PSE’s Emily Anderson on off season fitness
By Emily Anderson
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Emily starts her off season fitness
January is a month that is readily filled with commitments for the New Year, and on the top of many resolution lists you are most likely to find something related to fitness. My encouragement this time around … resolve to ditch the yearly fitness resolution, and instead make it a habit to simply live healthy which is a daily commitment. January then simply becomes the reminder to do a heart check each year and make sure you are still on track.
PSE’s Emily Anderson
Going into the office before dark and watching the sun go down on the drive home in the evenings has me longing for warmer days and each year about this time the lack of Vitamin D seems to get to me. I find myself scouring the web for upcoming races and summertime events that provide a deadline or goal to train for. Sure, the ultimate goal is to be as healthy and fit as possible for when opening day rolls around toward the end of the summer, but I’ve found that having a competition type event helps to provide a little extra motivation. Simply put … if you’ve paid for a race or event, you can bet that crossing that finish line, whether it is by way of a run, walk or crawl, will become a priority.
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Most events for the upcoming year are actively being posted on websites, and registrations will be opening soon. Don’t wait too long before making the commitment for a summer race / event. Now is the time to start training! Grab your shoes or hiking boots, throw some extra traction on your soles and hit the trails. It won’t be long before the days will begin to lengthen, and you won’t be sorry that you kicked up your training during the winter months so that you are ready to take your training to the next level when the weather turns warm. In addition the extra Vitamin D may help to get you out of the January blues that often come hand in hand with the ending of many hunting seasons. What are you waiting for? Get out there and create some tracks in the snow covered trails!
Keep your eye out for the #elktour DVD over on huntography.com! Watch PSE’s Emily Anderson and Dustin Jones hunt elk DIY style on our amazing public lands in the Western United States. Huntography also films a deer hunting DVD called #deertour which you will be able to watch PSE’s Will Jenkins hunt whitetails. Huntography…filming America’s hunters, one at a time!
To learn more about PSE’s top quality bows and bowhunting accessories, click here.
Have you ever use Pilates as part of your training?
One thing I’ve found is that the disciplines I’ve learned in three years of Pilates have been surprisingly applicable to archery. Pilates has taught me to address and control bits and pieces of my body separately (since each area has its own bad habits which need to be unlearned) in order to bring them back together again in subconscious harmony. That has made it much easier when a coach tells me to tuck pelvis, tighten abs, inhale, exhale, contract right lower trap and so on.
I’d be interested in your experience on this.
February 9, 2013 at 8:05 am