all right ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of the hookit podcast today I'm

joined by my buddy Matt McDuff to take another deep dive into a book or two but before we get

into this episode there's a few things that I want to say first up we are in another lockdown

and these things aren't easy.

And I think more than ever, I've been seeing the mental health implications of this

after the last episode went out live, especially with Russ Pierre.

A lot of people reached out, said that they've been struggling,

talked about some things through Instagram and direct messages,

and even sat and chatted to some listeners over Skype as well.

So it's not going to be an easy month, folks, or two months or however long this goes on, but,

you know, make sure you're reaching out, talking to people, even if you can only meet virtually,

then do that. And also, I wanted to mention the Winter

Defines Handbook, because this thing seems to actually be helping people, which I didn't really

expect. So if you haven't already heard about it, the Winter Defines Handbook is something I created

to sort of help people navigate winter and also lockdown, which I didn't know

that we'd have, but it all ties in.

It's stacked with 250 challenges, which have broken down into seven categories, as riding

challenges, fitness challenges, random challenges, 25 podcast recommendations, 25 book

recommendations, and 25 must watch mountain bike and action sports

films along with 25 iconic movies to watch too. And it's free. There's a link in the show

description and all we ask is you just keep us up to date with how you're getting on with this

thing. You know, if you tick something off, do a little Instagram post, make sure you tag us

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