TuffnufOutdoors Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I have always known I have been out of shape for turkey season. But last year a group of us went to Wyoming and oh my gosh. I thought my heart was going to blow out of my chest. Now I know elevation had a influence on it some. This year my two buddies and I are going for the slam in one year. So I started trying to lose weight last fall (so far 30 lbs lost) and started working out at the YMCA five times a week. Doing a lot of cardio interval training. Bike, tread mill at an incline and the elliptical machine. I cant believe how much my energy has boosted up. Hopefully I can drop 10 more lbs before season. I was wondering what special things people do to get into shape for the turkey woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I've been working out on campus about 3-4 times a week, mostly on the bikes. I bike for about 45 minutes each day and always have two bottles of water on hand to cool my body temperature and for hydration. On average, during the 45 minutes I'll bike 4.7 miles and burn between 550-650 calories with about 80 RPMs. It's been working thus far! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_RIDGE_RUNNER Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I do finger lifts on my mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbeardfever4ever Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 umm, scout, lift, scout, lift, scout, lift, scout, run run run, lift, scout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry hunter Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 work on horses, work on goats, work on tractor, work on boat, work on fence, cut wood for fire place, weld for other people. that's when i am not at work on my other full time job!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffnufOutdoors Posted February 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 work on horses, work on goats, work on tractor, work on boat, work on fence, cut wood for fire place, weld for other people. that's when i am not at work on my other full time job!!!! Sounds like that would do it HH. my desk job don't do it for me like that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Trying to loose weight as well. Went from 257 to 242 so far, and want to hit 215-225 before the start of the spring season. Turkey hunting sure can make you sweat running those hills!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoythunter37 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I ran track up until this year here at college so I have done alot of conditioning but not for hunting. I figure I am going to have to start back in the routine here in the next year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman1977 Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I started walking every morning at a local mall that they open for just that purpose. I would go in the morning before work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted February 17, 2009 Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 I keep my trigger finger loose by playing call of duty on my playstation3 and am currently waiting on killzone 2 witch comes out feb 27th and lift weights 12 oz at a time.All jokes aside,I think this will be a tough year for me in the turkey woods.I have been haveing cronic head achs and have already had an mri done that was found to be ok.This friday I am doing a sleep test to find out if I have sleep apnea,and march 4th I am haveing a spinal tap to measure the presure on my brain to see if the docs can figure out what might be causing my headachs.If they cant figure this out soon I am going to go crazy,shortness of breath and my head throbbing may keep me out of the woods some this spring,at least keep me from runin and gunin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffnufOutdoors Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Huntingman, Not to simplify your problem because I do not know all the details. But My wife fought headaches like that for years. They would last as long as 29 days straight. Nothing helped. But then she gave in and tried a Chriopractor (which I am not a big believer in) but it sure did help her. Now that is the first thing she does when she feels it coming on. Just a though if you get to your wits end. Hope it works out for yea. Noone should have to miss the turkey woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnor Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 I go for 2-3 mile walks with my family, jogging intermittently and working my way up to faster and longer running. Plus as spring approaches, I try to get out on some extended scouting hikes and carry some gear (weight) while doing it. I also have a daughter who keeps me busy playing basketball, soccer, throwing around a football, etc., which helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I don't do anything special. Just try to stay in decent shape throughout the year. Play basketball, lift and workout, run when I can... that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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