Got to sit down with Scott Volquartsen of Volquartsen Firearms! I met Scott a few years ago at WinterStrong 3 put on by Sorinex Outdoors. Scott and his company provide all the firearm for the shooting events at WinterStrong. Scott is a husband, father, and incredible businessman in an industry that is growing ever more polarizing. We got into quite a few topics on this episode and I really enjoyed just hearing more of his story and how they run things at Volquartsen Firearms. Hope you guys enjoy it. I did!

Matt and I cover a wide range of topics but settle heavy onto self improvement, the importance of finding your tribe, and living with full intentionality because we still are alive and we are not dead yet!

In this episode I sit down with the Madman himself, Kurt Hester. Kurt is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Tulane Football. The Green Wave is coming off of a historic turnaround. In 2021, Tulane posted a 2-10 record. Coach Hester was hired in the off-season and helped to change the culture in the locker room. That change resulted in a 12-2 record in 2022 capped off by a New Year's Six birth in the Cotton Bowl where Tulane beat the heralded USC Trojans and their Heisman Trophy winning QB, Caleb Williams. Trailing in the fourth quarter, Tulane scored 16 points in the final four minutes of play. Even more impressive, ESPN's prediction metrics gave the USC Trojans a 98.7 percent chance to win the game with 31 seconds left. The Tulane Green Wave would go on to score the winning touchdown with seconds left to play.

Coach Hester details the mentality that they have pushed for the players to adapt: NEXT REP. We also get into a little of his background and how he honed his personal process and style of coaching from some great mentors and overcoming some of his own mental struggles. Kurt is a phenomenal guest and a fantastic story teller, especially the one where he released a live alligator into a weight room full of athletes on squat max day! Kurt is one of a kind and a legend in the field of Strength and Conditioning.

If you want to hear more of Kurt's amazing stories (and there are A LOT of them), he wrote a book entitled Rants of a Strength and Conditioning Madman that is available for purchase on amazon! Hope you guys enjoy this one. I sure did!

In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan West. Jonathan is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and host of the Being Husband Podcast. He started his podcast with the intention of helping men become the husbands and fathers that they were called to be! Through that process and growth of his own, he began working on his "side hustle" during the shut downs during the Covid pandemic. In 2020, he left a comfortable job in higher education to start his own business, The Suburban Farm Guy. Jonathan and his team come in and help families that want to grow their own food. They handle the build outs and all the prep for suburban gardens that are helping families in the greater Nashville area to become more self-sufficient and rely less on mass produced food sources. They train their clients on how to maintain and grow the garden. They also provide regular maintenance and support throughout the year. Jonathan is an exceptional guest and we will definitely be having him back on for a part 2 very soon. You can find him on Instagram at both @beinghusbandpod and @suburbanfarmguy Go check him out and support! As always, appreciate you guys listening! Please don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a review!

Awesome episode with Alex Luring from Sorinex Exercise Equipment. Alex is over Vendor Relations for the world leader in exercise equipment. Alex is also a former collegiate athlete and strength coach.

In this episode, we get into what exactly he does for Sorinex as well as how his career as a coach helped prepare him for his career in the business world. We also take a look at his recent endeavors into hunting from a 7 day backcountry elk hunt in Colorado to a recently successful public land spot and stalk on a white tail in South Carolina. Alex is full of information and brings a lot to the table for this conversation. You can find him on Instagram @alexluhring

In this episode I sit down with my good friend Ross Hillier. Ross is a husband and father of 2. He is also a Men's Coach and Podcast Host. Ross is the man behind Nomad Strength and the Nomad Strength Show. We get into some awesome topics in this episode, but most of the time is spent discussing goal setting, the language we use to write those goals, and how to accomplish goals once they are set. Ross is an exceptional guest and delivers a great episode. There's even a point where he monologues to himself when the internet petered out on us slightly. Hope you guys enjoy!

Really fun episode for you guys today! Dan McKim joins me for this episode and absolutely delivers. Most of you know Dan as "The Little Debbie Guy" or even the "Funny Lifting Video Guy" but Dan is so much more than that. Dan is a husband and father of 5 boys. He is a former college athlete and professional Highland Games athlete. Most importantly, Dan is a believer in Jesus and lives his life to make Him known. In this episode, we discuss Dan's journey in the Highland Games, his rise to the pinnacle of the sport, and when and why he knew it was time to walk away. Dan also gives some insight into how The Little Debbie Lifting Team got started! Dan is a fantastic human being and a great friend, even if he wears black sweatpants while he lifts. To find more about Dan, click the links below! Enjoy, guys!

https://instagram.com/mckimdaniel

https://www.believethrower.com/

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In this episode, I am joined again by Major Donny Bigham. Donny and I pick right back up where we left off of the first episode. We do a deep dive into the Army Combat Fitness Test, Donny's roll in the new format, and why it's so important that soldier training has shifted. 

Donny is a great guest and a wealth of information and knowledge. 

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In this episode I sit down with one of my favorite humans on the planet, Laura Zerra. Laura is many things: a knife maker, an author, a backcountry explorer, a survivalist, and so much more.  She has been on Naked and Afraid and hosts a show on CarbonTV called DECIVILIZED. She has the distinction of surviving more days in the wild on camera than any other female on Earth! We get into all sorts of things in this episode and yet I feel like we barely scratched the surface. One of the biggest takeaways from this episode for me was hearing some of Laura's story and the importance of not only knowing who you are, but staying true to who you are. I will definitely be having Laura back on for a second episode sometime in the future. Hope you enjoy this episode and you can find more about Laura at the links below!

https://www.instagram.com/laurazerra/

https://www.carbontv.com/shows/decivilized/

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In this episode, I am joined by Caleb Stillians. Caleb is truly one of the more impressive guys I have ever met. At only 24 years old, Caleb is a very accomplished hunter and guide in the backcountry of Alaska and the Northern Territory, hosts his own outdoors show called "Rise Up", is an entrepreneur with a tech company and real estate investor. Caleb dives into his background, how he learned what it takes to be a hunting guide in Alaska, his tech company Tapidy, how he trains to survive the wilderness, and even tells a story of a recent bear hunt where he harvested a brown bear that was over 10 feet tall. Hope you guys enjoy this one. And please guys don't forget to subscribe to the show and leave a review! Thanks so much!

Follow Caleb here:

Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/calebstillians/

https://www.instagram.com/tapidy/

Rise Up:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0sN2e9yaB7fvBCtKmNtfrw

https://www.riseupwithcalebstillians.com/

Tapidy:

https://tapidy.com/tapin/?mepr-unauth-page=1569&redirect_to=%2F

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