Beyond The Kill

Ah, the age old question of whether you have a mobility or stability problem. In simple terms, this questions means, should you stretch or strengthen? Well the answer is usually both, but Wardo goes over two tests for your shoulders and some breakouts to give you a better idea of whether you should stretch that pain away or feed it some iron and tell it to shut up.    @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Get 10% off everything at ARGALI Outdoors by using code BTK at checkout. Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program and build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance you need to take on the mountains this season.

On this episode, Nolan visits with Jared Christon, a good friend and mentor, hunting guide, and owner of Canadian Black Bear Taxidermy. www.canadianblackbeartaxidermy.com @canadianblackbeartaxidermy --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and find a pack that suits your needs. --------------------------- SUPPORT WILD SHEEP: Go to Wild Sheep Foundation to find a membership option that suits your budget and commitment to

It seems like Spring is no longer a season for us in here BC so we are right into training in the heat. There are a lot of factors to keep in mind when training in hotter temperatures such as recovery, sodium intake post-training, and reducing your training intensity or time to keep within the early season limits of your body. Wardo tackles all this and more in the latest episode of HYP.  @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Get 10% off everything at ARGALI Outdoors by using code BTK at checkout. Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program and build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance you need to take on the mountains this season.

***NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN – EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT*** On this episode, Adam gets the full trip report from Nolan and Wardo after their recent adventure chasing big black bears around the inlets and estuaries of Northern Vancouver Island. If there’s anything to take away from this hunt, it’s never get in a boat with these landlubbers. @nmo @hardyardsperformance --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Follow a program that actually performs in the mountains, not just on social media. The BTK Mountain Hunter training program will build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance you need to handle multi-day hunts. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and fin

As the weather improves and people are hitting the trails rucking, running, etc. we're seeing a lot of knee pain questions coming into the DMs. For most people, once that knee pain kicks-in, the easiest solution is to avoid the painful movement. This might work for a single training session, but it definitely won’t stop the pain from coming back or fix the root issue. Wardo goes over a few simple drills you can do on a daily basis to get the most out of your knees, train pain free, and get stronger for those long days in the mountains. @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program and build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance you need to take on the mountains this season.

On this episode, Nolan visits with Rydell Reinbold, owner and founder of Aziak Equipment. An Alaskan native that grew up hunting moose, Rydell started Aziak out of the desire to solve his own need for lightweight backcountry glassing solutions, and the ball hasn’t stopped rolling. Nolan has used the Aziak Bino Clamp for the last year guiding and hunting, which lead him to bring Rydell onto the podcast. www.aziakequipment.com @aziakequipment --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing s

On this episode, Wardo goes through a whole host of tips on how to get the best sleep possible so that all that hard work you put into your training actually turns into the results you’re looking for. @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program and build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance you need to take on the mountains this season.

On this episode, Nolan visits with Kevin Toye of the Focus Hunting Podcast, an avid bowhunter, and outdoorsman. Kevin is a busy entrepreneur and father with a lifetime of hunting experience in British Columbia. In the last few years has narrowed his focus to bow hunting big alpine mule deer and rocky mountain elk, and they discuss what drives Kevin and his passion for bowhunting. @focushuntingpodcast @kevinltoye --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season? Check out

On this episode, Wardo breaks down some simple tips to improve your mechanics that will not only help you avoid injuries but allow you to draw a heavier weight with your bow. Wardo also throws in a few exercises you need to be doing to improve your draw strength and endurance for those long practice sessions. @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

****EXPLICIT LANGUAGE – NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN*** It’s that time of year when we should thinking good and hard about the gear we need to upgrade or replace. With this in mind, we’re reposting one of the Precision Insights episodes from last spring that focused exclusively on tripods. This is one area where, if you do your research, you can actually find some solid options that won’t break the bank. You don’t need to spend a ton to create a stable glassing system, but you do need something that's functional for your needs & optics. If you’re new to the podcast, our Precision Insights series features Omer Hrbinic, the owner/founder of Precision Optics, where we do an in-depth analysis and breakdown of the most important equipment that you will buy as a mountain and backcountry hunter. If you didn’t catch these episodes last year, you’re going to want to go back and check out the Precision Insights series that were released between January 31, 2022 and March 28, 2022. @precision.optics @j_o_hrbinic ------

