or at

614
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: least I don't think, and this is something that I

615
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: find I think is one of the more important factors

616
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: when it comes to hunting shape. And I'm going to

617
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: call it your wind like just your breathing if you

618
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 1: think about going uphill or whatever. People that hunt with

619
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: me when I'm guiding, even guys that have been training

620
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: a long time or whatever, they walk behind and I'll

621
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: be stopped and I'm like, man, you aren't even breathing hard.

622
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: And the thing is like the fact of getting winded. Yes,

623
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: I still get winded. But I don't know if other

624
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: people do this or what, but this is just what

625
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:47,959
Speaker 1: I do. I've I've got a way that I breathe

626
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: to help control my heart rate and really slow my

627
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: breathing and use the oxygen that I'm taking in. It's

628
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: so easy to just start going up the mountain and

629
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: start breathing hard and v and I do that same thing.

630
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: And a long time ago, I just decided I'm just

631
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: gonna try to control my breathing, so try to keep

632
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: my breathing the same. When I'm like hitting that max

633
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: heart rate, when my heart rates getting higher, I breathe

634
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: in slow and breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, and

635
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: use my controlled breathing to control my heart rate. And

636
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: over the years of doing that, I have found that

637
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: I use my oxygen better than a lot of other people.

638
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: And it's taken a long time to be able to

639
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: control my heart rate like that and control my breathing

640
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: like that, but it's something that I've used in many

641
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: different places, many different ways of just like using breath

642
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: holds and controlling my breath to make me use oxygen better.

643
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: It's like tricking my body to use the oxygen that's

644
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: available and to slow my heart rate down. And because

645
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: of that, I have faster recovery time. So when I

646
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: walk up a steep hill, I can stop for a

647
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: few seconds, get my breath back under me, and keep going.

648
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 1: And it helps me with my endurance and with just

649
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: going in hard stuff longer. One of the exercises that

650
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: you can do at home that I really enjoy doing.

651
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: This is something I do a lot like if I

652
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: can't get out and get on the mountain or whatever,

653
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: especially if I don't have a lot of time, is

654
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 1: just practice this recovery breathing and heart rate, so it

655
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,239
Speaker 1: could be like a treadmill or just outside. And what

656
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: I'll do is I'll do any exercise that I can

657
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: do to just get that heart rate like maxed out,

658
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: get that heart rate high. So like jump on the

659
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: treadmill on the fastest speed that I can run and

660
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: run it until you know, maybe it's like thirty seconds

661
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: or whatever, doing like wind sprints in the yard. So

662
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: I'm breathing hard, fast, heavy, and then i try to

663
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: control my breathing during that recovery period. So it's just

664
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: like deep breath in, sold slow breath out, and just

665
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: like keep that controlled breathing. Then I jump back on

666
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: do that sprinter whatever, and then have that rest period.

667
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: So I have like a set workout period where I'm

668
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: gonna bump that heart rate up, and then a set

669
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: rest period, and during that rest period, I'm working on

670
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,839
Speaker 1: controlling my breathing. One thing that I also do. I've

671
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: done this for like spear fishing and other things, but

672
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: just like practicing breath holds when I'm not working out,

673
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: breathing in, holding my breath for a little while, breathing out,

674
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: and then like recuperating. But it's just kind of trained

675
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,800
Speaker 1: my body to lower my heart rate and utilize those breasts.

676
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,720
Speaker 1: So while I'm hiking, when I'm feeling out of breath

677
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,280
Speaker 1: and feeling tired, I can just stop, I can breathe,

678
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: I can try to slow my heart rate and then

679
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,439
Speaker 1: keep going. And that plays into hunting really well. When

680
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: those times where you're climbing up the mountain and you know,

681
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 1: as soon as I get over this mountain, I need

682
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: to maybe make a shot, I need to make a

683
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: good shot, or I'm getting into that zone where I

684
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: gotta start stalking. But I had to get here fast.

685
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: So being able to control your heart rate, control your breathing,

686
00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: and slow everything back down and recover really fast is

687
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 1: key into that, as well as helping you recover and

688
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 1: just keep going further, harder, longer. Now, I think one

689
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: of the last things that I believe gets overlooked. It

690
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:17,319
Speaker 1: was just this idea of balance exercise. If you're thinking

691
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: about walking in the mountains, everything is unstable, your sidehilling,

692
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: You're using all these little muscles while trying to balance

693
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: a heavy pack a lot of weight and stay upright

694
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,240
Speaker 1: and keep going for a long time. You know. Working

695
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,839
Speaker 1: on stability and balance I've found over the years has

696
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: really helped me in the mountains not get fatigued as easily.

697
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: It's all those little muscles that start to go out first,

698
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 1: the ones that you feel like you don't use doing

699
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: anything else. You know, you get stronger by doing what

700
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: you're gonna do, but really isolating the things that you

701
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: use in the mountains. Building that up before you ever

702
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: get there is going to help in the long run.

703
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: I mean, I say this and it's not really my thing,

704
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: but I've noticed that when I do like yoga type exercises,

705
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: I actually build up a lot more endurance and flexibility.

