Ep. 24: Spike Camp - $5,000 Home Gym
In Pursuit
MeatEater
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Join Rich and the crew break down their ideal mid-budget training setups and immediately get lost in plate math, duplicate lists, questionable equipment choices, and relentless chirping. From arguing whether 190 pounds of plates is “enough,” to sleds, sandbags, bikes, rowers, racks, yokes, ropes, and rucks, this one is part practical, part ridiculous, and fully honest. Along the way, the conversation drifts (as it always does) into accountability partners, why Snapchat might be sketchy after 30, GHDs that absolutely should not have been done, and what actually matters if your goal is to be harder to kill, not just fitter on paper.
They also talk Conquer90, hybrid training, running volume, upcoming events at Western Hunt Expo, and why sometimes the best programming ideas come from testing things the hard way.
If you’re building a home gym, training for the hunt, or just want to hear a group of competitive people argue over equipment like it actually matters, this episode delivers.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:24.1 | Guaranteed Human. 190 pounds? That's it? I have, that's not counting the barbell and I have another set of weights at the bottom. Sorry, 230. You got two, just put your sets of weights together. Just what? Listen, hey, we all just agreed that we took our list and then we added stuff. Yeah, but you could still fix your list. |
| 0:22.2 | All right, keep going. Go ahead. I have to rearrange my car. 190 pounds plus whatever, what are the other ways? When I get that, I just said, hey, my- No, no, you need to at least consolidate that. You can't be like, I got a 190 pound of weight here. I've only read one thing. We go down one thing. |
| 0:36.5 | We go down through 18 things and you're like, |
| 0:38.0 | Oh yeah, and 190 more pounds. |
| 0:40.0 | The next thing. We go down one thing. We go down through 18 things. Then you're like, oh yeah, and a 190 more pounds. The next thing could be the next set of plates. All right, let's hear you got two different kinds of plates. All right. Oh, I got two different stacks of plates. This is a hundred 90 pounds stack. There's another stack. All right, let me get to the second item. The second item might be the plates. |
| 0:55.5 | Other plates. |
| 0:56.1 | Okay, let me get there. |
| 0:57.2 | Better be the plate. |
| 0:57.7 | The second item is a rogue slice sled. |
| 0:59.5 | See, you're just ruined it. |
| 1:04.1 | Out here, the stakes are real. |
| 1:07.2 | Effective preparation starts with fitness, but it requires so much more. |
| 1:11.6 | This show explores the tools, knowledge, resilience, and skills needed to be ready when it matters the most. |
| 1:18.6 | Join me, Rich Broning, as we apply the decades of wisdom I have gained through training and competition to hunting in the backcountry. |
| 1:29.6 | This is in pursuit. |
| 1:32.4 | Brought to you by Mountain Ops. |
| 1:37.1 | In collaboration with Mayhem Hunt. |
| 1:38.4 | All right. |
| 1:40.0 | Hey, actually I have a question for the group. |
| 1:47.8 | At what age does it become unacceptable to have Snapchat? |
| 1:50.9 | Oh, this is Nate and Watkins. |
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