Mountain men were TOUGH

The lifestyle of a mountain man required immense physical strength, from building log cabins alone to trekking hundreds of miles with a heavy pack.

But that strength was built with training too.

Mountain man W.T. Hamilton says they used:

•dumbbells
•boxing
•trapeze
•single stick (sword training)
•marksmanship

And even in his 80’s W.T. was “straight as arrow, supple and quick” and never needs glasses.

These old time mountain men were religious about fitness, which they called “physical hygiene”.

I was raised by a mountain man, and this mindset is a huge part of my life.

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[Capturedecstasy]

I like that. Physical hygiene. Such a great way to refer to it

[princeekeson]

"Physical Hygiene" is an awesome way of describing fitness. It makes it a requirement, and it is.

[bronsonleach]

They were fit because of their lifestyle. There are still people like this to this day.

[John_on_the_mountain]

Being a mountain man sounds like a glorious and romantic profession, until you start reading their journals lol

[seankelley]

Bro most of them didn’t work out, their daily activities were their workouts

[crabbowiththestabbo]

I had a great great great grandfather that was an army scout. He served under Custer (luckily not in battle), explored Yellowstone, and claimed he once resorted to eating boot leather. He fell asleep rocking his baby grandson and never woke up. Those people were a different breed.

[skibootdier]

Doesn't hurt to breathe pollution-free air and preservative-free food..

[aam]

Good stuff, mountainmen were incredibly tough! Don't be misled into thinking they lived long lives though, many mountainmen died after just a few years in the wilderness. The few who survived into old age only did so because they "retired" from the harsher lifestyles on the frontier and settled along the trails they helped make.

[bubblehead]

I have an uncle I never heard much about because he was so much older than my mom. He lives on like 80 acres of land and works on it daily. All of his younger siblings have passed and he is still out there in his 90s living alone and working on his land daily.

[McCallContractKlimber]

Very true . I hardly lift weights, born in raised in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. My buddy’s who lift on a daily basis, went hiking with me a few times . Let’s just say they wanted to take breaks and rest while I kept pushing . Taught many of my friends how to forage medicinal plants, Cohosh, Ginseng, mushrooms, how to fish, how to hunt and many other things .. still to this day, the place I feel free the most, is deep in the woods where most do not roam …

[Lex-LutherS]

He's right.
My team lead at work grew up in the mountains, and he has some of the craziest wildest stories along with that mountain man strength.

[Thecolony]

Red dead redemption 2 character moment 😂

Edit:Thank you guys, I rarely get this much of likes😊

[kevinhepburn]

Dig your stuff! I used to live in Ak and hiking and hunting and fishing was a true testament to one’s discipline and fitness. Bear country is almost impossible to penetrate and you often hunt on game trails! Hence your being hunted whilst hunting. You quickly to backtrack yourself and I have never forgotten my tracking skill since then. And you realize how powerful bears moose and nature really is. You cannot be strong enough mentally and physically! Ancients were really bad ass! They hunted analog style self made simple weapons and a level of tenacity to match their prey!

[ModrnPhilosopher]

Physical hygiene - not being useless by sipping sodas on the couch but also not being useless by becoming exceptional in 1 area of fitness - an all rounder

[bige]

They weren’t being poisoned by the food they ate . They lived in a time when men were allowed to be men and they thrived

[Lastmashstanding]

A workout back then was just surviving.

[adnaanu]

I've recently returned from Morocco. Did a guided tour of the Atlas mountains and observed that the people there have outstanding natural fitness. Enduring the heat and the high altitude while doing manual labour.

[subbaramgowra]

Your videos are mystical and spellbinding.

You describe them even more magically. Keep inspiring,

[Macreadysshack]

Half of the reason I do “physical hygiene” is for the “mental hygiene”. Pretty incredible what hard exercise can do without any drugs whatsoever.

[rhosket]

Lol, as the son of a mointain man, and grandson of a farmer. I can confirm "Get your a## out of bed, we got work to do." thats why were so fn strong.