^^LMAO
Oli, funny you mention that. We were shooting prone, laying on a tarp, off of bags actually. And this was my first day ever shooting from that position. To say it felt foreign is an understatement. I have a friend who's an instructor that was with me giving me some coaching, and I'm enrolled in one of his classes for April (mostly AR based courses), and will take the other hopefully in June. One thing he'd have me do, is get everything lined up and on target, nice and relaxed. Then close your eyes, breathe natually, and count to five. When you open your eyes, if your POA has shifted, you weren't on target in a relaxed state, you were using muscle tension too get there, and need to adjust until you are.
I can tell you just from Saturday's short session, I have a LOT to learn, but I enjoy doing so. I ran into him on Monday, and mentioned I was a little sore being not used to some of those positions we shot from (we did prone variations, sitting, a lunge type squatting rest, and some moving and firing on the steel), and probably sitting on my ass all winter long hasn't helped either. He informs me that what would help is what he does, three days a week of push ups, crunches and mountain climbers with two days a week of fairly strenuous hiking. He's gonna be 60 this year, dude is tough as nails. He's a good friend, and a great resource that I'm fortunate to have around to learn from.
Oli, funny you mention that. We were shooting prone, laying on a tarp, off of bags actually. And this was my first day ever shooting from that position. To say it felt foreign is an understatement. I have a friend who's an instructor that was with me giving me some coaching, and I'm enrolled in one of his classes for April (mostly AR based courses), and will take the other hopefully in June. One thing he'd have me do, is get everything lined up and on target, nice and relaxed. Then close your eyes, breathe natually, and count to five. When you open your eyes, if your POA has shifted, you weren't on target in a relaxed state, you were using muscle tension too get there, and need to adjust until you are.
I can tell you just from Saturday's short session, I have a LOT to learn, but I enjoy doing so. I ran into him on Monday, and mentioned I was a little sore being not used to some of those positions we shot from (we did prone variations, sitting, a lunge type squatting rest, and some moving and firing on the steel), and probably sitting on my ass all winter long hasn't helped either. He informs me that what would help is what he does, three days a week of push ups, crunches and mountain climbers with two days a week of fairly strenuous hiking. He's gonna be 60 this year, dude is tough as nails. He's a good friend, and a great resource that I'm fortunate to have around to learn from.