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Originally Posted by BassDawg
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does anyone else do any strength and conditioning,
tai chi-ing, stretching of the cabin fevered bones to get into "surfcasting shape"?
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Yup. I'm a gym rat anyways,
I up the time on the stair master; find it mimics rock hopping/sand trudging better than the elliptical machine (running trashes my knees).
I add a lot of stretching to my shoulder workouts I LOVE the workout rubber bands for this kind of work, try it after some free weights. Shun any machine; those do little to get you ready for 'real-world' movements. Do as much as possible standing upright; too many people sit for curls and other upper body work.
I'd like to drop 20 as well, but as I like to tell people, I just look fat and out of shape
and looks can be deceiving.
If you are more advanced, try to add a bunch of full body, multi-joint style exercises to stay flexible and mobile; i.e. the hang-clean-overhead press; get some nice lower back work, shoulder work etc, and a lot of work on those big inflatable balls to work on stabilizing and core work. I find it makes a big difference when fishing multiple nights a week, I get less run down.