Bear Handlon: Veteran, Co-Founder/CEO of Born Primitive

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Bear Handlon.

Bear is a former Navy SEAL officer, collegiate athlete, CrossFit competitor, and the co-founder and CEO of Born Primitive.

Bear founded Born Primitive in 2014 making products geared toward CrossFit athletes, and has since expanded into creating durable and quality fitness apparel for everyone. Born Primitive’s motto is “athlete-drive, patriot-inspired.” They actively support the Navy SEAL Foundation, Concerns of Police Survivors, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, and the Best Defense Foundation.

He also co-hosts The Born Primitive Podcast.

To learn more about Bear and Born Primitive, follow him on Instagram @bearhandlon and @bornprimitive.

You can also visit the Born Primitive website, bornprimitive.com.

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0:57.0	check out join us in celebrating the spirit of American craftsmanship while making a
1:01.6	difference in the lives of our nation's heroes. This is the Danger Close Podcast, Beyond the Books with me, Jack Carr.
1:17.0	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Ironclad original presented by Navy Federal Credit Union.
1:28.0	My guest today is Bear Hanlon.
1:30.9	Bear played football at Yale before working for Red Bowl
1:33.6	and then going into the SEAL teams.
1:35.5	He is a cross-fit games competitor
1:37.6	and the founder of the apparel company,
1:40.3	Born Primitive.
1:42.2	And now, without further ado, Bear Hanlon.
1:47.0	Bear, what's up man?
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