I'm new to the WPS family and fairly new to being a gun owner. I'm 53 and I've been battling stage 4 cancer for 5 years. I need to get back in shape, but I feel I'm starting from a difficult place. My goals are to lose weight and gain flexibility.

I live in a rural town without a lot of options for train facilities and no options for tactical shooting ranges.

I'm looking for suggestions for physical training regimen courses that I could find online for people just starting out.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Brian, there are so many options. One thing to ask would be what equipment do you have available and how much time are you willing to spend a week. You can start out with body weight exercises. A good investment would be to get yourself a kettlebell.

Hey Brian, welcome to the family. Since one of your goals is flexibility/mobility I would recommend the book "Becoming a Supple Leopard" and the online training regimens from The Ready State. I've found the book especially helpful to have on hand when troubleshooting how to fix my mobility issues.

Julia Reppel on youtube does follow along mobility exercises. Might be worth a try if you're just looking for some nonyoga follow along flexibility and mobility.

I agree with all the advice given so far. One option you can is grab a backpack that you have at your home, load it up with things that have some weight to them such as, books, sandbags, heavy duty garbage bags or ziplock bags. Then go for a walk with a goal in mind. Go for distance, speed, time whatever you think you can do but still provide a challenge. I would recommend staying close to home at first till you see how you do with it. Also if you're looking for equipment you can usually find used stuff for a decent price. Good luck!

Brian, I feel ya. Don’t have the level of hindrances or what ever you want to call them but I’ve had my hurdles and my health has gone down and weight gone up. I have a herniated disc and a torn acl. I just sat for years cause I couldn’t run or lift. I finally just committed to simply walking for at least 30 minutes every day and counting calories, not to be in a huge deficit but to make sure I wasn’t taking in twice as much as I should. Soon I plan to get back into some stretching and simple weights to keep improving. Looking to YouTube for guidance in all that.

I’ve lost 10 pounds in less than a month. Biggest piece of my success has been committing to get up at 5am to get the walk done cause work, family and life in general always gets in the way in the evenings.

Start small and just be consistent every day. Read John’s book, it’s the first one that actually got my but off the couch to start doing all this.

Kudos for wanting to get back in shape Brian. I will be 3 score and 14 years old this November (I'll let everyone figure out what a "score" is :)). I go deer hunting with my 50 some year old brother in law and two 30-ish nephews in the mountains along the border with Mexico south of Tucson, so fitness enters into that equation big time. I agree with all the people above that the single most effective conditioning tool for those of us who are older is walking. When I retired 7 years ago I was able to drop 30 lbs by simply walking out in the desert. Eventually I started going to the gym again, but it was the walking that really made a difference. I pray the Lord will help you beat the stage 4 cancer. As John says all the time, train hard, train smart!

Hi Brian,

Pete Egoscue, the Founder of The Egoscue Method saved my life. I had a tragic tractor accident last year (we live in rural-ish Montana). Separated my pelvis and wrecked me. To say the least, I was immobile for several months. Pete is easy to find online at https://egoscue.com and his info is Free. All I did was buy his book titled, Pain Free. Pete specializes in flexibility and movement, and it's not hard work. You just gotta be consistent.

So here's your first directive. Start slow, move everyday, keep moving, and when you think you've moved enough, move a little more. You got this brother! Keep shoot'n, live free and live well - MOST IMPORTANTLY - Don't Give Up! .

- Davey

One more thing Brian,

Also meant to say. Go and buy John's book too, The Warrior Poet Way if you have not already done so. It's very encouraging and will continue to keep you motivated. Stay strong brother!