Pre hunt recovery

[Hooverfb]

So I have a hard time not working out harder and continuing to lose weight all the way up to hunt. However I know it's better to try and spend some time recovering.
What's your pre hunt routine look like? When do you start?
I'm at about 4 weeks out and thinking light cardio and medium weights, staying active but not pushing myself necessarily.

 

[amassi]

No need to dial anything back if your nutrition and exercise is on point, if your overtraining than that's another issue altogether. If I do anything different I'll go to the chiropractor if I have any nagging symptoms I cant fix and spend an extra 20-30 minutes a day doing mobility.

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[Jagger0502]

Yah I am with amassi... I will push harder the few weeks leading up. If you are eating right you can recover on the drive out where you are hunting.

 

[Poser]

4 weeks a long time to taper. Obviously you want to avoid injury at all costs, but you should be able to continue to progress right up to the a few days before your departure. Fitness doesn’t tend to be very static and “peaking” is a window of seldom more than a few days.

 

[P Carter]

Agreed. Maybe shorten your workouts a tad in the week leading up to the hunt, focus on sleep, stretch out a bit more. I'll probably cut a mile or so from my runs and cut out my weekly muscular endurance exercise. But it's not like hunting is a discrete event during which you need to be at peak performance the entire time.

 

[Hooverfb]

Mostly looking to avoid injury. With a 4 year old my recovery is not always great lol. Ran 7 miles saturday, kayaked 4 sunday, and my sleep in between was okay at best. Barely reaching 8 hours. So just thinking that if I cant pull the sleep lever too much, that I need to manipulate the other levers available. I've been known to hurt my calf/ Achilles and I've been doing bill starr rehab for my right arm from straining when gym reopened. I've been focusing on mobility/yoga, have tight hips and my back freaked on me a couple weeks ago squatting. After stretching and all and squatting lighter it's been fine but just trying to avoid getting hurt lol.

 

[Gearqueer]

I have been thinking about the same thing. My year-round workout I enjoy most is road cycling. I notice a difference when I come back from 4-5 days off and I’m riding with my buddies who didn’t take a break. When I am fresh I perform noticeably better than them.

In the overall scheme of things I think it’s a good idea to take 2-3 days off your exercise routine before you head out for multi-day effort. That’s just me though with my 40-year-old body and moderate workout routine.

Edit: when I’m a couple weeks out I am way more guarded against injuries and illness. I don’t do higher risk stuff like mountain biking.

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