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(Hint: It Also Gets Me Ready for Hunting Season) My Fitness Age Is 20! This Is My Workout Secret
I shot my first elk nine years ago, and when I stood beside its body, I suddenly felt weak. Back then, I was a smoker, I drank all the time, and I never exercised. My lung capacity was next to nothing, so there was no way I could field dress my elk and pack it down the mountain! Luckily, 10 other guys were with me on that hunt. If they weren’t there, I would have had to leave my prize elk rotting on the ground. How terrible is that? The moment stuck with me. I never wanted to feel that weak again, so I started looking for ways to become stronger, healthier, and more self-sufficient. It took a while, but I quit smoking, cut back the drinking, and found the ultimate workout: rucking! Rucking (hiking with a weighted pack) is amazing. I’ve experimented with weighted
vests and all kinds of rucking backpacks as I train for my next deer and elk hunt this October. Some of those backpacks aggravated my old spine injuries, but I eventually settled on a GORUCK ruck plate carrier for lightweight rucks and a MYSTERY RANCH hunting backpack with an aluminum frame for heavy rucks. The GORUCK is basically a harness that holds a 30-pound plate. It rides high and tight on my back and actually feels good instead of messing with my spine! The Mystery Ranch backpack has a hip belt, and I’ve loaded it with up to 90 pounds (about the weight of a deer or elk quarter) for heavy rucks. Those can be brutal, but the belt helps. These days, I try to do one slower, heavy ruck and one light ruck every week. I also do kettlebell workouts three times a week,
and I’ve had amazing results with that combination! I’ve lost a lot of weight, and when I went turkey hunting a few weeks ago, I hit my best-ever maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max). According to my Garmin watch, my fitness age is 20! If you’re prepping for hunting season or want to get stronger, rucking could be the way to go.
JACK JOSTES, CEO RAMBLIN JACKSON
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