Takes ~ 3 minutes to complete
Identifies where your durability is most likely to fail first
Shows whether your current training holds up... or doesn’t
Not because of effort.
Because of how their body currently responds when things get tough.
On the surface, they can look similar.
Under stress, they’re not.
Training starts… then fades.
Momentum never quite locks in.
Some days feel good. most weeks little progress.
You know you could be better prepared.
You just haven’t made it stick yet.
You can get work done.
Consistency exists.
Fitness improves.
But when terrain, load, or duration pile up,
your strength doesn’t always show up the way you expect.
Discipline isn’t the issue.
You can push. You can endure.
You handle hard days.
But movement costs more than it should,
and recovery takes longer than it needs to.
Agile.
Efficient.
Reliable under stress.
Not because it’s extreme.
Because it’s appropriate.
We are HUNTERS.
We need our body to move cleanly through hard terrain.
Strength that lasts.
Energy that holds across stacked days.
We don't want to fight our body.
No negotiating with it.
It does what’s needed...
when it’s needed...
without drama.
That’s the standard.
Not perfection.
Reliability.
The kind that lets you focus on the hunt, the hike, the work…
instead of wondering if your legs, lungs, or back will cooperate.
Everything in Backcountry Tough is built to move you closer to the MOUNTAIN GOAT way of moving.
Which one do you think you are??
and what it would take to move closer to the MOUNTAIN GOAT standard?
That’s what the assessment reveals.
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