Resident Jow Forums fag here who needs yalls help.
I shoot pic related for a small club team and I want to get really good. I’ve come a long way with technique, but I haven’t done anything regarding fitness. I know generally what I should be doing, but I don’t know what kind of exercises there are to do. Regarding fitness, I need:
1. Cardio I need to be able to slow my heart rate down as low as possible
2. Lung Capacity. Get rid of the mid-hold panics.
3. Flexibility and Endurance Need to maintain pic related position for 75min.
I don’t care about looking good, I just want to perform.
Not him but GIVE ME 20 PUSH-UPS RIGHT FUCKING NOW SKINNYBOY How fucking dare you think you’ll survive shtf or skinwalkers when you can’t do a damn pushup, Nancy?!
What makes this activity so difficult? The rifle is resting on a stand and the shot doesn’t seem that far. Can you enlighten me on the challenge?
Nathaniel Evans
Its not on the stand when they are shooting. Stand is used in between rounds.
Jack Bennett
Your shot group, to even be considered good, is less than the size of a penny. The bullseye is the size of Lincoln’s eye.
Also stand up and try to stay absolutely still for 10min. Our matches last 75min.
YES SIR GUNNY
Aiden Fisher
>cardio You can do a lot of things for cardio. Swimming, running. biking, stairmaster, rowing, etc. Pick the one that you enjoy the most. All of these can be done both HIIT and LISS
>Flexibility and Endurance Squats, deadlifts, OHP, bench press. Plus rows, curls, whatever so as to not fuck up your shoulders and prevent imbalances
Owen Sullivan
Unironically the Reddit routine Try deadhangs or lifting As cardio jumping jacks or other equipment free workouts Also just search up hiit exercises
>unironically the reddit routine what the fuck is what, is your pic related ''the reddit routine''? if so, that is not even a routine, that just a selection of ppl exercises >try deadhangs or lifting what are you actually trying to say? that he should try either deadhangs or he should try lifting? not to mention that ''try lifting'' is probably the most retarded advice I've seen in a long time >As cardio jumping jacks or other equipment free workouts yeah Jow Forums user should stand around and do jumping jacks for 0.5/1 hour. and what the fuck is ''equipment free workouts'' even supposed to mean?
christ what an awful post
Ethan Garcia
These things are a fucking shit meme. They don't simulate high alt and low ox.
Save ya money and breath through a straw if you wanna be a retard.
David Lopez
Do starting strength and GOMADS
Jayden Garcia
get better at holding your Non respiratory pause at the bottom of your breath.
Cameron Nelson
Explain. I am not familiar with fitness terms.
Landon Hughes
not a fitness term really. I went through a 22 competition shooting assessment for my work. one of the things they teach you in the beginning is your cycle of breathing (breath in, breath out [heres the pause] breathe in, etc)
but also doing cardio and having a lower resting heart rate cant hurt.
Isaac Johnson
Never knew there was a name for that. Thanks
Parker Ortiz
How is that even considered shooting?
Brayden Hughes
Go try it
Caleb Gonzalez
wtf is with the suits and shoes? And are these air rifles?
>2-3/week: high intensity conditioning 5-15 mins. (at least one day in between each session) Jump rope, push sled, battle ropes, sprints, row machine sprints, even calisthenics/kettlebell circuits, etc. 5-15 mins working, means for e.g. HIIT to start might be 3 rounds of 15 second hill sprints with 90 seconds rest between (5 mins), progress to doing 8 or so rounds (15 mins). 5-10 mins warm-up before and 5-10 mins cooldown after. Very important. Change the exercises, duration or scheme (HIIT/tabata/circuits) every 2 weeks or so. This is the key for you: during rests, control your breathing. Slow deep breaths, remain calm, try limit yourself to say 10 breaths. See how your breathing steadies and heart-rate slows under pressure. >2/week: walk 60-90 mins and/or go hike >Bonus: extra 1-4/week: walk 60-90 mins and/or go hike. Optionally do alternative activity (rowing machine/swimming/elliptical). Optionally go more intense for 20-45 mins instead.
