Train Smarter Hunt Longer

Flying solo on this one. I lay down my process for improving my mental skills and resilience. And I tell ya a story about why not doing this when I was younger pretty much ruined my college football career.

I chat with UK-based Strength coach and athlete Dan Reeve about using your “1%-ers” to drive recovery, the basics of endurance training, and coaching philosophy.

Jordan Wilcher joins me to share his experience from his first season of competitive shooting and shares some takeaways we can apply to rifle hunting.

This puppy teaches you the HPPM process for training to hunt at higher elevations when you live at lower elevations. Shoot your questions to humanpredatorpackmule@gmail.com

This episode features my good buddy Doug Kechijian of Resilient Performance Physical Therapy. Doug is brilliant physical therapist and performance coach, an also has a unique experience as a member of the spec ops community. He thinks that backcountry and mountain hunters should prepare like special operators. Tune in to find out why!

I chat with my good buddy and hunting partner, Steve Opat, about mental skills for getting through the suck and staying in the field. And it all starts with your mentality while training...

Flying solo on this one! I talk about the strategies we use at HPPM to train all day in preparation for meeting the all day demands of backcountry hunting.

This episode features world renowned nutritionist, Dr. Mike Roussell. We talk about how to evaluate whether or not you should take a certain supplement, which supplements are great for health, which are great for performance, and which are a total waste of money.

I’m joined by Hunter and long range shooter Matt Comment. Not only is he one of my good friends, he’s also the guy responsible for turning me into a decent shot. During this episode he talks about how to take a run of the mill rifle and make it an accurate hunting weapon.

I chat with UK based strength coach Adam Willis, an expert in female training, about whether or not there are actually any differences in training women versus training men. Spoiler alert: you have to listen to find out.

My business partner Chris Merritt joins me to talk about how we organize and execute the training for the tactical unit that we train. Chris also killed his first deer this season and he tells that story!

Overcoming other hunters with access to the same ground and a new strategy for the mountain and the farm.

This episode adds two more exercises to your strength training for archery repertoire.

Recap of the opening weekend of archery whitetail season in Virginia...includes a nice little Mexican standoff with a black bear and talk on the strategies that I chose. Check it.

During this episode I issue you three challenges to help you develop your predatory skills. Full disclosure: this is stuff I’m working on, too.

This episode walks you through the types of training and exercises that will ACTUALLY keep you strong and healthy while practicing archery.

During this episode I catch up with longtime friend and incredible physical rehab practitioner Dr. Justin Rabinowitz to give you tips and practices to help you prevent and manage low-back and hip pain. It’s something that all backpack hunters know can be issue, so let’s stop it before it starts.

We’re starting a new series on the HPPM podcast! During The Whitetail Chronicles, I’m going to lay out the story of my 2020-2021 whitetail season: the strategy, the good, the bad, the ugly...all of it. This first part of the series gives you the low-down on where I hunt and my strategy for opening archery weekend in Virginia.

This episode walks you through a few simple things that you can do to maintain your fitness during hunting season so that you perform to your best and stay injury resistant.

After running into some trouble with my compound bow, I get a little into the weeds about the choices of tackle we use to hunt with and how much it matters. Serious bow hunter that thinks crossbows are dumb? Listen to this...

I chat with my man Jordan Wilcher about his SUCCESSFUL Nevada mule deer muzzle loader hunt...from scouting to pack out. Enjoy!

My man Joe Ferronato and I have a killer conversation about archery hunting. We talk stalking, practice, beating target panic, and Joe tells some great archery hunting stories...including his archery bison hunt (the pucker factor of that story is serious 😳)

Steve Opat of Alaskan Odysseys joins me for some good old rabble rousing, chatter on what a rust buster is and why you should get one in early in your hunting season, a meandering chat on mental toughness, and Steve’s first ever pack out as an Alaskan.

Dr. Mike Roussell is a nutritionist, author, consultant, and public speaker. Not only that, he’s a guy that actually trains and practices what he preaches. I know first hand...we trained together for quite a while. In this episode he breaks down what keto does, what fat adaptation is, and whether of them are really worth pursuing for backcountry performance.

Man, this is cool! I got to do a podcast episode with one of my closest friends. But it’s not just because he’s my buddy, he’s the most experienced backpacker that I know. In this episode Josh lays out the most over- and under-rated gear for lightweight back packing...just in time for your summer scouting trips.