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Recently I was thinking about what might be a minimum maintenance program to keep in shape for hunting. Anyone care to share their personal work out?

Ringman: If you are talking about "body" maintenance I drink 3 to 4 beers a day.
Just funnin ya there - I am to old to engage in calisthenics anymore.
But you get after it guy - i suggest swimming to avoid any stress on ones knee's (I learned that lesson the hard and painful way!).
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I thought it was booby maintenance. My bad.

You, sir, happen to be about my favorite poster. As for beer I think I had one earlier this year.

In February it will be two years since my wife told me she wanted to look like she did in her thirties. She was 73. I told her if she didn't work her whole body she would be a flabby old woman. She hit the treadmill and the machines and within sixteen months weighed 127 pounds; down from 184! She can bench press 85 pounds!

I, on the other hand, was a quenticential little old man. Five feet seven inches tall and 160 pounds. I got a couple heart rate monitors and discovered she kicks my butt. I have to limit my speed on the treadmill to 2.5mph at 15 percent incline. Nevertheless it is better than nothing. I can hike in steep terrain for five hours now.

I thank the Lord for my health.

Good topic. I suggest changing the spelling on the title.

Lots of fornicating...

Ringman, there's an exercise thread on the backpacking forum with some good information. As you get older, you lose lean muscle mass, bone density, cardio capacity, balance, flexibilty, and a few other things. So you need to work on those at a minimum. If you have access to a gym with good trainers, I'd recommend consulting one to come up with a program.

I am a strict follower of the cigar, whiskey and bacon diet.

Keep going good men, I need to get motivated.

To what?

There’s an idea.

Yeah, at first glance, saw the same. It's the Campfire so could've gone either way.

The Breakfast of Champions..

Ringman, I don’t do anything specifically for hunting, but am fairly physically active around our place. However, I believe that a light regiment of pushups, sit ups, pull ups and most importantly aerobic exercises , would be beneficial. memtb

get with Eyeball first.

I just don’t get in a hurry. Surprising what you can walk up on!

I work out on a tread mill 4-5 days a week. I work at it 30-40 minutes a session, mostly a fast walk 4 mph with incline 5-10%. But at times I’ll jog for a few minutes.
And I work out on a weight machine twice a week, various lifts of 50-75 pounds.
I’m four weeks shy of 69 and this seems to keep me in decent shape. I do this year round and have for 30 plus years, but it used to be more rigorous.

It would appear that you have a good start. Add a 20 lb pack and a rifle and you will be ready for most anything.

mike r

Age 74.

Tae Kwon Do, 3x per week. Still not real flexible but stretch frequently. Have lost about 20 lbs. in the past 5 yrs. I’m still old, but in better shape than my peers.

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