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Robb Wolf is a 2 x New York Times best selling author with his books Wired to Eat, and The Paleo Solution.  He is considered one of the worlds foremost experts in Paleolithic nutrition, but also has a diverse background in strength and conditioning, as well as academia as a research biochemist.  He is the host of The Paleo Solution podcast on Itunes, and his website RobbWolf.com is a vast resource for anyone with questions or interest in the Paleolithic approach to nutrition.

Episode 51 is a mid week treat, and a repost of the Nock On Podcast 188.  Josh Bridges is a former Navy SEAL, and current CrossFit Games competitor.  We caught up with him mid travel home from the 2018 Games, where he made a quick pit stop at Dudley's house to pick up his new bow, and receive some shooting instruction.  I'm not sure what is the competitive future for Josh, but bow hunting certainly is! John Dudley is a skydiver who is passionate about archery.  He is the host of the Nock On Podcast, and founder of the School of Nock.  If you are looking to get in to archery, have questions about archery, bow setup, training, releases, arrows, etc., check out his website NockOnArchery, and look through the volumes of information available. 

Jocko Willink is a retired Navy SEAL, Author, Speaker, host of the Jocko Podcast, owner of Echelon Front and Victory MMA and Fitness, as well as being a black belt in BJJ.  If you are serious about leadership, his book, Extreme Ownership needs to sit on your bookshelf and be referenced often.  John Dudley is a world class archer, coach, founder of Nock On Archery, host of the Nock On Podcast, and as of last week, a skydiver.  John's breadth and depth of archery experience spans decades of competition and hunting, as well as countless sessions coaching and teaching archery at all levels.  In a 72 hour period we trained archery, skydiving, and BJJ.  The results were the same for all of us, a sense of invigoration and appreciation for pushing our boundaries and learning something new.  Leadership, discipline, archery, BJJ, skydiving, decentralized command, failure and success.  This podcast has it all.  Enjoy

Jeremy Jones is a professional snowboarder, and the founder of Jones Snowboards. Paired with his brothers, who created the extreme sports media company Teton Gravity Research, they created an amazing trilogy of snowboarding movies: Deeper, Further, Higher.   In addition to his amazing snowboarding ability and innovation, he is a passionate advocate for combating climate change.  In 2007 he created POW - Protect Our Winters, an organization dedicated to reduce the effects of climate change through education, activism, and community based projects.  Deeper, Further, Higher- Netflix Itunes POW - Protect Our Winters

John Dudley and Chard Ward are both return guests.  John is an archer, a hunter, a coach, and as far as I am concerned, a chef.  Chad is a pit master, which I believe stands for chef that uses a barbecue instead of a kitchen top.  Both Chad and John taught at the inaugural Nock 2 Fork event held at Traeger HQ, which I highly recommend attending.  We discussed a wide range of topics from favorite BBQ, to favorite BBQ techniques, archery, and a little leadership.  The most important aspect of this podcast for me is around the 1 hour mark, when John and I are able to finally discuss a concept that we have been working on for a year.  It went live today, and is about all of you, and what we can all do together.  www.freerangeamerican.us 

Mark Twight is a man who has found success in many arenas.  When I first heard his name, he was described as an Alpinist, an expert in the outdoors.  The description did not do the man justice.  Mark was not only an alpinist, he is an author, the founder of Gym Jones, an accomplished cyclist, and at one time a trainer to many stars that most would recognize from movies such as 300, and Man Of Steel.  Mark and I met in 2005, while I was slowly climbing out of the hole that an injury from work, plus my own poor choices, had put me in.  Our initial encounter was "exercise" based, and the lessons he exposed me to still frame the way I train now, and eventually led to a short lived career in the "fitness world."  He is one of the most unique human beings I have ever encountered, with an intensity and drive that can burn most to the ground.  It is what I admire most about him.  This conversation was over 1 year in the making.  We both wanted to wait until we were in the right spot, and I believe we finally arrived

Todays episode is Q and A from the internet, with a twist.  As fate would have it, my father and brother in law are here in Montana on vacation.  As I was reading through the questions, I realized that they are both a wealth of knowledge from different backgrounds, and that their insight into the questions is equally, if not more valid than my own.  Jason has been serving as a firefighter for the city of San Diego for over ten years.  They operate in small elements, requiring teamwork, communication, leadership, and individual responsibility.  I would say the community has more similarities to the SEAL Teams than differences.  My father has worn many hats throughout his life.  He is a Vietnam veteran, small business owner, school teacher, sport coach, and after today, a podcaster!  I learned many of the lessons that have served me well throughout life working beside him on construction sites.  Between the three of us I think we had some good answers.  Enjoy  

At the age of 19 Jessica Lynch joined the Army, and just over one year later she found herself staged for the invasion of Iraq.  During the initial surge towards Baghdad, her unit became separated from their convoy, and found themselves in the town of Nasiriyah.  Her smaller unit was ambushed, and she became the first American POW (Prisoner of War).   As Jessica and her unit were staging for the invasion in Kuwait, my unit was in Saudi Arabia, doing the same thing.  As the war began, we began working through our target deck, until actionable intelligence was received about her location.  After a quick forward staging, planning, and limited rehearsal, we assaulted the hospital, and recovered her on 1 April 2003.  It was the first successful of an American POW since WW2.  Jessica was immediately taken to a higher level of medical care, and slowly began her journey home to the US via Germany.  There has been much controversy over what happened during the events leading up to the rescue, and of the rescue itself.

