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   Here is a quick little reciepe that  I got from Shawn Monsen's wife Melissa...   They are a great little pick me up when you need one on the mountain. They don't require any special storage.  It doesn't matter if they get mashed.  The are not that bad for you and best of all they taste great and are less filling...  

But it is approximately:

• 3 cups powdered milk
• 1/2 cup ground flax seed
• 1/2 cup ground wheat germ
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1-1 1/2 cups peanut butter
• 1-1 1/2 cups honey

It is often said that 10% of the people take 90% of the game. While I don't know if that statistic is correct, I do know that some hunters are consistently successful. So it leads us to the question, what are they doing differently than the rest of us? Do they go to church more often? Did they sell there soul to the devil? What do they have in common that leads them to be more successful ?

As many of you know I am always looking to highlight our listeners hunts. Well, 12 point droptine sent me this picture and a story of his recent hunt. WOW, now that is a Mulie. Great Job and thanks for sending me the story - Jason

Hello Everybody...

I have had a few people contact me on getting more information about the Pink Arrow Project for Breast Cancer Research from Victory Archery.

Our component for strength training is among us. I will now start implementing daily entries on the routines that I am currently pursuing and you may scale them to suite your fitness level. My advice to all bowhunters and sportsmen alike is to pursue fitness daily, eat consistently well, and shoot straight. Strength is a prerequisite for bowhunting out West, out East, and out anywhere else in life...you must have an uncompromising and even relentless approach to reach new strength levels. There are numerous strength types out there (IE relevant strength, speed strength, power strength, etc) and we'll hope to tap into all types and their requirements. Resistance or strength training may be used interchangeable, but keep in mind that resistance is your stressor of some form that creates the need for a response. Let's make sure we provide clear instruction to our bodies, get the proper adaptation, and then have the results pay large dividends come late summer!

Below is a video illustrating AIX and flexibility as an addendum to my last post.

Flexibility is not the most exciting topic for us sportsmen.  We often grow more concerned with our strength and endurance needs and the flexibility piece of the puzzle gets overlooked.  If you read the last fitness post on Bowcast concerning proper warm-up, you should recall we introduced the concept of dynamic stretching taking place prior to a workout.  Hopefully, you watched the short video to get an idea of the tempo and range of motion each move requires.  Flexibility will make you a better bowhunter and getting all of us to work at it will keep us away off the couch this off-season.

The video below is an addendum to my last post.  I described in text some of the dynamic movements for warm-up.  On the video below, you can view what these dynamic movements actually look like when being performed.

One of the most abused or overlooked components of working out is taking the time to incorporate a proper warm-up.  Instead of jumping right into a gut busting workout or half heartedly performing a few static stretches, try integrating a proper dynamic warm-up.  This is the only way to prepare your body for the demands that a workout may have on you and decrease your chance of injury.  The first part of a warm-up is heating your body which simultaneously increases your respiratory rate, blood flow, oxygen, which will enhance delivery of nutrients to your body's cells.  This ultimately notifies your body's systems that some demanding work is approaching.