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Pretty good week here- 38 miles with a gob of ascent, 1069 miles for the year. Two solid strength days (getting back on track with the strength workouts). Bagged Casey Peak w/ my training buddy on Friday- 12 miles round trip with 3700' of gain in the first half.

Just finished the Mtn Tough Devils 55. Not fun but I’m done for the day.

Heavy sled drags, kettle bell clean and press then a 20min 45lb ruck, followed by some sprint intervals.

Just bought another bow so looks like I'm bow hunting in September too.

Yeah, just work your azz off 5 days a week and you'll be in shape - no problem.

Alpine deer opener here in 4 weeks - I better get with it

Deadlift (135,225, 275, sets of 8) leg press, 90lb sled drags, 45lb ruck.

welcome to adulthood jr

Assuming this response is primarily concerning the archery portion of my post?

I've bow hunted before, never to seriously. I really enjoy shooting a bow, and the weather is always better. But I've always been kinda "meh" when it comes to bow hunting. The only reason I'm getting back into it is to increase my hunt time for a good tag.

Still rucking 4-5x/wk but also folding in some fasting up to 20hrs to kill any remaining body fat that I can.

Pretty good week for me- 40 miles (1109 for the year) with just under 10,000' of gain (3000' of it bagging Elkhorn Peak yesterday). Both strength sessions were solid as well.

Supposed to fly out to California this Friday for our attempt at the 200 mile Sierra High Route, my partner just informed his daughter and son both tested positive for Covid and he came down sick yesterday, so we'll see????

Decent week- 27 miles w/ ~ 7000' of gain; two good strength training sessions- pretty close to HIIT training at a little under 20 minutes

5 rounds of 5 reps @ 75% of 1 RM of squats/bench & 10 pullups- 60 second rest between rounds, did the same thing later in the week with deadlifts/overhead press/chinups - heart rate was up there!

My trip is pushed back (and cut back) to this next weekend and now a 8 day trip vs a 14 day trip- my buddy's whole family got hit with covid

Mount Sentinel yesterday (6 miles/2000') with my grandson, son-in-law and Tiny Elvis

Nice work grandpa. I've cut back on weight training, my knee's been acting up. Had an MRI last week, torn meniscus needs to be scoped. After the season of course.

Did a hike last week, two miles in, 1,700 vertical, did fine on the way in but coming back out downhill made the knee cranky. Thank goodness for ibuprofen.

So, been riding my bike every day, about an hour loop. Pain free on the knee, and seems like a good cardio workout as long as I push the pace. s.Need to do a few more training hikes just to see how much the knee can tolerate on consecutive days.

Meniscus problems definitely seem to be prevalent for folks that hike/run a lot; my daughter tore one during a mountain race, but fortunately was able to forego surgery. Knock on wood, my knees have remained uninjured up this juncture (ish I could say the same with calves, feet, achilles and a few tendons near the ankles)

Best of luck with yours!

Thanks MT!

I'm jumping in...

4 mile flat hike along the Hudson River this morning. I'm on vacation, so getting some exercise to work off the vacation IPAs and hot wings.

As I mentioned in another post I have a Cow Elk hunt in mid-November at altitude in Utah. Looking to shift from strength training with hikes to more of a cardio based training and less weight on the bar and higher reps.

3.2 semi hilly hike today.

I started my "too little too late" (TLTL) workout plan last week. Squats, deads, pullups presses. Step up on a 20" bench for warm up, cool down, and a little cardio. Will do some running and riding the bike. First couple squat sessions suck!

Dude, it's almost August, what were you thinking?

Dude, I know. Been busy. Plus, I'm lazy...

Not me, I've been training so hard, I'm afraid I'll make it to the top of the mountain too soon.