Discussing HIGH INTENSITY vs. LOW INTENSITY for the Mountains

ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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0:30.1	All right. It is almost 5 o'clock on a Friday night and I am joined by my new friend
0:35.1	from the wet side, the west side of Washington, James Strange.
0:40.2	Now, James is 45 years young.
0:43.1	He's got a master's degree and exercise in sports sciences, something like that,
0:47.2	and a doctorate in chiropractic, has been in private practice for many, many years,
0:52.9	sold the practice, and now teaches chiropractic at a university. And he reached out to me via Instagram to see if I wanted to learn more about one of his fitness products, told me he crossfits and told me he is a bowhunter. And I said, say less. Come on over. We bet. We showed the kids kids the cool thing we'll talk about a little bit later
1:12.2	the versa versa hook versa hook really cool and uh people are going to get it when they see it
1:18.6	and then we shot bows in the high winds of green acres that was interesting you're a good shot
1:24.2	and then we went and did your workout stuff. You're in a study. We should talk
1:29.5	about that. That was a great workout. And now here we are. Thanks for suffering with me.
1:35.2	That was great. Yeah. So I guess first things first, your background, did I nail that or did I miss
1:41.4	something? Yeah. No, I've got a bachelor's in biology and then a master's in sports and exercise science
1:46.1	and a doctorate in chiropractic.
1:48.3	I teach at the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon.
1:51.3	I live in Camus, Washington with my beautiful wife and two kids, 11 and 8.
1:55.6	11 and 8.
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