Week 1 of Polyometrics done, but it kicked my butt! I wish I could say that I did the whole hour, but I did take little longer breaks at the end. But, I probably did 50+ minutes.

In a word WOW!

Check out this video of Jonathan on his standard morning grind, training for his Stone Sheep hunt in August.

It looks like he is wearing a Mystery Ranch pack, stuffed with paint cans!  I’d like to know it felt with liquid on your back swishing around.

Read the full article here.

BOZEMAN (AP) — The 9th annual Medical History of the American West conference will be held Thursday, April 16, at Montana State University.

Titled “Summits and Sorrow,” the conference will run from 1:30 to approximately 8:30 p.m. in the Stadium Club in the Reno H. Sales Stadium.

Speakers will discuss high-altitude science in the Alps and Andes, breathing studies in Colorado’s high country, animals and humans exercising in high altitudes, bodily malfunctions while mountaineering in the Andes and travails in the Andean mines.

The conference is free and open to the public, but those planning to attend are asked to register by Thursday, April 9.

Anyone interested can register by writing the WWAMI Medical Education Program, 308 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 173080, Bozeman, MT 59717-3080, faxing 406-994-4398 or sending an e-mail to wwami@montana.edu.

I felt that since I was starting my new workout & diet, I should post some thoughts on foods as I was writing out my grocery list.

Some of the best choices for health of your heart are the monounsaturated, omega 3 fats and the polyunsaturated fats.  Fat “doesn’t necessarily” make you fat, studies have shown that it has an essential role in metabolism. 

The Better Fats (Monounsaturated):

• Avocado
• Nuts
  • Almonds
  • Cashews
  • Hazelnuts
  • Macadamia nuts
  • Peanuts
  • Pecans
  • Pistachios
• Oil
  • Canola
  • Olive
  • Peanut
  • Sesame
• Olives
• Peanut butter
• Sesame seeds

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Here is some great information for your Health!  Don’t forget to drink more water during your off/Pre-season workouts!!!

This is a simple but very beneficial tip from Brandon at Sitka.

Read the full article here.

The recent “70% off for 70 hours” sale was a huge success as many of you were able to take advantage of such tremendous savings on our great products. We did not anticipate, however, the disappointment of so many of you who wanted to share this opportunity with friends and family and simply ran out of time, or, as many of you have conveyed to us, that when you forwarded the email it showed up as spam to your friends.

It is our intention, therefore, to offer up the exact same “70% Off for 70 Hours” promotion in an attempt to satisfy all of you who love Wilderness Athlete products and want others to try them at these tremendous savings.

“It has been my experience when hunting that I generally get only one great shot opportunity per hunt and if I blow it I am left frustrated for an entire year. I certainly do not want Wilderness Athlete customers to feel that way about a “blown opportunity” so I am giving you a second shot and then you will have to wait for another year !!

Hunt Long, Hunt Strong,

                               Coach “P”

This special is only while supplies last, so you need to hurry to take advantage of this phenomenal deal:

1) Go online to our website at http://www.wildernessathlete.com

2) Add whatever products that are available which you wish to order at 70% OFF to your shopping cart,

3) If you would like to order 2 or more of a certain product, change the quantity in front of the product to the quantity you would like to order, then click on the “Recalculate” button,

4) When you are finished adding products to your shopping cart, enter the following code into the coupon code space provided: WA70%OFF2 (it works best if you type the code in the space; do not copy and paste the code)

5) Click on the “Apply” button (you will see a green confirmation appear when the code has been accepted),

6) Click on the “Checkout” button when you are ready to pay for your order.

Feel free to share this 70% off coupon code with your friends and family!

The sale begins at midnight tonight (12:00 am EST, Monday, March 16, 2009) and ends Thursday (March 19, 2009) at 11:59 pm EST…ok, we know the hours are a little off, BUT the 70% off is right on the money.

This special cannot be applied to any orders made prior to the start time of the special, nor to any orders made after the end time of the special. NO EXCEPTIONS!

These coupon codes are not to be used with any other specials, coupon codes, or discounts.

Quantities are limited, so hurry to get the products you are looking for!

Recently, some snowboarders got lost in the alps. The guy with the iPhone, Jason Tavaria, used the phone’s GPS to aid his rescue. Tragically, his friend did not make it.

Rescuers found the second lost person’s body at the bottom of a +60 foot fall next to a stream. The lost snowboarders’ friends kept in touch via twitter. It appears that while these skiers and snowboarders went off piste, none of them carried any sort of radio or satellite personal locator beacons, like the moderately priced SPOT. I mean, if you’re in the back country, chances are your cellular reception isn’t so great. The guy with the iPhone got off lucky being pretty close to a resort. Although the GPS function in any phone would work well in an open area to get someone reoriented. Either way, be safe during these storms, friends.

Read the entire article here.

Not sure if you guys/gals received your latest EBJ, but you’ll notice in the Dialed in section, that Cameron Hanes is no longer with Eastman’s Bowhunting Journal.

My impression of Cam is that he is a very down to earth genuine guy, couldn’t have been nicer or gone out of his way answer a multitude of questions that I have asked him.

I was told by a friend of mine that Cam addressed this situation before he began his seminar at the Phoenix ISE and basically said that things had ran their course. He’ll continue writing, and is currently working on a book about backcountry hunting the wilds of Alaska.

The cause was that he just had “too many irons in the fire.” He has a full time job, a wife and 3 children, 2 of which play sports, he writes, he shoots, he trains like a madman and oh, he hunts!

I will say that reading Backcountry Bowhunting was what turned me onto backcountry hunting.  This book has helped this flatlander with some great advice on the backcountry. That book was more than inspirational for me and I have read it several times!

I hate to see him leave as I’ve always enjoyed reading his columns, stories, and tips/advice…not sure how it’ll effect Eastmans’ Publishing, Inc.

Cam is still going to host RMEF Elk Chronicles and for Bugle magazine.

We can only speculate on what, if any other projects are brewing….maybe this!

Wilderness Athlete products will be 70% off until Sunday at 11:59 EST.

The promo code is WA70%OFF

If you order 2 or more of a certain product, change the quantity you would like to order then click the recalculate button.

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