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This week on The BowRush Podcast, we covered Mathews Archery with Brad Christian, who works at Mathews as their Brand and Marketing Manager, who shared with us some history about Mathews and talked about their new product line. If you have ever watched a hunting show or looked at a hunting magazine in your life, then you’ve seen Mathews Archery at some point. Over the years Mathews has developed game changing bows that give the slogan “catch us if you can” a true meaning and with the NEW No-Cam product line, well, it looks like Mathews has done it again.

General show notes:

Mathews Archery has been around for over 20 years. Before Mathews Archery was formed, Matt originally started a company called McPherson Archery which he sold so that he could produce the SoloCam bows by Mathews which Matt believes was the answer to the trimming issue with dual cams at the time. It happen to be over 10 years afterwards Matt bought back the McPherson name to create a dual cam series which they called the Monster and was very successful.

When speaking with Brad, I asked him how the No-Cam bow came to the market. Brad said that it was a combination of the Monster series dual cam and the AVS® Cams system which helped Matt finally have a process he needed to design and achieve the No-Cam system. This also allowed the No-Cam to have the Nock point completely centered between the axels which is not normal to any other bow on the market. If you ask anyone who has shot the No-Cam bow, you will hear them say that this bow is Dead-In-The-Hand.

No-Cam TRG: is the target line.

No-Cam HTR: is the bow hunter line. The No-Cam HTR is more than effective for both hunting as well as if you want to do 3D shoots. Another good option is their Chill X Pro bow, which is their dual cam system and has a longer axle to axle and would be perfect for the hunter that is looking for speed.

Mathews On-A-Budget Bow option: So if you are on a budget and are looking for a quality bow still made by Mathews, you might want to check out their Mission line at http://missionarchery.com which is made by Mathews at their Mathews facility. The Mission bows will cost between $200 to $500 range depending on the model, but you will be buying a bow knowing it was made by Mathews.

Size note... Always USE Mathews Zebra Strings even when it comes time to replace your string as the Zebra Strings preform best on Mathews bows over aftermarket varieties.

What about Mathews Warranty: On a personal experience, Mathews has taken care of me with my Mathews Drenalin in replacing the limbs at no cost even after years of wear and tear. This was also after already repairing my bow years beforehand when Scott accidentally damage by bow and even then Mathews replaced and repaired at no cost. When I said this to Brad, he confirmed that even with the slim number of warranty situations that come up, Mathews will always take care of their shooters and stand behind their product. I can agree based on my experience so far and have appreciated the ease in which they handled each situation.

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Welcome back to another awesome addition of The BowRush Podcast. This week we covered Obsession Bows with the Co-Owner/Founder Dennis Lewis. Talk about a down to earth kind of guy who loves what he does. You might not know this, but Dennis is hard at work making the bows just like the ones who work for him. Obsession Bows have sure made a big name for themselves for just a young company, but maybe it’s because who’s behind it all. What you will learn from Dennis is that he’s a straight shooter and tells it how it is for the company, their bows and the future. It was truly a pleasure speaking with Dennis. Side note, since Obsession Bows are made here, in Georgia, maybe I’ll try to see if I can take a tour of their facility.

General show notes:
Obsession Bows do a color fusion process for their wicked camo designs which is a new process that many bow companies are not doing. Obsession bows chose to do this instead of the water transferred (dipping of bows) process which is how it’s been done in the past and still done today from other companies. As many are aware, water transfer process has a tendency to wear off over time, especially around the handle due to sweat and chemicals we use. Color Fusion is a process done by a heated transfer of a dye. Basically think of it as if you were to give your riser a tattoo.

Obsession Bows are building their bows with a two track cam system which is the latest in bow architecture. These cams are a mirror image cam from top to bottom. Nice tidbit of information is that the two track cam system was invented here, in Georgia.

What set Obsession apart back in 2014 was when they introduced their new design of the riser with the shape of a bat wing and also got exclusive rights to the stormy hardwoods pattern camo. It was the same year they won the Editor’s Choice Award.

Best Obsession bow for this year: is the Fusion 6 because of it’s a 32 inch axel to axel setup; however, the Delta Six is the runner up as it’s a very good hunting bow.

