Engearment with Sean Sewell

Engearment Podcast From Jones Pass June 2023

Celebrating being cleared to be active after a 4-month hiatus from activities due to breaking my foot, arthritis, and gout. 

Shot on location at our favorite spot.  Featuring gear from QuietKat, Freespirit, EXPED and Mystery Ranch. 

Engearment Podcast - Big Gear Show, Upcoming StrongFirst Seminars, YouTube

Working with YouTube on a new product...Stay tuned to learn more :)

Working with GoPro on new product as well :) 

Upcoming StrongFirst Seminars at our gym and the Teachers of Strength event with Pavel, Brett Jones, and Fabio Zonin. 

Derek Toshner on Denali. Jay Irwin and crew setting Guinness record for the fastest known time on the 50 highest peaks. 

Big Gear show coverage.

Reviews from KUHL, Patagonia, Outdoor Research, Thermarest, Gregory, KUIU, Black Diamond, Costa, Hyperice, Peak Design, Manfrotto, Lowepro, Gordini, Allbirds, Sony, BOTE, 

What is adventure? Why do we need it? What do we gain when we have one?

Hear the formula Wil used for endurance success. Find out about the gear he took and why he chose it. Ponder why you might benefit from a stretch goal, how you will breathe life into it, and strategies for making it successful.

00:00 Intro (Breaking it down to Why? How? and What?)

00:56 The Adventure (Riding a bike up and back down a very big hill)

04:30 Why? - Why make life more difficult by embarking on an adventure of this nature?

12:51 How? - Overview - Training & Gear

16:38 How? - Training - 1. Heart Rate (the Maffetone Method)

21:08 How? - Training - 2. Nutrition & Hydration (Skratch Labs & Food Zone Portables)

26:31 How? - Training - 3. Saddle Time & Fortitude (Evolving distances)

27:49 How? - Training - 4. Hills & Altitude

29:15 How? - Gear - Overview & values

30:44 How? - Gear - The Bike - Triban RC520 from Decathlon

32:40 How? - Gear - Clothing - Pearl iZumi - (layering for diverse temperatures & conditions)

37:22 How? - Gear - Helmet - Sena R2X (communications built-in)

38:11 How? - Gear - Miscellaneous gear & thoughts

39:14 What? - The day/ride

50:00 Why? - Revisited - This is the big one for Wil

51:11 The Takeaways from the Experience

54:04 How to reach out to Wil if you want to talk about the value of adventure

Links: Chris McDougal's Website - Where you can buy the book Natural Born Heroes. https://borntorun.world

The Book that Sean contributed to that goes in-depth on mitochondria - there is so much new research on why developing these little guys is so important. https://www.strongfirst.com/shop/books/the-quick-and-the-dead/

An app for staying in a particular HR zone https://www.pulse-alert.com/#home

If you want to know about sports nutrition and how to cook like a pro cycling team nutritionist, start here. https://www.skratchlabs.com/pages/cookbooks

For rice cake recipes, delve into the blog for even more. https://www.skratchlabs.com/blogs/recipes/skratch-aspen-hospital-rice-cake-tutorial

The gear:

Full review of the Pearl iZumi gear used: https://youtu.be/UvSGYvlYlNk

All individual links are listed there

Full review of the Sena R2X helmet: https://youtu.be/pkemkaeLNwg

Decathlon RC520 on clearance: https://www.decathlon.com/collections/road-bikes/products/triban-rc520-disc-brake-road-bike-8629968-967269?

Mountain Hardwear Stretch Down Jacket: https://www.mountainhardwear.com/p/mens-stretchdown-parka-1942931.html?dwvar_1942931_color=347

Mountain Hardwear Compressor Pants: https://www.mountainhardwear.com/p/mens-compressor-pant-1561481.html?dwvar_1561481_color=090

Engearment Podcast - New Writers and Lots of Reviews!

In this episode, I cover the 5 new writers that have joined the Engearment Team. 30+ gear reviews, projects we are working on, and lots more. This one made my head spin! LOL

Welcome: Jay Irwin

Derek Toshner - https://engearment.com/writers/derek-toshner/

Devan Michael - https://engearment.com/writers/devan-michael/

Paul Gallaher - https://engearment.com/writers/paul-gallaher/

Amir Alrubaiy - https://engearment.com/writers/amir-alrubaiy/

Engearment Podcast Nick Symmonds - Fitness Mr. Beast - Impossible Obstacle Course

YouTube and social media sensation, 2-time Olympian, accomplished mountain climber, and all-around positively awesome human - Nick Symmonds joins Sean Sewell on the Engearment Podcast. Covering what it is like to go from the Olympics to creating sensational fitness challenges on YouTube.

With over 1 million YouTube subscribers, Nick has been called the "Fitness Mr. Beast." One look at his high-caliber content, and you will see why.

Nick Symmonds YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@nicksymmonds/featured

He is an outdoorsman at heart. Earning Eagle Scout and summiting 44 of the 50 highest peaks in the states.

He is launching the "Impossible Obstacle Course" in Eugene, Oregon, this Friday, March 3, 2023. Open to everyone with a prize of $25K!

Engearment Podcast - Tayson Whittaker of Outdoor Vitals

In this episode, Tayson Whittaker, CEO and Founder of Outdoor Vitals, talks about how Outdoor Vitals started, the mission to educate, empower and explore the vital outdoors and gear!

This was a fun conversation that had lots of actionable takeaways. We also had a lot of fun chatting about YouTube and tech before the episode.

Outdoor Vitals makes really good outdoor clothing and gear that this direct to consumer.  We have several reviews on their gear and will have many more coming up!

Outdoor Vitals - https://snp.link/8a4efa4c

Engearment Podcast - Live! Q&A StrongFirst Miami, Patagonia, upcoming meetings

Welcome to our first-ever LIVE podcast! I am learning here, so bear with me as I figure out how to answer questions and tie this all together :)

Lots to cover in the one!

Engearment Podcast - New Gore-Tex New ePE WPB Technology

Matt Decker from Gore-Tex joins the Engearment Podcast to go over the new ePE WPB technology. Gore-Tex's first new WPB membrane in 40 years. It is lighter, eco friendly and still durable.

We have a spec jacket that we have been testing for over a month with this tech in it. Good stuff.

Matt Decker, Global Technical & Innovation Leader at W. L. Gore & Associates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjohndecker/

https://www.gore-tex.com/new-goretex-products

Engearment Podcast - Pre Gore-Tex, Outdoor Vitals, and StrongFirst Meetings

Recap on reviews from the Engearment Team. Next week we will have Gore-Tex on the podcast. Outdoor Vitals will join us in February. We get to work with Pavel and StrongFirst for the Strong Endurance seminar in two weeks.

Lots to cover!

Last weekend, we just had our 5th Annual Beacon Bash at the base of Winter Park ski resort in Colorado. We raided $8k for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center and Friends of Berthoud Pass.

Several hundred people attended and practiced at the Ortovox and BCA beacon parks. Dozens of brands donated to the raffle. Many smiles were had.

GoPro reached out to work on a special project. I can not share what it is, but it will be the next generation of awesome :)

Gore-Tex asked to work on testing their new WPB memrain and will be on the podcast in a few weeks to share the details on this development.