Fitness and Training With Bug Out Bags - GXT-EP13

04/29/22 • 44 min

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Well good day to you Genxers. Welcome to the Genxtalkin showshow! I’m Matt Marshall, your host, here to remind us all to keep striving to respond well and recover faster. And Here’s my co-host, Wilksie himself, Mr Ed Wasson! Ed welcome!!

Ed, on today’s episode, I’d really like to drill into fitness, and in particular “fitness with your bug out bag”. We’ve talked about this a number of months back, just hitting on the subject. I do believe it was one of our first episodes. But I think there’s a lot more we could talk through on this, so I thought we’d throw out a few topics and discuss.

Why is this important?

Types of events
- Snowstorms with stuck car
- Ice Storm and cannot use roads
- Out of gas and need to walk somewhere for help
- Flat tire out on barren roadway
- Civil Unrest
- God forbid the “bigun”... EMP or CME

Let’s consider some physical and mental preparation

Identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses of self/family
- Medications/Allergies
- Physical limitations
- Can I lift 100 lbs
- Can I carry 50 lbs for distance on my back
- Do I have strong self defense
Sit Awareness planning
- Location and likelihood of types of events
- What terrain might I be dealing with
Prioritize your needs

Personal regimens?

Wish I could do more
Walk 3-6 miles per day in evening
Hike whenever possible in different seasons
Always looking for a change in scenery
Tie in this type of exercise/practice with other things - like taking nature videos
Muscle building - very important as the bones start to age
- Comparing sisters in family
Mind building - important as the brain starts to age
- Comparing family members

What are you doing to prepare yourself to use the CONTENTS of the Get Home Safe kit?

How often do you start fires
How often do you go camping
How often do you test your water filters
Do you have a good idea of the shelter system(s) you have and their functionality

Well Ed, a very cool and useful show I think for us and our audience. Thanks everyone for joining us. We really appreciate you!

And If we don’t see ya... good afternoon, good evening and good night.

This is GenXTalkin, signing off

Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?

Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.

Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared

Why is this important?

Types of events
- Snowstorms with stuck car
- Ice Storm and cannot use roads
- Out of gas and need to walk somewhere for help
- Flat tire out on barren roadway
- Civil Unrest
- God forbid the “bigun”... EMP or CME

Let’s consider some physical and mental preparation

Identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses of self/family
- Medications/Allergies
- Physical limitations
- Can I lift 100 lbs
- Can I carry 50 lbs for distance on my back
- Do I have strong self defense
Sit Awareness planning
- Location and likelihood of types of events
- What terrain might I be dealing with
Prioritize your needs

Personal regimens?

Wish I could do more
Walk 3-6 miles per day in evening
Hike whenever possible in different seasons
Always looking for a change in scenery
Tie in this type of exercise/practice with other things - like taking nature videos
Muscle building - very important as the bones start to age
- Comparing sisters in family
Mind building - important as the brain starts to age
- Comparing family members

What are you doing to prepare yourself to use the CONTENTS of the Get Home Safe kit?

How often do you start fires
How often do you go camping
How often do you test your water filters
Do you have a good idea of the shelter system(s) you have and their functionality

Well Ed, a very cool and useful show I think for us and our audience. Thanks everyone for joining us. We really appreciate you!

And If we don’t see ya... good afternoon, good evening and good night.

This is GenXTalkin, signing off

Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?

Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.

Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared

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STORYTIME: A Trip To The Desert Caverns GXT-STORY-EP04

GXT-STORY-EP04 Desert Caverns
Our story today deals with good college buddies Tommy, John, Jason and their girlfriends Jenny, Casi, and Kiersa. These fine American youth just got through their junior year at Shamon U in NEW YORK CITY! They have the opportunity – time, space, and money-wise – and they’ve chosen to travel to the famous Desert Caverns of northern New Mexico (A FICTIONAL NATIONAL MONUMENT intended to seem a lot like Carlsbad Caverns)

[In reality, part of this scenario strongly resembles something I experienced with friends while hiking in the western US.]

They plan their flights and pack their bags. Figuring they are going to the hot desert they all mostly pack shorts and short sleeve tops and shirts. Figuring they might do a bit of hiking on some trails, they take small back packs with pockets for a water bottle.

The group arrived in Albuquerque, NM and rented a car to drive to the Desert Caverns – a three-and-a-half-hour drive.

The townsfolk are friendly with tourists. And at the local greasy spoon called Stop and Puke, they got advice on where to park, where to hike, where to camp, and where to go for the best views.
Interesting reads:

Two Went Out, One Came Back

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/books/two-went-out-one-came-back.html

Missing father and son found dead in Carlsbad Caverns National Park

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/06/22/missing-father-and-son-found-dead-carlsbad-caverns-national-park/418402001/

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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?

Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.

Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared

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2022 Re-Introduction to GenXTalkin on Being Prepared

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Hey there GenXers. Matt Marshall here checkin in again. It’s been a while, and I’m returning from a long hiatus this summer with a fresh approach to prepping. I’ve traveled seemingly non-stop since May. Ive collected new ideas from the world of hiking and travel and overall preparedness.

GenXTalkin on Being Prepared was built with the plan in mind to help those unfamiliar with prepping become more aware; More aware of things that can cause concern, frustration or even fear, whether those things be simply running out of gas, a child tripping over a crack in the sidewalk, or something more ... life changing.

We’d really like this channel to be a resource anyone can use to enter into the world of preparedness. Maybe even those who've been prepping for a while can learn something important along the way. But it should also be considered multi-directional. Meaning we don’t know everything, and we’d love to hear others’ thoughts and ideas on best ways to prepare and build a community of like minded folks.

But let’s go back to basics for a moment... Why prepare? For me, the need to prepare primarily comes from a lifetime of dealing with difficult situations and having to think and act my way through them with the least amount of negative effects, whether they be physical, emotional, spiritual or mental.

I’d like to share a few stories from my life when preparedness, or lack thereof, was important in one form or another.

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Would you be prepared? Are you prepared?

Choosing to be more prepared every day is a skill. One that should be honed. Focusing on growing just a little everyday will allow us all to be prepared to respond well and recover faster.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and comments about prepping, so please reach out and share as you can.

Until next time... this is monk signing off... better be prepared