The harder the situation of the circumstance, the greater the learning opportunity about who we are.

But if we choose to learn about who we are, the knowledge that we get within the obstacle gives us the tools to face the obstacle itself.

Welcome to the rich outdoors, where we break down the tips, tactics, and strategies of hunting's great

to not only help you become better hunters but to motivate and inspire you between

hunting adventures. For more about us including additional resources on our guests, and links to everything we cover

in the interview, check out the rich outdoors.net. Today's podcast brought to you by Mountain Tough Fitness Lab right here in Bozeman, Montana.

It's established itself as the elite source for improving mental toughness, physical preparation,

and performance research for backcountry hunters.

I personally tested the pre-season backcountry hunter program here in Bozeman with Dustin Diefendover who's the founder of Mountain Tough.

I loved it.

Dustin's been on the podcast. We've talked a lot about Mountain

Toughest. A solid dude, great guy. The workout is amazing. It's a it's such a

great workout. It'll test you physically and mentally and definitely push you

to your limits on both of those levels.

I love the program. It's awesome. Their online programs are 90 days. They're all video-based and it's

delivered through a private Mountain Tough site that's accessible on any device.

Think of it as like a private social training platform

specifically built for backcountry hunters.

They now have a 90 day online program for preseason and they just launched a new 90 day online program for post-season.

The post-season program is specifically built to pack that strength back on after a long season in the field.

The post season is going to be available January 1st.

It's like the ideal winter program to kind of capitalize on all that work

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