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took the dog on his run, and did !upper body. wide-grip pull-ups, chest press with cables, interior/exterior shoulder rotations, Russians, seated rows, bicep curls.

Today

Front Squat 7RM @ 200

Hang Power Clean 2RM @ 175

8 Rounds
HPC @135 x 3
Box jump @ 24" x 7
GHD Sit ups x 10

Took 13:53

walk EVERY morning 2-4 miles with 30# pack, 5 am, followed by 250 situps
rain, snow, wind, thunderstorm, heat, earthquakes, I go
good practice for what mother nature may throw at you in the mtns., also test your gear
of course, I'm over 60 so I gotta get up and water the garden anyway by 5am

weights 2x/ week
one interval session per week (hill repeats or eliptical machine-yuck)
bike the hills once a week

running after the age of 50 is playing the losers game unless you can outrun an elk

Funny and awesome parts to that post!

Yesterday was 10k at an easy pace (46:30ish) followed by shoulders....likely my least favorite lifting day.

Today I had family commitments, boy's basketball game, etc., so I submit "Oakey" as my WOD:



Trudge through snow to logs, reduce to blocks, split and throw to Gator.. Repeat for five loads. Cardio to follow.....snowshoe the trails after dark.

George

Sounds like a pretty good day, nice looking red oak, that used to be my favorite for splittin' when I lived back east.

I much prefer it this time of year......the low temps play in my favor

Next year is going to be primarily ash........fuucking borer has made its way into the region. Might as well get it now.

That's too bad. You can treat for that, with any trees in the yard, right?

Standard warmup with weights bumped a bit.

Front squat 1 set of 12 with 95, 2 sets 12 with 135
Deadlift 2 sets 8 with 205
Standing press 3 sets 10 with 95
chins 3 sets 5

Yesterday did cardio, 35 minutes of intervals on Gauntlet machine; 5-miute cool-down followed by 20 minutes of intervals on inclined treadmill and another 5 minutes cool-down; lots of strtching and foam roller work afterward.

Also did 2 miles off-track in 7-8 inches of snow and about 30 minutes of shoveling.

I got out early yesterday and did about 3 miles in that snow we had. Pretty good workout and dogs loved it. Looked up that Farmer Carry exercise someone mentioned earlier. Going to give that shot, looks pretty good. Son talked me into elk hunting back on the continental divide again this Sept so guess I need to pull up my socks and get with it.

Kurt, no need to pull your socks up, or even wear any. Just give this a watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EY7lYRneHc

Did the lower body/core workout today, prone hamstring curls, roman chair for back & obliques, hanging leg lift, straight-leg & bent leg; box jumps, from sitting two-legged and one-legged; RDLs, hack squats, side planks with cable pull, one-legged dumbell flies on BOSU ball.

Had to clear some space for all the carbs, saturated fat, and alcohol I'm going to consume during the game. Love to see Champ finally be champ.

The periformis muscle has been coming along and LostArra gave me the incentive to test it this afternoon. So, put the pack on with somewhere around 35 pounds and did a 1 hour and 40minute woods hike with a couple good hills. So far, so good.



Addition: My fitness pal equates it to 800 plus cals. If correct, it is hard to beat for the short time invested.

I think Stefan looks like an inline muzzleloader type. Just saying......:)

No, definitely a musket shooter, they like to dress up in "leggings" and such.

You can, but it's not 100% effective and it's quite expensive IIRC. Many are predicting that in my lifetime (currently 35) that there will be few to no ash of appreciable size due to the borer. It's the modern day chestnut unfortunately...

Todays Workout:
Warmup:
Agility and plyometric drills.

Skill:
Sumo Deadlift High Pull
5-5-5-5-5
105#-145#-145#-145#-145#

WOD:
Row 2K for time
7:32

This is all too complicated for me. When it warms up, I start getting the llamas in shape by hiking the hills with them. I have a couple places near here that are pretty steep. As they start getting toughened up, I put water jugs in their panniers. By camping season, they're carrying 60 to 80lb each.

I also put water jugs in my own pack so I get in shape along with them.
The only calculus or zoology involved is estimating the pannier weight so it's balanced.

That's cheating.

well I see I am late to the party. just found this comiserating thread. I have an archery elk hunt coming up this fall so my goals are all centered on that. Right now, I am 5-10 195 and 43. No way am I posting my zodiac sign along with that!

I find it encouraging that others are going through the same misery as I am. I will start with Saturday, went to the YMCA and did 45 minutes on the elliptical and then some upper body toning. As I am a desk jocky and I havent been doing much lately, I started out slow and still am paying for it today. I guess that is the point.

Yesterday we had a big Super Bowl party, so the intake was not inline with my goals to put it mildly.

Today, 35 situps, 25 pushups, and some planks so far.