Leg Day for Hunting

[westonhoma]

Hey everyone! Die hard backcountry hunter here. Also NASM certified personal trainer/Boston Qualifying marathoner. I am trying to put myself out there with some content simply just trying to help more guys out with their own fitness journeys. Here is a video I put together for my youtube channel that I wanted to share here.

Obviously there is more than one way to train for hunting. This hypertrophy style weight training I have found has helped me a ton (along with heavy backpack training, running, etc). Let me know what you all think! And please feel free the shoot me a message if you all have any questions , would be happy to help!

 

[dwhite0622]

Thanks for sharing. Tough to put yourself out there with training content these days. Keep it up!

 

[westonhoma]

Thanks for sharing. Tough to put yourself out there with training content these days. Keep it up!

Hey I appreciate that brother thank u! Will do!

 

[silasbowhunter]

Almost exactly what I did at home today haha except I skipped the deadlifts as I hate them.
I do the weighted lunges with my rucking setup. Seems to really help my balance as well!


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[westonhoma]

Almost exactly what I did at home today haha except I skipped the deadlifts as I hate them.
I do the weighted lunges with my rucking setup. Seems to really help my balance as well!


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Awesome man! Yeah huge part is working those balance / stabilizer muscles. Good stuff

 

[eamyrick]

Pretty good. One of the biggest things I switched to this year was dynamic stretching over static. Has made a big difference for me. I’ve also learned that what works for one person may not work for me. If doing a lift causes me long term tightness and mobility loss I just don’t do it anymore. I have a pretty physical job and instead of squatting I do a ton of ab work, swimming, light dead lifts, box jumps, ands kb swings, all focusing on maintaining as much mobility as possible.

 

[westonhoma]

Pretty good. One of the biggest things I switched to this year was dynamic stretching over static. Has made a big difference for me. I’ve also learned that what works for one person may not work for me. If doing a lift causes me long term tightness and mobility loss I just don’t do it anymore. I have a pretty physical job and instead of squatting I do a ton of ab work, swimming, light dead lifts, box jumps, ands kb swings, all focusing on maintaining as much mobility as possible.

Thats alll great stuff man. Love to hear it. And absolutely, i am a big believer in what works for you , as long as you can stick to it. All that cross training is great. And guys sleep on that mobility work but it can make a world of difference , especially as you get older (i dedicate one day a week to really focus on mobility always)

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

This is a much better approach than Tommy the cats approach!

Killed a Bighorn Sheep solo at 13k. Fitness programs available no charge

As stated, I trained for a summer to successfully kill a bighorn solo at 13K in Colorado. Can help understand good training choices over bad ones. Solid knowledge of nutrition and mobility as well.

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[westonhoma]

This is a much better approach than Tommy the cats approach!

Killed a Bighorn Sheep solo at 13k. Fitness programs available no charge

As stated, I trained for a summer to successfully kill a bighorn solo at 13K in Colorado. Can help understand good training choices over bad ones. Solid knowledge of nutrition and mobility as well.

rokslide.com

Holy buckets what a thread lol

 

[Matt5266]

Good work man. As a gym rat I love it and approve this message haha.

 

[westonhoma]

Good work man. As a gym rat I love it and approve this message haha.

Haha appreciate it man! Its not easy putting out fitness content without being bashed. But taking the cert course, seeing improvements myself, and helping some other guys around me improve performance.. finally made me feel like "okay I may be on to something so I'll put this out to help others and see what happens"

 

[BLJ]

Nice work. I’m a fan of the “this is what I do and why I do it” type of stuff.
I’m attempting to start a regiment to be good at carrying heavy stuff.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything. Long road ahead.
I’ll keep an eye on the thread.

 

[199p]

Cheers bro always looking for new ideas will cheek it out

 

[westonhoma]

Nice work. I’m a fan of the “this is what I do and why I do it” type of stuff.
I’m attempting to start a regiment to be good at carrying heavy stuff.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything. Long road ahead.
I’ll keep an eye on the thread.

Appreciate it man thank you! I'm a fan of that as well. Always more than one way to do something but "this is what works for me and I'll help anyone who's interested"

God speed, just take it one day at a time. Try to win each day , that's the magic

 

[westonhoma]

Cheers bro always looking for new ideas will cheek it out

Thank you much appreciate it! Keep me posted on what yu think!

 

[jek5224]

How often are you running v. lifting for hypertrophy?

 

[westonhoma]

How often are you running v. lifting for hypertrophy?

Over years I have worked up to it daily. I started to become much more disciplined with my fitness/backcountry hunting goals about 4 years ago. Growing up always lifted, played sports etc. But at that time starting out (I am 28 now so when i was 24) id say , it was lift 4x per week , run 2-3x per week

Truthfully now, I am running and/or lifting every single day. Use to think guys that said stuff like that were full of it but its all about working up to that input of work that aligns with your goals (like running a 100 mi ultra marathon)

 

[jek5224]

Good deal. Thanks.