Wilderness Fitness Podcast with Dr. Rob Minturn PT, CSCS

Ep 36: Stress and Fitness Progression

Stress is inevitable. 
We all endure it..some better than others. 
How do you manage your exercise expectations and fitness goals through the tough, and smooth times? 
In this episode, I dive into a few different stressors, stress management techniques, and how to navigate your fitness expectations during times of high stress.
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Ep 35: Heavy Lifting After A Training Pause

Training with heavy weights is essential for endurance athletes, and even more crucial for mountain endurance athletes. 
In this episode, I highlight how to weave back into heavy lifting after the holidays and hunting seasons come to a close.
Enjoy!
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Ep 34: Choosing The Right Surgeon

As a therapist, we are blessed to join our patients on the, sometimes roller coaster, ride of recovering after surgery.
The surgeon spends more time with you while you’re passed out under anesthesia, than when you’re awake over the course of your post-op follow ups.
They don’t get to see the journey you take on a day to day, week to week basis…we, as PTs, do.
Do yourself a favor and research your options.
Don’t take the convenient option of the guy/gal down the road, or the one who is local.
You want outcomes, not personality.
Call your local PT clinics to see who they suggest. Call more than one.
Call in a different part of the state if you have to.
You may be thinking about the short term relief and wanting to get it done ASAP.
Take it from a guy who gets to work with folks with jacked up outcomes following surgeries from 5, 10, 15 years ago.
Your surgeon doesn’t have to live with the outcomes. Your therapist doesn’t have to live with the outcomes.
You do.
We go home, and do our thing after work.
You have to live with it.
You get multiple quotes for a new roof. You get multiple quotes for a new septic system.
You shop around for cars. You shop around for archery/firearm equipment. You test this gear and that gear..
Do the same for your health.
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Ep 33: Bad Backs Can Suck It

Your spine is strong. You're ok to continue training if you're having a flare up in pain. You're ok to start training if you have an injury. You need to lift light, heavy, and using a belt isn't bad. Adding variety to your movement selection is super crucial. 
All of this and more are covered in this episode. 
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Ep 32: Improving Morning Neck Stiffness

"That's a pain in the neck." 
Literally. 
Who the hell likes waking up with neck pain?
In this episode, I highlight a few ideas for you to improve neck stiffness, and back stiffness, so you can wake up and hit the ground running each morning. 
Neck Rotation Exercise
Back Mobility
Shoulder Mobility
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Ep 31: Sprinting to Enhance Endurance

You have to sprint to build speed. That's the basic principle of specificity for exercise programming.
You also have to sprint to build your endurance engine.
The benefits of improving endurance through sprinting are fairly minute.
However, the injury prevention aspect of sprints to build endurance are pretty hard to argue against having them in your training program.
Tune in to hear why!
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Ep 30: Do you really need that MRI?

We're in an imaging epidemic. Everyone feels they "need" to see what's going you.
The truth is, you really don't...most of the time.
I also discuss loading a nagging injury to make the tissue adapt. 
"Just going to rest it" is the absolute wrong approach and I briefly explain why later in the episode!
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Ep 29: Picking a CrossFit Gym with Justin Burkett PTA of Wilderness PT

Justin has a long standing history of performing, coaching, and programming CrossFit workouts. 
I have received a few questions on how to tell if a gym is legit or not, so I wanted to bring Justin on the podcast to discuss this. 
Plus, Justin is the guy programming the Spicy Saturday workouts, so ya'll can now put a face to the name.
Enjoy!
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Ep 28: The European Mount Process and Care with Audrey of A2 Skull Works

I had the pleasure of learning from Audrey about the entire process that goes into creating a clean looking skull mount. 
She has been involved with taxidermy work since a young age, so skull work was a niche she wanted to tap into. 
The cleaning, degreasing, and whitening process may surprise you with the little intricacies and nuances the process takes to create a lifelong, eye-candy type skull.
Check her out on Facebook and Instagram! 
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Ep 27: Hide and Velvet Antler Preservation with Louise of Nordic Taxidermy

Louise and I discuss field care and home care guidelines to ensure you are delivering her a product she can turn into a beautiful piece of art that lasts for a lifetime. 
Louise has won many awards for her taxidermy art, in a very short period of time. 
Western and whitetail hunts ought to give this episode a listen for ideal ways to ensure the hide is in the best shape possible when you deliver it to a taxidermist. 
Louise was kind enough to create a few YouTube videos for demonstration. 
Caping a Deer Head
Cutting Off the Skull Plate
Nordic Taxidermy Facebook
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