don't really think THAT'S what you want ?? "Stronger" is ALWAYS better
Personally ? I'll take the "soccer mom, UPS driver" …….I don’t recall anyone suggesting a professional Strongman as being the ideal hunting partner, though, strongmen do tend to have pretty good strength endurance for their size as some of the events they do like shuttle carries, pulling fire trucks etc are sustained, but at, 400 lbs, they are way too big for long distance stuff (there is a video of Brian Shaw setting an unofficial world record on a rower, though).
Anyway, if we’re pulling partners from the general population, I’d take a UPS driver/delivery man. They tend to be slightly on the thicker side from moving heavy shit around, but they can move all day up and down and get up and do it again. You can have the soccer mom endurance runner: me and my UPS driver will be enjoying beers following our one trip packout while she’s struggling with 40 lbs loads of meat and passes her medical bills off on you due to her disc injury from trying to carry too much weight with a severely atrophied posture chain
Yes there is a point of diminishing returns. It's not the actual physical strength that is detrimental. It's the amount of energy and time put into the pursuit of strength that is detrimental. Hunting, at least here in the west, is a strength-endurance activity. If you're just training for absolute strength and neglecting the endurance components your endurance will be crap. If you're just training endurance and neglecting the strength components you're going to be weak.
you mean like stairs ?
I guess.
I was kind of being a smart ass but not disagreeing with you, I found stairs to be much safer (slipping or tripping) and I also found after a while that "running" was totally unnecessary, I just went at the pace my body told me to go, did stairs for many years, like nearly 40 - FYI, my orthopedic surgeon, who is also a very good friend, said that stairs was a great "help" in wearing out my knees (but like they say, ya gotta die of somethin') I doubt the lunges with 185 lb barbell helped much either but I never told him about those
THAT is a key factor for sure - not many have commented on it though …..
I haven't because "functional fitness" is a marketing term/catch phrase that doesn't actually mean anything.
Do an absolute bunch of body weight only exercise. Get to a place where your VERY confident in moving your body both in strength and flexibility. I alternate hiking and elliptical training until i feel beastly. Then i add weight to counter my new found cardio fitness. Weight is the ultimate equalizer in my opinion. As i get comfortable with a routine i continue adding weight or resistance. I love lifting weights and thats a problem for my style of hunting. The more muscle i have, the more food i have to pack to sustain my body on a hunt. This has taken me years to figure out and its all about balance, I lift heavy once per week and it fuels my love for lifting heavy without building unneeded muscle. Figure out what works for you with experimentation and make it fun.
Risk of injury is crazy high when you start talking about that much weight as well. I want to be hunting the high country when i am 70. I use common sense when lifting or training.
That's simply not true
That's simply not true
