Rokstaff Takes on MTNTOUGH Backcountry Fitness Program

[Matt W.]

Just finished day two. WTF do you do if your so sore you can’t physically put your shoes on?? Asking for a friend.


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Flip flops?

 

[Slim Jim]

Just finished day two. WTF do you do if your so sore you can’t physically put your shoes on?? Asking for a friend.


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wear flip flops
Give it hell brother


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[Tanya Avery]

 

[Randle]

Hahahahaha, I have most of that already, its at my parents place.

 

[Tanya Avery]

Hahahahaha, I have most of that already, its at my parents place.

Perfect! You are ready to go!

 

[Randle]

If I wasn't in the middle of remodeling our house and theirs I might give this a go, for now its packing siding , sheetrock, raking shoveling, driving pickets, processing firewood, etc,,,, At 54 I ache most nights from this so it has to be doing me some good. but for now its my gym, the whole 5 acres of it. I am going to add some sprints and mountain climbers to the mix.
Good luck to all at this

 

[Tanya Avery]

If I wasn't in the middle of remodeling our house and theirs I might give this a go, for now its packing siding , sheetrock, raking shoveling, driving pickets, processing firewood, etc,,,, At 54 I ache most nights from this so it has to be doing me some good. but for now its my gym, the whole 5 acres of it. I am going to add some sprints and mountain climbers to the mix.
Good luck to all at this

It’s sounds like you are already getting quite a workout, so I wouldn’t worry about this one...yet.

 

[robby denning]

I am 42 and FAT! I don't workout much at all so this should be really fun

Just completed day one and it kicked my butt

I'm subscribing just to watch this one!

Seriously, good job buddy, glad to see you stepping it up.

 

[307]

Just finished day two. WTF do you do if your so sore you can’t physically put your shoes on?? Asking for a friend.


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Honestly, you tone down the intensity. Too much too soon is a great way to cause significant injury which is far more likely to threaten the hunting season than a lack of fitness.

 

[Ryan Avery]

We backed off a bit. Because we had no choice. The lunges kicked our butts. The cardio yesterday not to bad.


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[Matt Cashell]

Ok.

Day 1 in the books. "The 22s"


My "sprints" (Yeah right):

First 1/2 mile 4:56
Second 1/2 mile 5:23
Third 1/2 mile 5:31

Total time:

34:24
Target is under 25 minutes.
My max heart rate was 148.

And I did the "beginner" version with step-back lunges, airsquats, and no-weight rows. Pretty humbling experience. The supersets in this workout are LONG and challenging. I felt like I really slowed down on the second half of each superset. This is a tough workout for an introductory week Day 1. You will be walking funny afterword.

 

[Justin Crossley]

Day 4 is in the books. It was a mixture of running 4x 400m and 4x different exercises in between for two rounds. I pushed myself hard in the first round and ended with a time of 16:04. The second round was harder. I maintained the same pace as the first round for all four runs (2.5 min per 400m) but I required more time to catch my breath between each run/exercise. I finished the second round at 20:43 and I was totally smoked.

The cooldown stretching really helps me to feel good afterword and I'm surprised by the minimal soreness. I'm looking forward to day 5 and then a break.

Since I don't work out much, ok, ever (Shut up Brock), I've never used a training watch or heart rate monitor. And since I want to get the most out of this I decided to pick up a Garmin Forerunner 735XT with the chest strap. It should be here tomorrow so hopefully I can use it for day 5 and let you know how I like it.

 

[robby denning]

good start Justin, no matter what Brock says.

 

[dirtytough]

Good job to all the people out there putting in the effort. I know Justin and when he said the first workout was tough I believe him. I should try something like this but alas my schedule is to random to do a workout like this.

Regards,

 

[Matt Cashell]

Day 2 “600” done already today.

I sweated a lot.

Max heart rate was 178.

The yoga-ish cooldown stretching seems to be pretty effective.

 

[Brock A]

good start Justin, no matter what Brock says.

I am only here to make sure Justin keeps on track ;-)

 

[Matt Cashell]

Day 3

Quads are burning.

Max heart rate was 142.

This one might limit my mobility tomorrow.

 

[Tanya Avery]

We did day 3, and it was challenging no doubt, but nothing was as bad as day 1! I haven’t looked ahead for today’s workout Good luck today everybody!

 

[Tanya Avery]

I am only here to make sure Justin keeps on track ;-)

You are such a good friend Brock

 

[Justin Crossley]

I completed day 5 yesterday. 45 minutes of cardio was BORING! I switched machines part way through to break it up. Kept my heart rate up though and felt good throughout. I skipped the quad workout at the end due to time.

Week one started rough but I have been feeling better each day which is encouraging. I'm going to get a couple more good workouts in today and tomorrow and rest on Saturday. Two hours of basketball Sunday morning, and then back to the program Monday morning.