706
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: And I've seen it working and like helping me during

707
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: a hunt or in the mountains, and I completely understand.

708
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: You know, most dudes are like, I'm not that flexible

709
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: just from hiking uphill a lot. I never really thought

710
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: about flexibility and being able to you know, do exercises

711
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: that involve balance. So some tips as far as like

712
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: balance exercise, you know, like if you can do a

713
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: pistol squad, that's great. Stuff like that, or just like

714
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 1: one foot exercises, balance boards. Doing things where you're working

715
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: little muscles to stabilize yourself while working out is awesome.

716
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,240
Speaker 1: You know, if you want to give it a try.

717
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: The whole yoga thing works really well, and I constantly

718
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 1: say like, I need to do more yoga, you know, personally,

719
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: and this might I don't know, maybe you're on the

720
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 1: same boat as me. Maybe not. There's like stuff about

721
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,720
Speaker 1: the yoga I'm like, Okay, I don't want to hear about,

722
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: you know, like visualize this, focus on your intention. I

723
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,839
Speaker 1: just do it for the workout portion. When they say, like,

724
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: what focus internally on your intentions? All my intention is

725
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: like I am doing this to go shoot a big

726
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: bull elk in a couple of months. But honestly, that

727
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: is one thing that I've decided I wanted to do

728
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: a little bit more of now, especially because I feel like,

729
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: having not been out as much with COVID and everything,

730
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: I personally need to work on a lot of this

731
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,399
Speaker 1: stuff myself. So I've been instituting these all these things

732
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: that I'm talking about. You know, some of this I've

733
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: took for granted over the years of just because I'm

734
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: always out guiding and hiking and doing all this, and

735
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: then having this time where I haven't done it and

736
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: go out on a hike and I'm like, dang man,

737
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 1: I'm getting winded, my legs are getting tired, and so

738
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: I'm just reinstating all this stuff. This is all stuff

739
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: that I'm going to be doing to make me better

740
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 1: for this false season. I have personally some awesome hunts

741
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,439
Speaker 1: coming up, so long as things open up. But I've

742
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: got a sheep tag in my pocket that starts in August,

743
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,360
Speaker 1: and it's like i might be hunting that for twenty

744
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: days and any year that I think, I feel probably

745
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: the most out of shape. So I've got some time

746
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be really hammering home all these things

747
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,439
Speaker 1: that I just talked about. So when I get out

748
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: there on that mountain, that first ton of the year

749
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: is always the hardest for me, and especially maybe on

750
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: this time where I'm not as prepared as I have

751
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,839
Speaker 1: been in years past, where I haven't had to think

752
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,439
Speaker 1: about it. This year, I'm really thinking about it. So

753
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: along with you guys, I'm gonna be doing this exact

754
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: same stuff as a person that has always done it

755
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: just by doing it, just by going out hunting. Like

756
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: the best way of saying hunting shape is hunting. But

757
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: I am the type of person that needs those motivations,

758
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:40,479
Speaker 1: those goals, and like I'm not. I'm not a gym

759
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 1: guy really, so I like to do the things that

760
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: build that strength by doing something that keeps my mind

761
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: active or something that's you know, fun for me, and

762
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,879
Speaker 1: that's something to think about. You know. I'm I'm really

763
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: bad at Jim's but I'm really good at activities. So

764
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: I pick activities that can also build these strengths as well.

765
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,879
Speaker 1: Things that I've done in the past. I love rock

766
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: climbing gyms and other things to help build some of

767
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: that endurance and leg strength, you know, shed hunting, hiking

768
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 1: on the weekends, like really doing activities that are fun

769
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,359
Speaker 1: and parallel what my goals are four hunting. And then

770
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: another thing that I found is a really good motivator

771
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 1: right now. Actually this just happens to coincide with this

772
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: fitness talk because I didn't realize this until I checked

773
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: my email yesterday and I was like, oh man, I'm

774
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: that started again. The back Country Hunters and Anglers has

775
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: a hike to Hunt challenge. This has been something that

776
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: I've done like every year, and it's been a lot

777
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 1: of fun because it gives me motivation to get out there.

778
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,720
Speaker 1: We kind of have like this little thing between my family,

779
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 1: my mom and my dad, my brothers, my wife, we

780
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: all did it like a couple of years ago. I

781
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: was actually in the last place of as like to

782
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: hunt challenge out of my family, like my I think

783
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: both my parents did five hundred miles over the summer.

784
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 1: I'm like, dang man, that's that's dedication. I wish that

785
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: I did those five miles. But you know, it's a

786
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 1: it's a pretty sweet deal and it's a good little

787
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: motivation because you can win prizes. I just do it

788
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 1: as like a personal personal goals and try to you know,

789
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: meet certain levels. But they use it as a fundraising

790
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 1: so it uses uh the map my fitness app and

791
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: you can go on there, you can log in, and

792
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: then it's just like it's essentially a hiking fund run.

