Thread: Hunting fitness

Originally Posted by Dicko

Sorry I reckon it was @Snowgrass that was the 10kms in 40 min ergo fanboy.
Arrow town lad, ex comm diver..


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Think you had it right the first time

I drink everyday, and since Covid year 2, I drink more than before, and more often. I smoke, so far it has been 30 odds years. But I am still health, I am 175cm and my weight is 72kg more or less. Picture one is my blood pressure when I was 44. and now I am still in the range of 120-80 but heart beat is at 80. Not good for shooting right. .
I do `t think what you said about "Huffing and puffing and struggling to breathe" on the hill has anything to do with your physical health condition or smoking, but it was a mild anxiety attack maybe. I see you are so worry about your health so....
I am in struggle too because can `t source out cheaper cigarettes in NZ anymore, all my old channel are dead. Then I have to carry all my favorite brands every time when I fly in at Auckland airport and sitting there wait 30 minutes for custom office to print out invoice.

Anyway, you are fine. Absolutely all right. One more thing is if you have long smoking history, I do `t think you should quit completely. But drinking, we should only allow us to have one morning hangover once a month or two. Good luck!

Good to see guys still posting their stories! This morning I have been getting over a hang over and probably the first one in 7 or so months!
Been getting at it hitting my step targets (10k steps) and walking 5.5km every night.
I do the same distance regardless of how much walking I do during the day.

At this point I really don’t miss smoking. They now smell so bad!

Just did the Flora, Salisbury Lodge, Gordons Pyramid circuit yesterday and today, bit tired now as was woken at 5am by squabbling Weka outside the hut window. Was blowing like crazy and sideways rain over Gordons, now sitting at home and its over 30C.

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

Well I can walk about 300yrds and then the hips start making walk like a old duck in pain . But I have all the bad things
like industrial asthma /COPD from the smelter , bad heart 3 bypass , dibettes , but i've lost 7kgs in the last month 77kgs to 70
don't know how the hell i've done that . OH I can't fucking stop smoking .

Sounds yi doin ok actually..considering. The durries are obviously keepin yi sane eh..pitty they cost so bloody much.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Just did the Flora, Salisbury Lodge, Gordons Pyramid circuit yesterday and today, bit tired now as was woken at 5am by squabbling Weka outside the hut window. Was blowing like crazy and sideways rain over Gordons, now sitting at home and its over 30C.

Fifty seven yrs old...yi only a squirt,lotta yrs left in yi yet.
Shit that wee bugger with the cheese is bloody great..laugh every time i see him,so cool.

Originally Posted by doinit

Sounds yi doin ok actually..considering. The durries are obviously keepin yi sane eh..pitty they cost so bloody much.

So good to hear a positive from someone , thank you , oh and i'm 71yrs old

Man the first post and others stories have resonated with me.

I started hunting 5 years ago (38 now) - was around 109kg at the time but with kids, office work and the usual trevails of life I just ate crap and always struggled on the hills. Every year I would diet and train, get down to 105-109kg, love life for a few months and totally take my foot of the gas - 6 months later I'd be back at 115kg, rinse and repeat for years. I'd always struggle to go more than 10km in a day, couldn't get into the hard to reach places to find the animals reliably and would be totally shattered afterwards and the next day.

Add to that - a year ago i developed acute achillies tendinopathy - tried a whole year of physio, stretches, exercises etc but could never get past 2km before my left achillies would be in agony. Finally stated shockwave therapy on it a few months ago which has improved it drastically and I can now carry a full daypack 5km / 300m up in a single sitting but still have alot of work to go.

3 Months ago - I realised something had to change. My first step was to end a 25 year addiction to nicotine and quit the vape (i'd been smokefree for 5 years). I'm now a week into a full transformation in my relationship to food, what i want out of it, and how to make it work with my training. I'm going big - my goal weight is 100kg but i feel in my bones i've got it this time. I need to do it to help my recovery from that achillies injury, and I think hunting is going to be much more enjoyable and productive once I can do the work when it's called for.

Thanks all.

The good thing in NZ doing outdoors particularly for hunting over the hill with heave pack on the back is the cool temperature. I do `t think you guys ever hiked in a hot and sticky summer before, with 38 degree and 80% humidity.

To develop hunting fitness is like to train yourself for a certain type of sports. I was a basketball player, and I play ice-hockey, football as well. The training for these 3 sports are different. If you play basketball long enough say years, you muscle fibers will become thin and long. It means you can react more faster, and your muscles do `t need that much energy intake like body builders. I do `t control my diets for control my weight, because i have spent many years in body building. The fact is whatever what you want to achieve, it will take years to get what you want.

I did agree with that BR. Good general PT/strengh and cardio training for your base and then some specificity in your training towards hunting like rucking and stair climbing, running the bleachers and you can achieve a lot pretty quickly say 6 months.

As you get older though you need to watch how quickly you build your load, or injury results, repair time increases with age, and you go backwards.


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At the moment my sole exercise is taking the 12 floors worth of steps up and down at work each day, walking 3km to the train and back and building a fence. Need to get more serious.

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Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

So good to hear a positive from someone , thank you , oh and i'm 71yrs old

Good ti see your in the Living Fossil Club eh.....many don't make it.
I just keep reminding myself that i'm no more than a recycled teenager lol,,it's workin so far....
Cheers dude