Wardo touches on how your upper back and neck can be the cause for inconsistencies when shooting your bow. This episode will help you understand how/why and, give you a couple of quick fixes so you can see if it improves your consistency. @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

On this episode, Nolan visits with Harrison Bryk – Chef and avid hunter and angler who currently resides in the northern Gulf Islands of British Columbia. Harrison is one of those folks that, whether hunting or fishing, really does bloom where they are planted. From Bass and Muskie in Ontario to urban Carp and mountain goats in British Columbia, Harrison makes the most of his opportunities and his meals. Nolan picks his brain on what drives his hunting and fishing as well as some interesting dishes he’s pulled together along the way. @h_bryk --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking

In BC and other northern climates, we generally aren't running much over the winter. As spring comes and you get back to running the inevitable calf tightness can range from “Oh that's tender” to “Holy fuck I can’t walk”. Listen in to a simple tip to prevent this! @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

On this episode, Nolan visits with Peter Gutsche – a good friend of the podcast, WSSBC Director and passionate conservationist – to discuss the South Thompson California Bighorn Sheep monitoring project that the Wild Sheep Society of BC currently collaborating on. They discuss the scope of the project, as well as some of the other upcoming projects and events that WSSBC is working on.   @petergutsche    @wildsheepsocietybc   “The Chadwick” Single Malt Whisky   Transmission Film    --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain.  Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry h

On this episode, Wardo branches off from a specific topic for more of a general reminder that it is getting close to changing your training cycle into more aerobic capacity-based work. These next two months are crucial to your backcountry success later this year.  @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

On this episode, Adam visits with Caleb Stillians, an Alaskan guide that, despite his young age, is making a name for himself in both the guiding industry and as an entrepreneur in the hunting and outdoor community. Caleb shares his experiences guiding for Dall sheep and big bears throughout Alaska, as well as his new venture Outfitter.Services that’s modernizing how you can find hunts, fishing experiences, and a host of other outdoor related classes and training. Throughout the podcast, we reference a film Caleb was a part of so, check out A FULL MEASURE where Caleb guides Glen Eberle to a beautiful 12-year old Dall ram. This is one of the best hunting films we’ve seen in a long time. @calebstillians --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at ww

For years, good hard working people have been told their hamstrings are tight and are given stretches. Rarely do we see that make a lasting difference…why is that? The problem often stems from issues in the low-back, not the hamstrings themselves. Wardo dives into some exercises that should finally fix those pesky hamstrings once and for all.  @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

****EXPLICIT LANGUAGE – NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN*** On this episode, Nolan sits down with Curt & Devin Gassoff of the Come Out Heavy Podcast . If you’re not familiar, the Come Out Heavy boys don’t mince their words. Kurt & Devin grew up in the tradition of moose camps and putting meat in the freezer, and have a wealth of hunting experience and the stories to back it up. They talk about what drove them to start a podcast and pull a few great stories out of the archives along the way. @come_out_heavy_podcast --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand

This is the fun time of year when we transition into the outdoors and start to push our aerobic capacity. For many of us, that means running or higher-intensity hiking. If your calves are a notorious chink the in the armor and get insanely tight or even strain consistently here are a few tips to help through the early season.  @drmattwarddc @hardyardsperformance ------------------------- Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance, to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready.

On this episode, Adam visits with Brad Brooks from ARGALI to discuss a wide swath of topics. From the state of marketing, sponsorships, and influencer culture in the hunting space, to ARGALI’s new gear offerings for 2023, and finally, what it means to embrace the process of hunting. @argali_official --------------------------- DEALS & OFFERS: Wanna be ready for any hunt this season? Join the BTK Mountain Hunter training program so you can build the strength, durability, grit, and endurance to handle multi-day expeditionary hunts. Train smart. Be Ready. Need boots? Check out the full CRISPI line-up at www.crispius.com to find a model that suits your hunting style and terrain. Get 10% off everything in the ARGALI Outdoors shop by using code BTK at checkout. Looking for a pack that will stand up to the rigors of backcountry hunting, heavy loads, and keep performing season after season? Check out the full MYSTERY RANCH line-up and find a pack that suits your needs. --------------------------- SUPPORT WILD SHE