When do you need to be fit?

Nov. 8th. sat.

Deer hunting is fun until you have to drag the carcass out of the woods.

" The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal. "
William Ames

WO du jour:
18 mile bike ride first thing in the morning. Temp 55 warm for this time of year.

One of the pieces of training equipment I use ever so often is a weighted drag sled. The main purpose is to train the legs,particularly the hamstring muscle grouping. when you are dragging this sled around you may wonder what functional situation it would be used other than playing football.

Well My Friend ED,who is a fit gentlemen, was hunting last week and was successful in getting his Deer in the wilds of New York State. As a hunter That's what you hope to accomplish each hunting season. Now comes the real fun! You have to drag your gear, tree stand and don't forget the now lifeless deer. I am sure that Ed understands that the deer never drops where you shoot him, the deer more often will run for a time until they expire. so you may have to extricate your deer for a distance you had not planned on traversing. Well Ed got his stuff together and with deer in tow, headed to his vehicle, which was some distance way. If you are dragging a deer, you have to also consider the coefficient of fraction of the hair which makes dragging the deer out more difficult(Bears are worse). Nothing is ever easy in the woods. As a result, Ed got a good leg workout and his fitness came in handy for something. The moral of the story is that if you workout or subscribe to some fitness program, you never have to worry if you are going to complete the mission.

Nov 7th.

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.

Bill Watterson

WO du jour:
joint mobility warm up and 5 min of 12kg cleans
10 min long cycle clean and jerk for 110 reps.