Thread: Conditioning Our Bodies For Shooting Stress

Here's one approach:

Functional Training For Shooters

Another I've heard mentioned involves have a friend spritz water from a spray bottle on the back of your head while you're shooting...anything to try and break your mental cycle so that you keep on your toes.

Hmmmmmmmmm....I've never done that.

My friend runs a lot of three gun shoots out west and adopted a similar training program. Always wanted to do it, but I just don't have a place to practice like this.







Here's an older video of one of his shoots:



He lost a lot of weight in the process and the training seems to work.

I know right? I need some private land.

I shoot off a bench so my training is siting in an easy chair and holding a drink

Originally Posted by LaRue

I know right? I need some private land.

Me too. I'm moving to south Georgia ASAP.

As a former professional fighter, I can tell you TRAINING for a fight was much more difficult than ANY fight ever was. As a firearms instructor and competitor, I have always looked for an edge for my students and myself. I wrote a manual that was specifically aimed at training for shooters. I believe it was Coach Bobby Knight that said, "Everybody wants to be #1 but very few want to trainin to be #1."

Yeah...I hear that. One of those body builder types said "Everyone wants to be a body builder but nobody wants to lift some heavy @$$ weights."

So....where do I find this manual?

Nice. I'd like to get something like that going around here.

I'm good working out now coffee in one hand sitting here working the right mussels ( hope that is the kind you eat)