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My 100lb plan for 2016 elk hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1241431" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>The fallacy here is that endurance/cardio/marathon training doesn't make you strong. In fact it does, lower body, in proportion to weight. Which is what is important for a hiking hunt.</p><p></p><p>All the fast twitch weight training in the world won't help you for an eight hour hike.</p><p></p><p>Fact is, if you need to strap on a 90lb pack, your endurance is going to have a hell of a lot more to do with getting back to camp than your weight lifting. I could look it up but I've got a pick of me arriving back in camp with a 100+lb pack of elk meat after a 2 mile hike uphill in 85F heat. All 149lbs of 2:32 marathon runner of me. When I was packing elk 10 miles of of designated wilderness, the endurance aspect was even more meaningful.</p><p></p><p>I see this time and time again, lifters poo-pooing endurance when their lifting abilities exhaust in minutes but hikes out are measured in hours.</p><p></p><p>The first elk I killed I packed out of the Bob Marshall Wilderness about 10 miles to the truck, over an 8K ft pass. I'd won a marathon in ~2:33 6 days prior, so my legs were still recovering. I can't recall the last time I'd done weight lifting prior to that but I was running 80ish miles a week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1241431, member: 1656"] The fallacy here is that endurance/cardio/marathon training doesn't make you strong. In fact it does, lower body, in proportion to weight. Which is what is important for a hiking hunt. All the fast twitch weight training in the world won't help you for an eight hour hike. Fact is, if you need to strap on a 90lb pack, your endurance is going to have a hell of a lot more to do with getting back to camp than your weight lifting. I could look it up but I've got a pick of me arriving back in camp with a 100+lb pack of elk meat after a 2 mile hike uphill in 85F heat. All 149lbs of 2:32 marathon runner of me. When I was packing elk 10 miles of of designated wilderness, the endurance aspect was even more meaningful. I see this time and time again, lifters poo-pooing endurance when their lifting abilities exhaust in minutes but hikes out are measured in hours. The first elk I killed I packed out of the Bob Marshall Wilderness about 10 miles to the truck, over an 8K ft pass. I'd won a marathon in ~2:33 6 days prior, so my legs were still recovering. I can't recall the last time I'd done weight lifting prior to that but I was running 80ish miles a week. [/QUOTE]
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