How do you train for a comp??

These are called one legged squats or "pistols". hands down the best leg exercise out there. Check out the "naked warrior" book and video. pull ups and (hindu push ups) will keep you lean and strong.

forget isolating exercises like bi-cep curls they build beach muscles only not functional strength.

the best exercise for tree climbing is of course tree climbing. muscle memory is your friend, train it!

meals: Brown rice, beans and veggies; a great dinner to keep you lean and strong as well.

hope I wasn;t too late with this post.....good luck
 
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These are called one legged squats or "pistols". hands down the best leg exercise out there. Check out the "naked warrior" book and video. pull ups and (hindu push ups) will keep you lean and strong.

forget isolating exercises like bi-cep curls they build beach muscles only not functional strength.

the best exercise for tree climbing is of course tree climbing. muscle memory is your friend, train it!

meals: Brown rice, beans and veggies; a great dinner to keep you lean and strong as well.

hope I wasn;t too late with this post.....good luck

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what are dude??? there is no pic on your post ;)
 
Wow those are tough I can only do about 2 or 3 max in a row before I fall and that's only on my right leg. Its got to be all that pantin-ing. My left leg I can only get down and up once. Do note I am only 26. Makes your joints pop the first few times hehe.
 
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Dude, do a google search for heaven sake....this is 2011 and the age of free information....

one legged squats or pistols are difficult and take flexability as a form of strength to perform. I never go over 5 reps 5 sets with these. If they are to easy with just body weight I hold a weight (kettlebell) in the clean position and continue. (you can do it with any weight, my weight is just in the form of kettlebells)

Gibson, if you don't know what the clean position is do a google search for kettlebell clean. lots and lots of pics on the internet these days. (please don't take offense, the sarcasim is in good humor)
 
Kettlebells have a great history in the Iron Game. The Russians have been using them for over 100 years. We’ve only discovered them here in the US over the last 10 years or so thanks to Comrade Paval.
 
Paval got me my start... the mans a beast. The thing I love about kettlebells is it teaches you to use your whole body to move weight instead of just one or two muscle groups. This directly relates to real world applications (i.e you will never pick up a heavy box useing a bicep curl movement) The exercises also help with flexability and balance which also directly reflect strength.
 
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Paval got me my start... the mans a beast.

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You got that right. His 'Power To The People' is a good book with routines in it as well as 'The Naked Warrior' like you mentioned.

It's funny how everyone is trying to capitalize on Paval’s kettlebell ideas. I even saw some in Wal-Mart the other day. What a PIECE OF $HIT they were. If you guys want to look into kettlebells, I’d buy from Paval first.
 
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Dude, do a google search for heaven sake....this is 2011 and the age of free information....

one legged squats or pistols are difficult and take flexability as a form of strength to perform. I never go over 5 reps 5 sets with these. If they are to easy with just body weight I hold a weight (kettlebell) in the clean position and continue. (you can do it with any weight, my weight is just in the form of kettlebells)

Gibson, if you don't know what the clean position is do a google search for kettlebell clean. lots and lots of pics on the internet these days. (please don't take offense, the sarcasim is in good humor)

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I competed in powerlifting for 12 years in the 220's, never heard of them before
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and cleans??? son, I have forgotten more about big lifts than most here would ever know lol
 
Cary, I competed in powerlifting back in the 1980's in state meets in the 181 lb class. My best lifts were 450 squat, 315 bench and 550 deadlift. My long arms were always a disadvantage, until it came time to deadlift and then I would make up a lot of lost ground.

I miss those days, but at 44 years old, it is now more about functional strength, than max. 1 rep lifts. Back then nobody called 1 legged squats pistols, but a few guys were doing them.

Your pull-up and chin-up routine is a great routine for climbers to gain functional climbing strength for tree work. Like I said to you before, I will be incorporating it into my routine, as soon as my elbow heals from the surgery.

Powerlifting these days suck. Too many roid heads and different organizations fighting over nothing.
 
Awesome lifts! my best were 620 squat, 425 bench and 585 deadlift :)

I miss the crazy banging days too, it was a lot of fun and it is a sad thing, the 'roiders...hate to see it, especially in guys so young too.
 
when i was on the forest service hotshot crews we used to do what were supposed to be navy seal style upper body strength ladders of pushups dips and pullup/chinup. after a quick 1.5 mile run we did 5 types of pullups in ladders of 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 and the same with pushups. we finished with regular dips. the first few times your arms feel like spaghettie but after a while you get the hang of it and get really strong. there is also an ab day and a leg day. the worst thing we ever did was an 8 mile indian run with a 10 lbs medicine ball being passed down the line. sundays were for ultimate frisbee.
 
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Awesome lifts! my best were 620 squat, 425 bench and 585 deadlift :)

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Thanks Cary, yours are great too. I always wanted a big bench like yours, but with long arms, I'm more suited for the deadlift. Still Pat Casey was one of my heroes. First man to bench 600 lbs, back when it meant something.
 
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Michael, I have read a lot about the training of wildland forest service crews and how they train. My favorite is the pack test and the work hardening exercises with a pulaski ax. Very good way to get conditioned.
 
we never took the pack test seriously because its super easy and extreme pt would follow in the afternoon. Actually the superintendent would buy beer for the guy that came in slowest without DQing. But we would do alot of hard hiking/ruck runs. Hotshot crews hike in a straight line generally at a trot with 45 lbs on the back, the sawyers with another 25 on top of that. We had an x army ranger on our crew who said fighting fire was way harder then his ranger training. Being elite crews we would get the hardest jobs usually on steep mountain sides. So the hiking was always uphill. Gapping is not tolerated, is considered to make the crew look bad and will get you a severe browbeating from your squad boss. Generally there was a three strike rule to gapping and you would get cut. I once threw up in my mouth from smoke inhalation and swallowed it back down. I wasnt going to gap! Some people would litterally pass out fronm exertion. This is called tango uniform, ie tits up.


but back to the subject. The way i would train for fire season was to run/hike up steep hills every day. I lived next to a mountain that went from 6500-9500 in 2.5 miles. I also would do the grand canyon once a week. I wish i could have access to hills like that again. It gets you rugged.
 
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