Ultimate Training for the Hunting Athlete!
Need to get in shape for the hunt of a lifetime? Do you want to be able to hunt hard in your later years? You’ve come to the right place! Hunters are the original athletes! As a serious backcountry hunter, you deserve the same cutting-edge conditioning as any professional athlete. And here’s where you get it. I’ve got over a half-century’s experience as an avid hunter and 4+ decades in training athletes and preventing/treating injuries. I know what it takes to succeed in the mountains and Fit for the Field can help you to prepare for the hunt of a lifetime or get back out there if you’ve been sidelined by an injury.
Our Fit for the Field Online Course and personal coaching services are exclusively available in The Lifetime Athlete App. Get the App and get the Ultimate Conditioning System for the Backcountry Athlete plus exclusive access to Personal Coaching Consultations!
If you’re looking for a truly comprehensive workout system designed specifically for the hunting athlete, you’ve come to the right place. Hunters are unique athletes who require specialized conditioning and skills to be optimally prepared for the challenges of the field. Here are a few of the considerations we emphasize in Fit for the Field.
- If you could just hunt all the time, you probably wouldn’t require much in the way of conditioning. That’s true but most of us juggle family, work, and civic commitments. We need to get and stay in shape for the field in a way that is maximally efficient and effective. FftF is a no-frills programs that really get results…without breaking the bank or the schedule.
- All-day durability is the hallmark of the backcountry hunter. The ability to keep going — with your head in the game — and not give up or break down…is essential. We develop this trait through progressive, intelligent, comprehensive training. We combine aerobic endurance training with muscular fatigue resistance work using proven athletic development methods!
- Meat is dead weight. It doesn’t have handles or wheels. Heavy pack training is critical in being able to handle heavy loads and pack camps in and game out. A stronger hunter can more safely navigate the backcountry under load with much less misery.
- Multiple positional and movement demands abound in the backcountry. Kneeling, crouching, crawling, crossing streams, and climbing over deadfall is a part of almost every trip. We use our TLA principles to help every backcountry hunter become a MOVEMENTSMITH…someone who owns every position and who has mastery of motion in every direction. This doesn’t happen by itself, you have to train for agility and versatility.
- Lifting and carrying are commonplace for the hunter, whether that’s related to gear, game, or camp work. Readiness for this stuff can literally make you or break you. Strength and power in specific patterns are an important part of any hunter’s program.
- Shooting firearms and bows is a very athletic endeavor. We incorporate these elements into training. As a backcountry hunter, being able to draw your bow in any position — and to hold full draw for extended periods of time — is critical. Building shooting positions quickly and easily with a rifle is equally important. This requires dedicated practice.
- Most hunters whose goal is to hunt for a lifetime have also lived a thing called LIFE. Things happen. We all tend to acquire some issues, have an illness or a surgery, and need to find ways to respectfully work with these conditions. It’s important to have convenient access to a licensed, certified, and experienced professional who understands how to help you keep doing the things you love in a safe and sensible way.
- Hunters can and do experience a wide variety of injuries. Sprains, strains, back pain, and traumatic falls are just a few of the injuries I regularly help hunters to overcome. The sports medicine approach is key to fully recovering from injury and avoiding a chronic debilitating problem.
Fit for the Field is a killer workout program designed specifically around the energetic and biomechanical needs of the hunter — and it’s available exclusively in The Lifetime Athlete App. It’s a great program that’s based around simple conditioning workouts and hiking progressions, with preparatory and maintenance phases that train you for your most successful season ever. You can start the course whenever you like and it takes you step-by-step through everything you need to be ready for your best season ever.
You can also access my hunter-specific coaching and physical therapy services as a subscribed member in The Lifetime Athlete App. Just sign up for a Personal Coaching Consultation. Getting into specialized hunting shape, or getting out of pain for good, has never been easier. High value. Low cost. Great convenience. No BS.
