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ElkShape

Dan Staton

Fitness, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In this episode, Dan and Josh sit down with the newest addition to the ElkShape Training team: Sage Gardner, a Colorado-based strength and conditioning coach and the mastermind behind our evolving fitness programming. We dive into:🏋️ Sage’s journey through college athletics, coaching, and how he found his way to ElkShape📚 His background in sports performance and what that brings to the table for hunters🧠 The philosophy behind training for the backcountry—not just for aesthetics, but for grit, endurance, and resilience🦌 His plans for the 2025 elk season and how he’s preparing to hit the mountains👨👩👧👦 Balancing family, faith, and the grind This episode is a great intro to the mind helping drive the next phase of ElkShape Training—and a reminder of what it looks like to stay Locked In year-round. @elkshape @elkshapetraining @sage_gardner51 💢 Discount Codes 💢 BORN PRIMITIVE OUTDOOR - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠ PEAX EQUIP - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠ CANVAS CUTTER - 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠ WILDERNESS ATHLETE | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠ VORTEX WEAR | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ BLACK OVIS | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ SHEEPFEET | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ onXhunt ELITE Membership | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ Basekamp Quarter Pad | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ CrossOver Symmetry | 20% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ Stealth Cam | 20% Off Code (non-cellular): ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE20⁠⁠⁠ MAGVIEW | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ MY MEDIC | 10% Off Code: ⁠⁠⁠elkshape⁠⁠⁠ DARK ENERGY | 10% Off CODE: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE⁠⁠⁠ GORUCK | LINK TO ⁠⁠⁠SHOP⁠⁠⁠ BLACK RIFLE COFFEE | 20% OFF CODE: ⁠⁠⁠ELKSHAPE20⁠⁠⁠ 🚨Video Production🚨 A CAM - ⁠⁠⁠SONY A1 BODY⁠⁠⁠ B CAM - ⁠⁠⁠SONY A7 IV W/KIT LENS⁠⁠⁠ SONY ⁠⁠⁠LONG LENS 70-200MM⁠⁠⁠ WIRELESS ⁠⁠⁠DJI MIC 2⁠⁠⁠ STUDIO LENS ⁠⁠⁠24-70MM ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠DJI DRONE ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠DJI ACTION 4⁠ @rileystaton24 📸 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the podcast today, sitting down with Sage from Colorado.
0:03.8	This guy is a strength and conditioning specialist, and Josh and I from Elkshape Training hired him.
0:11.1	And that's cool for me to say, I'm smiling because we needed the help.
0:14.6	And most importantly, we needed the right help.
0:17.0	So, Sage, what's your last name?
0:18.6	Gardner.
0:19.2	Welcome to the Spokane.
0:20.7	Thank you. First time. Yeah. Welcome to Spokane. Thank you.
0:21.2	First time.
0:22.1	Yeah.
0:22.7	Sounds like Southwest treated you real well today.
0:25.1	Yeah, they sent my bow to Sacramento.
0:27.3	It's great.
0:28.0	It's not here.
0:28.8	Great.
0:29.2	We fly them in for one day to do a bunch of stuff.
0:32.7	And the one thing they screwed up is your bow.
0:36.3	And the first thing I asked you, I was like, did you lock your own boat, like put your own lock on your bow case and you said.
0:41.7	I put TSA locks.
0:42.9	Exactly.
0:43.6	Yep.
0:43.9	Which is perfect.
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