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TRAINING TIPS By Tamara Podry Photography by Jim Wells Fit To Hunt SiG MT 99 ccording to top hunting resources, the primary failing of most hunters is not maintaining their physical fitness leading up to Hunting Season! e game is quick and can travel across miles and increasing elevation with ease – how are you going to keep up? Much less pack the meat out once you've filled your tag? Sure, you've done it before and can make it happen, but how about going on your next hunt without barely breaking a sweat, like one of our clients recently reported. Grab two dumbbells, starting with 10lbs if you're new to strength training, 15lbs and up if you're more confident. Start with your feet hip width apart and dumbbells at the front of your hips. Slide the dumbbells down your legs pushing your hips back and soening your knees slightly. It's important that you keep a stiff posture through your back and core during this part so use a mirror to check your form. Squeeze your glutes and hamstrings to bring your hips forward and your torso back to upright. When the dumbbells are at your hips, slide your elbows up and snap the dumbbells up to the shoulders in one fluid motion (that's the "clean"). en, with dumbbells at the front of your shoulders, squat down keeping your weight in your heels and chest up until your thighs are parallel with the floor or slightly deeper. To finish, squeeze your glutes and quads to return to standing. Using one of the same dumbbells used in the previous exercise, place it at the front of one shoulder with the other arm pointing straight in front. Squat to parallel or slightly deeper keeping stiffness through your core and explode out of the boom with power and push the dumbbell up over head as you rise. Return the dumbbell to the shoulder and immediately complete the total reps on that side before repeating on the other side. A Let's make hunting season all sport and no sweat! Here's your workout: 1. • Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift + Clean + Squat (10 reps) 2. • Dumbbell Offset Squat Thruster (10 reps each side)