Sneak-Peak for 2016: Obsession is working to add Realtree and Mossy Oak camo pattern to their bow line. On top of that, they are going to let the consumer have more freedom with the pattern of choice. What Dennis says, is if you want something like a Cryptic camo then you can get it. He believes that is what set Obsession Bows apart from other companies.

Dennis thinks that their Addiction OBB bow which is a 36 1/2 inch axel to axel bow, might be his personal pick to use for hunting and 3D shooting. The Evolution and Fusion bows are just as good, but it really depends on your preference.

Some Cool Facts! In this episode, Dennis is about to school you on different cam design systems and the difference between slim limbs to slit limbs in a way that you may have never known before. Dennis even shared the fact that most, if not, all manufacturers are paying out some sort of licensing or pertinent fees which seems crazy. I won’t share it on the post, but man it will have your heads turning. It’s in the second half of the show.

With all the good things to say about Obsession bows, the thing that sucks about them, and Dennis is the first to admit it, is their current delivery time. That being said, it’s only because the demand for their bow is so high, keeping up with the orders has been a challenge which is why they are currently putting so much work into building an in house color fusion process. This should allow them to speed up their fulfill time and get your bow in your hand sooner. I guess if you think about it... anything good takes time and so if you want one of their bows, you’ll just have to wait a little while for it, but hopefully not as long anymore.

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We go over many different areas within this episode. In fact it might be a good time to state that this is a two part series. This episode is all about off season.. well you read the title. Our follow up episode is going to be just as good when we bring back Anthony Dixon to discuss what to do while on the hunt.

Let’s get to it. Below are things Davie shares while on our show. It’s all good stuff so enjoy.

Any good habit takes upwards to 21 to 30 days become a good habit.

The key is to try to lean down as much as possible and staying as strong as possible.

If you are going to do a high elevation hunt, there are some great tools out there to help train such as a high elevation training mask, weighted vest or loaded backpack, put your hands behind your back so you are not temped to use your hands and walk up and down the stars in the tallest building that you can find or have assess to.

Cool quote. “Why is it that the people who say they don’t have time to exercise always makes time to go out to eat.”

Staying fit during the off season really is the preparation or survival for the fittest during hunting season. Try visualizing the animal that you’re doing to hunt. The animal is already acclimated to the environment, you however need to train to be ready for it.

A lot of the training Davie does are functional workouts. He also suggests mixing up the workouts – don’t do the same workout over and over again otherwise your body will adapt to it.

The two biggest failures Davie sees when preparing yourself during the off season:

1. The first thing is the inability to shot or perform under pressure and exhaustion.
   • A way to help is to factor in your shooting of the bow during your workouts.
   • Do your lunges, do your squats, grab your bow and shot.
   • Shoot from different angles.
   • Shoot from sitting down.
   • Shoot from your knees.
   • Shoot on one foot.
   • Shoot on an uneven fitness balance ball.
   • Practice like you have only one arrow to shoot and you have to make this shot. Visualize what you are hunting.
2. The second is the lack of nutrition and lack of understand of what to eat.
   • This is very important during the off season as well as important while on the hunt.
   • The proper nutrition will help aid the muscles that will get you there to the end and afterwards.

We go over how important water is and the amount of water intake is needed for the best energy output. Without water you’ll be dehydrated, you won’t be thinking clearly, you’ll have a higher possibility to strain a muscle. Water is very important. A good round number is at least a gallon of water a day. Water is key.

Davie is adamant about one ingredient foods. Think of it as in a chicken breast is a chicken breast, sweet potato is a sweet potato and so on and so on which are all natural one ingredient foods. Another important nutrition is protein that you can carry at room temperature such as venison (not store bought but home made), nuts like raw almonds, raw pumpkin seed. Things that are light that has some bite to it.

Davie talks about what are complex carbohydrates such as sweet potatoes, jasmine rise, brown rise, pastas, things like oatmeal and how important it is as a fuel base. Recap on things to carry are complex carbs, protein and good fats.

Davie says that the Hunt in Hunt Strong stands for The BowRush Podcast #015 – Off season fitness tips to keep you thin and ready for next year – with Davie “Crockett” Ferraro.

Find out your max heart rate so you can know what level you can train at: Take the number 220 minus your age to get your max heart rate. Take that number and times it by 0.7 to 0.85. That’ll give you what heart rate you should be training at for 45 minutes to an hour.

This was a really great talk with Davie. Take toned for our next episode with Anthony Dixon.
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