Our 100-day burpee challenge is a good analogy for life in general. Take a massive amount of work and stare it down. It is easy to become intimidated and quit. However, successful people don’t do it that way. Winners look at that work and start to break it into manageable pieces. They use momentum to begin to accept and overcome larger challenges along the way and before they know it they have accomplished the task that once seemed so daunting. This challenge is much the same.
Read MoreSergeant Major (r) Jamey Caldwell, spent more than 21 years in the United States Army, serving his entire career in Special Operations. SGM Caldwell served 7 years with the 75th Ranger Regiment then spent the following 14 years in a Special Missions Unit that maintained a high operational tempo in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other countries in the world. He has deployed to combat 14 times and has conducted well over 500 missions. SGM Caldwell has been awarded three medals for valorous actions in combat while under direct fire from the enemy. During his career, SGM Caldwell has consistently dedicated himself to the success of the mission and put the unit’s goals in front of his own. He has been sought after for his leadership skills, planning, leading combat operations, marksmanship, and CQB instruction, culminating from years of adaptive thinking in combat situations. Jamey is also the owner of 1 Minute Out a tactical training company.
Read MoreThere are 42 bridges in the Florida Keys and most of them will hold tarpon at some time. Capt Anthony Vargas runs the Saltwater Experience boat out of Hawks Cay and fishes the bridges for tarpon often; sometimes triple half days. He has to know how to find the fish fast, get rigged up, and instruct his anglers very efficiently to catch fish on a short time schedule.
Read MoreThis quote was meaningful to me today as I decided to turn off many of the ads that are running on the podcast. After some thought, I made this decision based on trying to maintain the highest quality possible. Of course, for anything to be sustainable, some revenue must be generated. This comes in the form of ads. However, too many is too many so I am going to turn off the low paying ads and put back on my sales hat and bring in sponsors that are more in line with the content. Sponsors like Barracuda Tackle.
Read MoreOur 100-day burpee challenge is a good analogy for life in general. Take a massive amount of work and stare it down. It is easy to become intimidated and quit. However, successful people don’t do it that way. Winners look at that work and start to break it into manageable pieces. They use momentum to begin to accept and overcome larger challenges along the way and before they know it they have accomplished the task that once seemed so daunting. This challenge is much the same.
Read MoreFor one week each June, nearly two hundred crews prepare their state-of-the-art multimillion-dollar boats and head to the Gulf Stream in pursuit of the prize of the Atlantic—a prize-winning blue marlin. Thousands of spectators flock to the Big Rock Landing hoping to catch a glimpse of history at the weigh-ins, while out in the blue anglers engage in lengthy battles with marlin in the range of five to nine hundred pounds. It’s the most electrifying spot on the Eastern Seaboard during that six-day period when life revolves around the epic annual maritime hunt known simply as The Big Rock. This year, Michael Jordan entered the 62nd installment of the annual tournament and made an immediate impact. Jordan and the crew on his boat, Catch 23, reeled in a 442-pound blue marlin Tuesday, the second day of the tournament in the basketball great's home state of North Carolina.
Read MoreThis season marks Matson's 29th year guiding! Growing up in a family immersed in the sport of fly fishing and living next to fabled trout streams like the Roaring Fork in Colorado and the Brule in northern Wisconsin, he has been fly fishing since the age of 4.
Matson holds a degree in Environmental Economics from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, and is a former instructor at the Western Rivers Guide School located in Jackson Hole, WY.
Read MoreFlyfishing for tarpon is definitely one of the most exciting ways to fish for this incredible gamefish. It takes a coordinated effort between angler and guide and many things can go wrong in the process of presenting the fly, stripping, setting the hook and landing the fish. Often when you set the hook you have 30-50 feet of line at your feet. Getting that line onto the reel is a major obstacle in landing tarpon. I go over some tips on things to concentrate on that will have you setting the hook and clearing the line like a pro.
Read MoreThe Multistage Fitness Test, also called the Beep Test or even the Bleep Test in some places, is a simple test of fitness. All you need is 20 m of open space and the audio linked in this article and you can test your fitness.
