Fishing is great exercise, and not just when you are reeling one in. If you are like most fishermen, your favorite fishing spot isn’t right off the side of the road and probably takes a pretty good hike to get there.
And if you are a typical fisherman, you don’t spend too much time fishing the same spot, you like to move around and hit as many locations as possible. Basically, a day of fishing requires covering a lot of ground, with a full set of fishing gear to boot.
Stop for a moment and think about a typical day at the lake or river; how many times do you think you cast out and reel in? We guess that number will be in the hundreds. Talk about a good upper body workout.
Hitting the gym and crushing weights is great and we hear all of the time how awesome CrossFit is, but those exercises do a number on your joints and other parts of your body. Basically, if you are going to do CrossFit, you will be in pain for at least a day, if not longer.
If you are into that, that’s great. But not all of us wish to cause our body pain for the sake of exercise. Fishing offers all of the benefits of a workout, but is low-impact, which saves wear and tear on those joints.
And if you can talk about CrossFit, we can talk about our fishing trip.