Honestly if you're putting in enough effort with the HIIT/conditioning like lots of hill sprints, and you decide to buy or go to gym for kettlebell circuits, battle ropes, etc. that will be about enough. Add some: planks, neck curls, neck extensions; every other day. Plank to >5 mins should help. Anything with dumbells/barbells/calisthenics would just be a bonus and definitely helpful, for endurance aim for 3-4 sets of 15-25 reps, limited rests of 45-90 seconds and/or supersets/circuits. Breathing exercises (look up skin divers or Wim Hof) will help out. Follow a stretching program and some mobility drills (youtube this) and/or yoga, at least twice a week. Ideally every day. Always add some extra work over time (unless in a severe calorie deficit) so each week or month you're doing more than the previous. Can be more reps, more weight, more difficult, etc. Look up guides if you don't know anything.
Lucas Barnes
Cutting out caffeine should be your first priority if you haven't already. Also, if you think the shooters at the top aren't on beta-blockers, you're delusional.
William Myers
why do they wear retarded outfits?
Julian Howard
>coming to Jow Forums for advice on getting fit Are you retarded? This place is full of incels and other DYELs that have read the sticky, seen some yt vids, and gone to the gym for a week and think they're now experts. You're better off asking google
Sebastian Edwards
Your ability to keep your posture is important. You need a strong core and lower body. Ergo, SS and GOMAD. Also at least 1.5 min planks.
Owen Parker
Lol u are a an JROTC kid lmao
Levi Perry
Stiff clothes do two things: provide a modicum of support, and provide feedback through the nerves in the skin that movement is occurring and a shooting position may be compromised.
Op should do heavy squats and deadlifts. My offhand shooting has gotten much better with the breath control practice I'm doing to perform those effectively.
Henry Harris
what a load of bollocks
Josiah Parker
is this that thing from jojo battle tendencies?
Leo Gonzalez
i'm an air pistol shooter. i absolutely say that you could obtain a lot of results exercising your core, glutes and abdomen...they are the biggest weak points of every shooter. i'd like to suggest swimming because it can help you stretching your body and doing cardio for your heart rate. you also need to do something like yoga for your posture self perception. also REMEMBER: dedication beats talent, in every kind of competition
Samuel Gutierrez
I shoot in a 2gun and like to lift and be fit and stuff. Forearms, shoulders and core are what you want to work on.Also, shoot after you lift/do cardio to help you keep your sight picture steady when you arms are fatigued.
Sebastian Ward
Honestly cardio and yoga are all you need but you have to take them seriously and push yourself. A full stretching routine is mandatory and it sounds like meditation would also really help you out. Don't let your physical training get in the way of your shooting practice either. If you keep swimming/biking/running/etc. in addition to yoga/stretching/meditation I guarentee you'll start seeing physical and mental improvements in your shooting practices in a couple weeks.
Leo Phillips
I'm a competitive shooter as well. Only the competition only last ca. 30 min. with 35 shots and is shot standing, crouching and laying down in different series, never standing for more than 3 min. at a time. I'm not a big guy by Jow Forums standards but I've been lifting for some years and I'm known for seldom actually practicing but still competing at a pretty high level. Many of my compeditors practice a lot yet the resoults doesn't show for it. The best ones looks somewhat fit with good posture, but I've never seen buff dudes. I can see how too much muscle can get in the way. If your arms are huge it can parhaps be too tight around the suporting left hand and you get pulse from the constrains. But I can't imagen that being a problem before getting so swole that you're not mobile enouth too front squat gripping the bar. If you're fat, have bad posture, are weak and get easily short of breath you have a big disadvantage and practice won't make up for it. Just doing cardio may be enough but being strong is a huge advantage when holding posture. The stronger you are, the lesser your muscles have to contract to hold posture and the more stable you'll get. I'd say do SS and cardio.
If you feel like gasping for air you are holding it far too long and you need to start over again! Don't rush a shoot when you feel like gasping for air. Reset.