You simply follow the cues on the audio and at the sound of the beep, run 20 m to the other line. Stop there and wait for the next beep which sends you to the other line. You will continue doing this as the time between the beeps decreases. When you can no longer keep up the test is over.
Read MoreChris “Tatted Strength” Luera started down a very bad road at a young age. Beginning with tagging buildings, Chris quickly escalated his criminal activity to include drugs. He was smoking crack cocaine long before he could drive and this life led him to be incarcerated many times. Chris thought he was a career criminal and if it wasn’t for the love of his mom who believed in him, he may have been. Chris got out of prison and changed his life for good. He discovered competitive Calisthenics and became a 3 time World Champion. He was traveling the world rather than sitting in a cell. This was possible by changing the way he thought. You can learn more about Chris by finding him on all social media @tatted_strength or read his fantastic book, Beyond the Bars available on Amazon.
Read MoreJimmy Houston is a true icon of fishing. He has been on the air for 42 years which makes him a true icon of the television world as well. I talk to him about how it all started and go through the ups and downs of the business over all those years. Recently, Jimmy has embraced YouTube and social media so we also discuss where fishing entertainment is going. Thank you to Jimmy for his time. It was an honor to talk to him.
Read MoreCapt Scott Walker explains Trackback and how he uses it to mark spots he finds while fishing
Read MoreAs it gets further into summer and it gets hotter, I am looking for ways that I might be able to get workouts in cooler times of the day. Another way to get a reprieve from the heat is to incorporate water into your workouts.
Read MoreRoss Enamait is a professional boxing trainer who has also written several books. Never Gymless and Infinite Intensity are, in my opinion, 2 of the best books on physical training ever written. Ross has an old school simplistic approach that is incredibly effective. He advocates a “Low Tech, High Effect” protocol that uses common implements, classic movements, and often homemade equipment. Fitness does not have to be complicated or expensive. Find Ross on all social media platforms. His Instagram is @rosstraining and he is active on Facebook and Twitter.
Read MoreDr. Patrick H. Rice is currently the Chief Science & Research Officer (CSRO) and the Principal Investigator for Marine Research at Florida Keys Community College (FKCC). Dr. Rice earned his Ph.D. (2008) in Marine Biology & Fisheries at the University of Miami. His Ph.D. project was focused on reducing bycatch on longline boats. With his business partner Dr. Eric Stroud they have worked on products to be used as chemical shark repellents.
Read MoreCapt Scott Walker joins us to answer a question about using Fish Icons and Alarms on the Simrad units. How can an alarm or icon help you to catch more sailfish, marlin, and dolphin? Scott tells us exactly how he sets up his units for maximum performance
Read MoreA callous is created as a beautiful response from your body to adapt to a stimulus. You are doing something that is wearing off skin in a certain area like pullups, poling the boat, rowing the boat, lifting weights and your body develops a callus right at that spot. It also develops a callous only as thick as the work you are doing with it. So if you only do a little poling or lifting or a few pullups, you will have thin, small callouses. If you do a medium amount you have medium callouses. This is where the problem comes in. When callous tears it is usually because you are asking more from your body than normal.
Read MoreCameron Kirkconnell is one of the best spearfishermen in the World. He has 18x spearfishing World Records, 30+ World records for clients on guided spearfishing trips, holds an Unlimited tonnage Master Mariner (ship captain), has been awarded the USCG SILVER LIFESAVING MEDAL, he has visited 90 countries including Antarctica and Arctic.
He runs the premier spearfishing guide service for international trips targeting the fish of a lifetime both Yacht and Land-Based.
Cameron sits down for an Instagram Live podcast on the Tom Rowland Podcast where he tells his story and takes questions from Tom and the audience
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Read MoreTony Young runs Forever Young Charters in the Florida Keys where he takes parties out spearfishing. Tony hunts all types of fish, but one that he specializes in is the invasive Lionfish. We talk about how the invasion started and how his efforts and those of other spearfishermen are paying off.
Read MoreHigh Chirp, Low Chirp, Downscan…What is the difference and when should you use each setting? Capt. Scott Walker joins us today to walk us through how he sets up his Simrad units for maximum performance both inshore and offshore. He shows how he changes the settings to find pilchards over grass beds and then go offshore to find tuna on the humps.
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