Comments on: Are You Fit to Bug-Out? An Essential Guide to Prepper Fitness https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/prepper-fitness-guide/ Chance Favors The Well Prepared Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/prepper-fitness-guide/#comment-44771 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:55:37 +0000 http://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/?p=3579#comment-44771 While I understand that this exercise is for young healthy people…

Any pointers/tips for elderly/disabled individuals who cannot train like this everyday?

]]> By: GT R https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/prepper-fitness-guide/#comment-25247 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:39:13 +0000 http://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/?p=3579#comment-25247 Absoloutely right…..
I’m a 25 year Army Vet & was a Physical Training Instructor – The benefits were numerous…
Probably one of the biggest during stressfull situations is the resistance of injuries (strains & pulls).
Ability of the body to adapt becomes quicker.
Hence the term ‘Fitness wins’.

]]> By: Andy https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/prepper-fitness-guide/#comment-11555 Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:33:16 +0000 http://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/?p=3579#comment-11555 Jogging and running with BOB on is a good idea, as is swim training. Bodyweight exercises like the pushups are great too. I actually prefer bodyweight exercises to conventional weightlifting. Another aspect of weightlifting though that I think a lot of people, including preppers, don’t engage in is “natural lifting” or using common daily items or things found in nature as part of a workout. Medium-sized boulders, small logs, wood stacks, tires, large staples and feed sacks, and lumber beams are all good examples of this. Another thing that comes to mind is high-intensity obstacle course-style regimes like Spartan races.

On a side note, there was a famous exercise expert from the 1920’s-1940’s who advocated an exercise regime that focused on a set of standards that he said “would prepare you to save your own life and the lives of your loved ones in a life-or-death situation.” I can’t recall the name right off top of my head, but he wrote three or four books on the subject (now out of print). The standards he set forth were just crazy! I’ll have to research him again to pass it along.

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