#10MinuteTalk | Train How You Hunt: Build Mountain-Endurance with Pack Training

About this episode

Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn discuss the importance of rucking and pack training for enhancing mountain endurance in hunting.

Your ability to hike and hunt hard for multiple days is directly dependent on your fitness and mental toughness. If you do one thing to prepare for your hunt, rucking/pack training may just be your best bet. Mark Boardman and Ryan Muckenhirn show their current systems and talk through how they weave rucking into their pre-season training regimen.

People in this episode

Guests: Mark Boardman, Ryan Muckenhirn

Topics covered

• fitness
• hunting
• rucking
• pack training
• mountain endurance
• pre-season training

Keywords

• hiking
• fitness
• mental toughness
• training regimen
• hunting preparation

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