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How To Build Primal Fitness And Endurance By Hunting: An Interview With A Bowhunting Triathlete

Ben Greenfield Life

Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2014

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

I grew up in North Idaho surrounded by hunters. I've personally been hunting whitetail deer in my backyard for 4 years, fishing since I was a kid, and I've even podcasted about whether deer meat is healthy.

And in the recent post "The 3 P’s Of Being A Man, Getting Tough and Doing Hard Things", you learned that one way to accomplish the "P" of providing is to hunt.

My guest on today's podcast is Shad Wheeler (pictured above) from GotHunts.com.

Shad is an entrepreneur, a bowhunter, and an triathlete, and in this episode, he teaches you how to build primal fitness and endurance by hunting.

-How Shad's father helped found and invent the Bowflex exercise device...

-What type of bows are best for bow hunting, whether you're a seasoned hunter or just getting started...

-The similarities between triathlon and bowhunting...

-TrainToHunt.com and the Train To Hunt Challenges...

-Workouts for getting ready for bowhunting...

Do you have questions or comments about this show? Leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com!

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Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast.

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We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice

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from the top fitness experts in the nation.

0:30.4

So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you're just trying to shove a few pounds,

0:35.2

get ready for non-runner-the-mill cutting edge content from BenGreenfieldFitness.com.

0:41.3

Hey, it's Ben Greenfield and you may know that I actually grew up in North Idaho, Eastern

0:59.3

Washington, surrounded by lots of hunters and fishers, fishermen.

1:05.9

And I've personally been hunting white-tailed deer in my backyard for about the past

1:10.7

four years.

1:11.7

I've been fishing since I was a kid and we even had podcasts about whether deer meat is

1:17.3

healthy.

1:18.7

And you know, in the recent podcast, if you listen to it, we had the guy from the art of

1:26.0

manliness on Brett McKay and he talked about one way to accomplish the pee of being a man,

1:32.0

the provision part of providing is to hunt.

1:36.7

My guest on today's podcast is a guy named Shad Wheeler and Shad is from a website called

1:43.7

gothunts.com, which he'll tell us a little bit more about, but it's basically like a hunting

1:49.4

and guiding website.

1:51.3

And Shad is actually a friend of mine.

1:55.0

He's a guy who I've coached in the past for triathlon.

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