I am a few months late to get this out, but with hunting season just around the corner, the timing may be perfect.  Between Barklow and Dudley, there are decades of experience in the field.  I don't often get to spend time with both in the same place, so we definitely took advantage of it.  We answered a variety of questions across a broad spectrum, from hot to cold, high altitude to low, long days to short.  This is the first survival episode of at least two or three in the future.  The more questions you send the more episodes we will do.  I hope you enjoy, and send me any questions that this podcast may bring to mind. 

A combination of recent events and a conversation with friends has had me thinking consistently thinking about adversity, and how we each decide to deal with our personal struggles.  Bottom line, some of us deal with them better than others.  Some dig their feet in, some throw in the towel.  I have been fortunate in my life to be surrounded by mentors.  They took the raw material I was born with, and enhanced it in many areas.  As a society, I think we would be far better served to embrace this mentality, than the "everyone for themselves" approach that most seem to live by.  You can teach mental toughness.   You can teach people to face and work through adversity, arriving on the other side improved, not destroyed.   Adversity is essential, it is not the enemy

You had military questions, I had answers.  I did my best to work my way through them and answer as many as possible....Quiet professionals, leadership strengths and weaknesses, DEVGRU, preparing for combat physically and mentally, pros and cons of military service, etc.  I will try to do a military specific episode every so often, as there is obviously a desire, and no lack of questions.  Enjoy

Sean is a writer, veteran, non-profit founder (care4us.org) and a special needs father. He's contributed to multiple media outlets including the Washington Post and Quartz and his first book Sixteen: A Rational Account of an Irrational Election was released this May.  A veteran of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Sean launched the data, politics and society blog chartwellwest.com in 2015. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the University of San Diego Graduate School of Business, Sean separated from the Navy at the rank of Commander.  He lives in Southern California with his wife Annette and three boys. Sean's book - 16 on Amazon      

I wrote this for my blog: Confessions of an Idiot Memorial day means much more than just time off to some families.  It is a day to remember their loved ones, those that made the ultimate sacrifice.  We would be well served as a nation to take more time to recognize and appreciate the cost of what we have, and those that bear it. 

Round 2 with the one and only Josh Bridges. Josh is a retired Navy SEAL. We met when I was putting him through basic SEAL training known as BUD/s (Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL). Post training we served together at SEAL Team Three. Post military our paths constantly crossed in the competitive CrossFit ecosystem. Josh has been competing in the CrossFit Games since before he left military service, meaning he found the time to train in the limited off time associated with an already arduous job. His best finish at the Games to date has been 2nd place in 2011. Our conversation last year occurred just after his Regional competition, this year it is just before. We talked pre, active, and post military life. Training style and philosophy, and how he dealt with last years competition not sticking to the script he had planned for it. Enjoy.

Answers to a variety of questions from the internet with topics ranging from Situational Awareness, finding your purpose and meaning both inside the military and when you leave, Andy Stumpf hunting camp curriculum, and snake oil salesman in uniform.

A Thunder Chicken is a turkey, at least that is what I have been told. This episode is from our hunting camp deep in the back country of Kansas, where we were competing in the World Turkey Hunting Championships. Spoiler alert, we did not win. After two days in a blind I did not see a single turkey. I heard one, I think. The best part of any hunting trip for me so far has been the people, this trip was no different. Instead of being the new kid on the block in the archery world, I got to watch my good friend Trevor Thompson begin his journey. If you have ever reached out to me with questions about where to start with archery equipment or training, this episode is for you. John covers in depth strategies to purchasing you first equipment, and then training with it.

Other than the endless political banter, guns, and specifically school shootings have lead the headlines recently, and for good reason. My children are now being called the "Mass Shooting Generation," a term I wholeheartedly disagree with. Our use of language, much like our objectivity, has been utterly lost. We can continue to look for "light switch" solutions to these complex issues that did not arrive overnight, or we can, as a society, agree that there is a problem, and commit ourselves to the work needed to create an actual change. It all starts with remaining objective, and not giving in to our emotions.

I did my best to answer a variety of questions received over the last six weeks from social media. Topics varied, but I covered everything from training, mullets, challenges and difficulties of being a military parent, blessings in disguise, skydiving and BASE jumping, broadheads, back country split boarding, and more. Thank you for all of the questions and support, I'll answer more of the questions in another podcast soon.

John Barklow is the Big Game Product Manager for Sitka, a hunting brand based in Bozeman, Montana. Prior to his current profession, he served for 26 years in the United States Navy as a Diver. We met in 1997, when I was a punk new guy, and he was running the dive locker for SEAL Team Five. His background and experience is diverse...In addition to classical dive training, he is a wealth of knowledge in climbing, skiing, back country travel, snow safety, and survival, to mention a few. For 15 years he worked at, and lead the Kodiak training facility where all SEAL candidates now go for their cold weather and survival training. To add icing to the cake, he has been a bow hunter for 30 years, and we recorded this podcast at the end of an epic bow hunt for Axis deer on Lanai, Hawaii. www.sitkagear.com

The CrossFit Games began on private property in Aromas, California in 2007. Participation and popularity grew rapidly, and by 2010, the Games had moved to the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and were being broadcast on national television. At the apex of that rise was Rich Froning Rich finished 2nd in 2010, and then dominated the competitive CrossFit world for the next four years. He won the CrossFit Games as an individual competitor from 2011 through 2014, then as a member of a team in 2015 and 2016. Not only did he dominate physically, he paved the way for athletes to truly make a living in the competitive CrossFit ecosystem. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and three young children where he owns the Affiliate gym CrossFit Mayhem.