Today I broke away from the pre-programmed workout on the treadmill and made up my own routine.  30 minutes is pretty standard and should be plenty to get me into shape for the hills and with the incline part available on the treadmill, I decided I need to concentrate on my legs a little more.

So, with that, I set out to work up to the 10% incline for a pretty sustained period of time during the workout.  Well, that was my goal anyway.

What ended up to happen was I warmed up for the first 10 minutes, walking slowly and building up to a speed of 4 with no incline.  Then I settled in at 3.5 mph and jumped the incline to 7% right at the 10 minute mark.  Following the lights on the “laps” I went 1/2 lap and then increased the % to the next half.  At 10% I went one full lap around the track and then started back down in one half % decreases back down to 7%.  By this time I had done 15 minutes of incline workout, or half my total time.  My legs really feel it and so I must have made a good choice.

I think I will continue to do something on this order for the rest of the time until the hunt begins and I’ll try and increase the time spent at the 10% level.  The pre-programmed settings like a speed of 4 mph, but my short legs have a tough time at that speed when the incline is over 5%.  I have to jog to keep up.  But 3.5 is a good speed that allows me to keep up and still do the steeper incline.

It’s all part of what Todd Black told me to do…Get my wind and get my legs under me….This hunt is not going to be that easy according to him both mentally and physically, but if I don’t have to worry about the physical part so much, I should be able to handle the mental part.  Now I just have to start thinking like a big old bull elk.

I wonder if Winemaker would go along with what I think a big old bull elk thinks about?

Bears Butt

Oct. 14, 2013