The most useful skill I learned outside of shooting

[Alan]

I'll say physical fitness, hands down. All the gun skills in the world don't help if you're gasping for air after walking 200 yards. Hunting steep terrain, training courses that require movement, even just carrying gear...cardio and strength make everything else possible. I spent years focusing only on shooting and ignored the body that has to do the shooting.

 

[Jason1]

Cardio is the cheat code, it is hard to run drills when you’re winded tying your boots.

 

[The.Tumbleweed]

Cardio is the cheat code, it is hard to run drills when you’re winded tying your boots.

I feel your pain. I get winded just walking to the fridge.

 

[Dexter]

I started rucking a couple of times a week and honestly everything just got easier after that, fitness is truly the one piece of gear you can't just go out and buy.

 

[old timer]

I'll say physical fitness, hands down. All the gun skills in the world don't help if you're gasping for air after walking 200 yards. Hunting steep terrain, training courses that require movement, even just carrying gear...cardio and strength make everything else possible. I spent years focusing only on shooting and ignored the body that has to do the shooting.

Hard truth: the gun is easy, it’s the meat carrying it that needs tuning.