793
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: And then they've got other challenges as well, like social

794
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: media challenges where it's like who hikes the most creative

795
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: pattern and you like draw something as you're hiking and

796
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But for me, I'm the type of

797
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: person that is really motivated by having little goals and

798
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: little tasks and can see that progress. That's part of

799
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: the reason why I said, you know, track those uphill

800
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,320
Speaker 1: hikes in the leg strength and other things because I

801
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: like to be able to see that progress and that

802
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: gives me those those little goals. You know, the big

803
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: goal is being ready for the season, but having something

804
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 1: that kind of occupies your mind is fun to do

805
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: and kind of pushes you in the same way is awesome.

806
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:56,879
Speaker 1: And I think that. I mean, I like talking about

807
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: this one because there's a fundraising aspect to it. You

808
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,879
Speaker 1: and kind of do like a fun run style thing

809
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: with it where you like raise money based on the

810
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 1: miles that you hike and other stuff. So I mean,

811
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: if that interests you, I think it's pretty sweet something

812
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 1: to check out. I Google search hike to Hunt Challenge

813
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 1: b h A that should come up. So stuff like that.

814
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: Thinking about ways to you know, really get motivated for

815
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,320
Speaker 1: the hunting season and things that you can do that

816
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: that attack endurance, leg strength, you're breathing and carrying weight

817
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: while being fun and entertaining and really motivate you. I

818
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: think that a combination of those things is really going

819
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: to help you get into that place where when the

820
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: season rolls around, maybe you've got one hunt, one tag,

821
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 1: whatever you can make the most out of it. I

822
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 1: always get questions people asking like, well, how far is

823
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: too far? Is that the other thing? You know? For me,

824
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: I like to think of it as like when I

825
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 1: go hunting, I don't think about how far I'm going,

826
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: how far I'm gonna have to pack something out. I

827
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 1: just like to be in a place where I can

828
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: just give it my all on every trip. And because

829
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 1: of that have found I think that in many many instances,

830
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 1: that alone has been my success factor. Back in one

831
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: of the Christmas actually New Year's episode, I was talking

832
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: about fitness, and this is I think it should be

833
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: a theme that comes up a lot. You know, I

834
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: would say I'm not a fitness guru, but I am

835
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: a person that uses physical fitness for hunting, and I

836
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,280
Speaker 1: think that it is extremely important. When I talked about

837
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 1: it back around New Year's, you know, we talked about

838
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: setting some goals, and I think one of them was like,

839
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: just plan on hiking or walking or whatever a hundred

840
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: miles before the season, and that's not a lot spread

841
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: out over time, and if you haven't started that or

842
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 1: missed that or whatever, do that over the summer. You know,

843
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 1: build out that plan and really just make something that's

844
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: actionable and and go for it. I truly believe that

845
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 1: you're going to have a better experience. It's It's funny

846
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: because last week I was taking a guy out hunting

847
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: that I've hunted with in the past, and over the years,

848
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: he's seen a lot of changes in his physical ability,

849
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: and you know, on this last time we went out,

850
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: he's like, man, that hike. I actually enjoyed it, like

851
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: he's like I was looking around. I was enjoying and

852
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: noticing things as opposed to just in my head struggling,

853
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: just trying to get through it. And that is one

854
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: of like the awesome things about being in better shape

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Speaker 1: wherever you're at, just helping yourself get in better shape.

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Speaker 1: And I think that over the summer, now is the

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Speaker 1: time to prep to make you more successful in the fall.

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Speaker 1: Now next week. Last week we talked about rifle shooting.

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Speaker 1: This week we talked about fitness. Next week, I want

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Speaker 1: to cover some bow practice archery for the bow hunters

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Speaker 1: out there are the people getting into bow hunting. You

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Speaker 1: can go out and shoot at a target all you want.

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Speaker 1: I think that that's awesome, and being accurate is great,

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Speaker 1: but I think that there's things that people or get

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Speaker 1: to talk about the kind of practice of like practicing

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Speaker 1: certain types of things for hunting scenarios. That means maybe

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Speaker 1: shooting an inclement weather like wind, uh, stuff like obstructions

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Speaker 1: and other things. I've been doing some of these little

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Speaker 1: how twous on that kind of stuff over on my

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Speaker 1: Instagram and people have loved it. It's been going over

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Speaker 1: really well. So really what I'm gonna be doing is

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Speaker 1: talking about that kind of stuff, and then I'll definitely

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Speaker 1: be showing some more of that throughout the summer on

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Speaker 1: my at remy war and Instagram as well. Also, you know,

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Speaker 1: start sending in your questions. I'm getting a lot of questions,

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Speaker 1: lots of feedback. We're gonna after that probably be doing

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Speaker 1: a Q and A again, so I like to kind

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Speaker 1: of prep them out a couple of weeks ahead of time.

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Speaker 1: So if you've got those questions about anything we've talked

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Speaker 1: about in the summer prep stuff, please shoot me those

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Speaker 1: messages either Instagram or Remy at the meat Eater dot com.

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Speaker 1: So until next week, keep grinding m Mount the candle

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