Minimal gear workout programs

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Any suggestions on something other than mtn tough that can be done at home with just a couple dumbbells and a Kb? Have done mtn tough and debating another year vs something different
 
I’d switch it up. I have not subscribed to MTN Tough, but from looking at their free sample videos and workouts, it looks like a lot of glycolytic smokers. Which can be fine for a while. I think they have their place for building mental toughness and building some lactic tolerance in the last few weeks before a major challenge.

I think you will enjoy the progress you make by changing up what you do for a bit. Strongfirst’s anti-glycolytic theories seem to get great results and keep you feeling fresher and stronger outside the gym as well.

It will take a bit of self-study to read through strongfirst’s articles. Maybe buy a couple of Pavels books as well. Also read up on Al Ciampa, Mike Prevost, and Dan John. All have written some articles on this type of stuff and use some methods that are very relevant to mountain hunters.

But if you do some basic strength and conditioning work maybe 3-4 days during the week, and longer low intensity endurance on weekends, I think you can have some very good results.


I think your age and overall training background have a lot to do with how you should train. And also, how you actually hunt.
 
I’m a huge fan of kettle bells. These are the three workouts I do the most.
1-simple and sinister
2-quick and the dead
3-A+A

I will have to do some exploring on this, with a quick skim, Strong First sounds good, and it lines up with the little Scott Johnson has talked about strength training, not that he is someone to listen to on the topic, but given how solid his endurance advice has proven, it has certainly opened my mind to throwing out other things I have been taught.
 
The Scott Johnson episode of The Hunt Backcountry podcast was great. I think it’s good to listen to people that lean a bit more to one side or the other on the strength vs endurance spectrum. Hear both opinions and find what you need more of as an individual.

A few resources:






Mountain Tactical has a few minimal equipment programs that are worth looking at as well. I find their leg blasters have helped me with those long days of hurdling deadfall, and lots of elevation change. They have very plug and play guided type programs kind of like MTN Tough. Soflete is another great one, but they tend to program towards having a more complete gym setup and they like to push a gym session into the 90 minute and even 2 hour mark.

S&S by Pavel if you can only have one or two KBs and under an hour to train each day.

A good free one that you can do without much equipment :


If you do this kind of thing long enough, you will cycle through a number of programs, so read up on all these, try a couple this season, and next year, experiment or change what you feel you needed more of.
 
I will have to do some exploring on this, with a quick skim, Strong First sounds good, and it lines up with the little Scott Johnson has talked about strength training, not that he is someone to listen to on the topic, but given how solid his endurance advice has proven, it has certainly opened my mind to throwing out other things I have been taught.
I’ve been doing some version of these three workouts with a mix of body weight exercises and rucking for the past six years. I’m strong as I’ve ever been, but nothing hurts like it used to with conventional lifts. My cardio isn’t too shabby either. I just turned 47 and although I’m not as fast as I used to be, I’m way stronger.
 
Body weight workouts require zero equipment + no excuses for when ya are away from your equipment.

Key is routine that ya stick to and what “makes it fun & not repetitive/boring”


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The Scott Johnson episode of The Hunt Backcountry podcast was great. I think it’s good to listen to people that lean a bit more to one side or the other on the strength vs endurance spectrum. Hear both opinions and find what you need more of as an individual.

A few resources:






Mountain Tactical has a few minimal equipment programs that are worth looking at as well. I find their leg blasters have helped me with those long days of hurdling deadfall, and lots of elevation change. They have very plug and play guided type programs kind of like MTN Tough. Soflete is another great one, but they tend to program towards having a more complete gym setup and they like to push a gym session into the 90 minute and even 2 hour mark.

S&S by Pavel if you can only have one or two KBs and under an hour to train each day.

A good free one that you can do without much equipment :


If you do this kind of thing long enough, you will cycle through a number of programs, so read up on all these, try a couple this season, and next year, experiment or change what you feel you needed more of.
Do you have an episode number for that HTBC podcast? I can’t seem to find it
 
I’m a huge fan of kettle bells. These are the three workouts I do the most.
1-simple and sinister
2-quick and the dead
3-A+A

A 48kg get up is no joke! Most I’ve ever done is 36kg, I’ve got a 48kg I play around with, mainly deads, swings and carry’s. I need to start doing get ups again.

I’m also a huge fan of KB’s, been using them since Covid shut gyms down, was able to get my hands on a whole mess of them and haven’t looked back.

I have zero to add for programming, as I make it up each day depending on how I’m feeling and what I’ve got going on that day.

If I need a change of pace for a workout, I’ll go to YouTube and search for a KB workout. My go to’s are Chandler Marchman, Onnit and JTMfit.
 
Wanting to get into the kettle bell workouts, does a guy need a pair for each weight or a single of each? And what poundages should I buy first? I'm young and farely strong but I don't want to go too heavy and find out halfway through the first workout I've made a big mistake? Also no gyms or anything close in my little town to test run a workout with them.
 
Wanting to get into the kettle bell workouts, does a guy need a pair for each weight or a single of each? And what poundages should I buy first? I'm young and farely strong but I don't want to go too heavy and find out halfway through the first workout I've made a big mistake? Also no guns or anything close in my little town to test run a workout with them.
I got the Bowflex adjustable one and being able to just have 1 but get various weights really helped me. Based on some suggestions above I bought simple and sinister, it comes in today and I am stoked to read it. Looked into it online and from what I gather its basically 100 kb swings, and 10 turkish get ups...Tried that yesterday and felt like I needed to add in a few more movements. Once the book gets here I can determine what all I did wrong. Forgot how much I enjoyed KB work.
 
My main workouts just use a kettlebell and a pull-up bar. You can get great workouts in without all sorts of equipment. This morning I needed to get it done in an hour and get to work so I just kept it simple.

-10x10 one hand swings (70lb kettlebell)
-10 Turkish Get-ups (70-lb kettlebell)
-5x6 pull-ups
-3x10 slant board squat (70lb kettlebell)
-3x10 dumbell curls to finish it off with 40lb dumbbells.
 
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