...And surprisingly, it wasn't with a gun.
No, it was with Fit Shot, which combines a CrossFit-type workout with shooting exercises! Tara and I met Rob Pincus at Valhalla several years ago, and had a private day of instruction from one of his instructors. If I recall correctly, after they unloaded our gun bags, we were told that it looked like Soldier of Fortune puked all over their gun counter. We took it as a compliment. We had both of our tactical shotguns, Tara's long-range rifle, and our handguns. Not much, but more than they were expecting two women to have, I suppose.
Anyway, the Valhalla shooting center has closed, and Rob Pincus has moved on to I. C. E., where he teaches Combat Focus Shooting all over the world. He's also a Certified CrossFit instructor.
Do you see where this is headed? Fit Shot combines "Functional Fitness and Practical Shooting Skills". You know I love shooting from my Bosu, and I was pretty certain that was some cutting edge training right there. This stuff makes my Bosu shooting look like child's play.
Their Facebook page has a lot of sample workouts that aren't nearly as intense as the one in the video, but I really want to try it. I just have to figure out how to do something like this at the range, since I'm relatively certain that my gym won't let me work out with my gun on and dry fire at the wall. Pretty sure that would induce panic in the other patrons.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Steel Challenge 8-27-11
RockCrawlinChef, Mez and I shot the Steel Challenge last Saturday. It was the first time I'd ever done it and it was a blast! I've shot Defensive Pistol off and on for years, but hadn't bothered with the Steel Challenge. In the interest of broadening my shooting horizons for my next application to Top Shot, I'm shooting anything and everything.
During a Defensive Pistol match, it's not unusual to go through approximately two hundred rounds, so I didn't realize how tiring shooting the Steel Challenge would be. I shot it using my step-dad's Ruger MKII (.22 LR) and didn't think that two hundred plus rounds of .22 would be a big deal, since I normally shoot a .45 ACP.
The biggest difference, for me, is that the Steel Challenge feels like an endurance match. Shooting the same stage five times, one right after the other, takes a lot more stamina than shooting each stage one time like you do in Defensive Pistol.
I wasn't sure I'd like it, since the stages never change month to month, whereas in Defensive Pistol the stages are different every month. I can definitely see the advantage in being able to compare stage times each month - it's an easy way to measure improvement.
Another thing I learned is that I shoot better right to left than left to right. Odd, isn't it? If I hadn't shot the Challenge, I would have never known that. For some reason, it's easier for me to pick up my sight picture moving to the left than to the right.
Since I videotape pretty much *everything* when I'm shooting now (more application footage), I have a video of some of the stages...
I think I've got Tara Janzen talked into shooting it with us next month - it's a good segue into shooting matches, something she's been talking about doing, but hasn't quite gotten there yet.
I took the Bosu out to the match, though I didn't shoot off of it. When we were done with our stages, Mez and I asked if we could try to shoot the last stage from the Bosu. Unfortunately, I ran out of memory on the video camera before we hopped up on the Bosu. We both took a turn and decided that next month we'll be shooting from the Bosu, just to up the ante a bit.
During a Defensive Pistol match, it's not unusual to go through approximately two hundred rounds, so I didn't realize how tiring shooting the Steel Challenge would be. I shot it using my step-dad's Ruger MKII (.22 LR) and didn't think that two hundred plus rounds of .22 would be a big deal, since I normally shoot a .45 ACP.
The biggest difference, for me, is that the Steel Challenge feels like an endurance match. Shooting the same stage five times, one right after the other, takes a lot more stamina than shooting each stage one time like you do in Defensive Pistol.
I wasn't sure I'd like it, since the stages never change month to month, whereas in Defensive Pistol the stages are different every month. I can definitely see the advantage in being able to compare stage times each month - it's an easy way to measure improvement.
Another thing I learned is that I shoot better right to left than left to right. Odd, isn't it? If I hadn't shot the Challenge, I would have never known that. For some reason, it's easier for me to pick up my sight picture moving to the left than to the right.
Since I videotape pretty much *everything* when I'm shooting now (more application footage), I have a video of some of the stages...
I think I've got Tara Janzen talked into shooting it with us next month - it's a good segue into shooting matches, something she's been talking about doing, but hasn't quite gotten there yet.
I took the Bosu out to the match, though I didn't shoot off of it. When we were done with our stages, Mez and I asked if we could try to shoot the last stage from the Bosu. Unfortunately, I ran out of memory on the video camera before we hopped up on the Bosu. We both took a turn and decided that next month we'll be shooting from the Bosu, just to up the ante a bit.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
A Couple of Quickies
I'm so sorry for being behind. I've still got lots of posts in my little brain, but need to get them from my brain to my computer. In the meantime, I've been shooting as much as possible even though I didn't make the cut for Top Shot this time. I still plan on working out and shooting everything I can get my hands on to apply for the next season.
Anyway, I've got just a couple of quick videos to share from last time we went out. Deejo (my brother) finally made the move from Arizona to Colorado (yay, Deejo!) and I'll get to shoot with him more often now. But first we have to get him back into shooting shape. Mez's .45-70 kinda kicked his butt. Well, his shoulder. Take a look...
I fared much better in the shoulder department when I shot the rifle, but could not stay on the Bosu. I guess that means that I've got a lot more core abdominal work to do in order to stay up during the recoil. I also sort of made a mistake. We had a dueling tree out with us. It was out thirty-thirtyfive yards, a reach for the handguns, but just right for the rifle. Um. Yeah. The dueling tree lost. Big time.
In the video, when we're looking at the plates, you can hear me say, "I didn't do that". On playback, you can see that I very clearly did do that.
Anyone know where I can buy new plates for the dueling tree?
Anyway, I've got just a couple of quick videos to share from last time we went out. Deejo (my brother) finally made the move from Arizona to Colorado (yay, Deejo!) and I'll get to shoot with him more often now. But first we have to get him back into shooting shape. Mez's .45-70 kinda kicked his butt. Well, his shoulder. Take a look...
I fared much better in the shoulder department when I shot the rifle, but could not stay on the Bosu. I guess that means that I've got a lot more core abdominal work to do in order to stay up during the recoil. I also sort of made a mistake. We had a dueling tree out with us. It was out thirty-thirtyfive yards, a reach for the handguns, but just right for the rifle. Um. Yeah. The dueling tree lost. Big time.
In the video, when we're looking at the plates, you can hear me say, "I didn't do that". On playback, you can see that I very clearly did do that.
Anyone know where I can buy new plates for the dueling tree?
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Want to improve your shooting?
By: GunDiva
If you read my other blogs, you know that I have a serious love affair with the Bosu ball. My trainer has had me on it since February and I've seen a drastic change in my riding confidence (not to mention a 4" loss from my waist). From the first moment I laid eyes on the Bosu I've been dying to use it as a shooting platform. A strong core will make a world of difference in speed and accuracy when shooting.
So, for months I've been telling myself I was going to buy a Bosu. I'm gonna get one...I'm gonna get one...I'm gonna get one...
Well, finally, last week I got one and couldn't wait to try it out. Here's what I learned from shooting from the Bosu...
It's absolutely unforgiving. You get off balance and you pay for it. It can teach you a lot about your weaknesses. For instance, I didn't realize that when I reholstered, I was shifting my weight ever-so-slightly forward until I tried it on the Bosu and almost fell off. Shooting from the Bosu requires that you keep your knees soft and your core tight at all times.
I knew going in that I was going to love shooting from it, as I had already seen drastic results in my riding from it, so I dragged it out to the range and let Tara shoot from it. It's tough, but the grin on her face after just a couple of rounds was worth it. She agreed that it was a handy dandy training tool. We decided that the Bosu was going to be a part of our shooting gear.
Having made that decision, I hauled it out with me today to go shooting with Mez. It was the same story - some hesitation, followed by a huge grin. In fact, Mez got two rounds into it and declared that he was going to buy one for himself. It says a lot (to me at least) that two shooters I highly respect find it such a great training tool.
It is most definitely not for beginner shooters - anyone who wants to shoot from the Bosu should be comfortable with safe gun handling to the point that they practice it without thought. Both Tara and Mez came off the Bosu at one point this weekend, but they kept the guns pointed in a safe direction with their fingers off the trigger as they came off.
If you read my other blogs, you know that I have a serious love affair with the Bosu ball. My trainer has had me on it since February and I've seen a drastic change in my riding confidence (not to mention a 4" loss from my waist). From the first moment I laid eyes on the Bosu I've been dying to use it as a shooting platform. A strong core will make a world of difference in speed and accuracy when shooting.
So, for months I've been telling myself I was going to buy a Bosu. I'm gonna get one...I'm gonna get one...I'm gonna get one...
Well, finally, last week I got one and couldn't wait to try it out. Here's what I learned from shooting from the Bosu...
It's absolutely unforgiving. You get off balance and you pay for it. It can teach you a lot about your weaknesses. For instance, I didn't realize that when I reholstered, I was shifting my weight ever-so-slightly forward until I tried it on the Bosu and almost fell off. Shooting from the Bosu requires that you keep your knees soft and your core tight at all times.
I knew going in that I was going to love shooting from it, as I had already seen drastic results in my riding from it, so I dragged it out to the range and let Tara shoot from it. It's tough, but the grin on her face after just a couple of rounds was worth it. She agreed that it was a handy dandy training tool. We decided that the Bosu was going to be a part of our shooting gear.
Having made that decision, I hauled it out with me today to go shooting with Mez. It was the same story - some hesitation, followed by a huge grin. In fact, Mez got two rounds into it and declared that he was going to buy one for himself. It says a lot (to me at least) that two shooters I highly respect find it such a great training tool.
It is most definitely not for beginner shooters - anyone who wants to shoot from the Bosu should be comfortable with safe gun handling to the point that they practice it without thought. Both Tara and Mez came off the Bosu at one point this weekend, but they kept the guns pointed in a safe direction with their fingers off the trigger as they came off.
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