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WHY I BUILT PACKMULE
— Todd Bumgardner, Founder of Packmule Training Co.
ORGIN | My first love was hunting. I grew up hunting whitetails and small game in the ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. My second love was football. I started playing when I was 10 and continued on through college. Football led me to my third love, training. And my third love led me to my career as a human performance coach. I’ve spent the last two decades training everyone from NFL linebackers to regular folks to D-1 athletes in all sports to ultramarathoners to tier 1 special operators to hunters just like you. It was folks like you that motivated me to create a training system built for hunters.
SEARCH | Two decades as a human performance coach has taught me a clear lesson — I don’t know everything. So, when I started planning my first Western hunt, I went looking for resources or a training program I could use and learn from. And all I found was hot garbage that was 10 years (or more) behind the training curve. No planning. No progression. Just random “hard” exercise designed to make people sweat and feel fatigued, but not designed for long-term progress. I walked away from my research disappointed. I thought, “Well, I guess I’m doing this on my own.”
WHY I BUILT PACKMULE
— Todd Bumgardner, Founder of Packmule Training Co.
ORGIN | My first love was hunting. I grew up hunting whitetails and small game in the ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. My second love was football. I started playing when I was 10 and continued on through college. Football led me to my third love, training. And my third love led me to my career as a human performance coach. I’ve spent the last two decades training everyone from NFL linebackers to regular folks to D-1 athletes in all sports to ultramarathoners to tier 1 special operators to hunters just like you. It was folks like you that motivated me to create a training system built for hunters.
SEARCH | Two decades as a human performance coach has taught me a clear lesson — I don’t know everything. So, when I started planning my first Western hunt, I went looking for resources or a training program I could use and learn from. And all I found was hot garbage that was 10 years (or more) behind the training curve. No planning. No progression. Just random “hard” exercise designed to make people sweat and feel fatigued, but not designed for long-term progress. I walked away from my research disappointed. I thought, “Well, I guess I’m doing this on my own.”
WHY I BUILT PACKMULE
— Todd Bumgardner, Founder of Packmule Training Co.
MY ROOTS | My first love was hunting. I grew up hunting whitetails and small game in the ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. My second love was football. I started playing when I was 10 and continued on through college. Football led me to my third love, training. And my third love led me to my career as a human performance coach. I’ve spent the last two decades training everyone from NFL linebackers to regular folks to D-1 athletes in all sports to ultramarathoners to tier 1 special operators to hunters just like you. It was folks like you that motivated me to create a training system built for hunters.
SEARCH | Two decades as a human performance cosach has taught me a clear lesson — I don’t know everything. So, when I started planning my first Western hunt, I went looking for resources or a training program I could use and learn from. And all I found was hot garbage that was 10 years (or more) behind the training curve. No planning. No progression. Just random “hard” exercise designed to make people sweat and feel fatigued, but not designed for long-term progress. I walked away from my research disappointed. I thought, “Well, I guess I’m doing this on my own.”
WHY I BUILT PACKMULE
— Todd Bumgardner, Founder of Packmule Training Co.
MY ROOTS | My first love was hunting. I grew up hunting whitetails and small game in the ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. My second love was football. I started playing when I was 10 and continued on through college. Football led me to my third love, training. And my third love led me to my career as a human performance coach. I’ve spent the last two decades training everyone from NFL linebackers to regular folks to D-1 athletes in all sports to ultramarathoners to tier 1 special operators to hunters just like you. It was folks like you that motivated me to create a training system built for hunters.
SEARCH | Two decades as a human performance cosach has taught me a clear lesson — I don’t know everything. So, when I started planning my first Western hunt, I went looking for resources or a training program I could use and learn from. And all I found was hot garbage that was 10 years (or more) behind the training curve. No planning. No progression. Just random “hard” exercise designed to make people sweat and feel fatigued, but not designed for long-term progress. I walked away from my research disappointed. I thought, “Well, I guess I’m doing this on my own.”
WHY I BUILT PACKMULE
— Todd Bumgardner, Founder of Packmule Training Co.
ORGIN | My first love was hunting. I grew up hunting whitetails and small game in the ridges and valleys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. My second love was football. I started playing when I was 10 and continued on through college. Football led me to my third love, training. And my third love led me to my career as a human performance coach. I’ve spent the last two decades training everyone from NFL linebackers to regular folks to D-1 athletes in all sports to ultramarathoners to tier 1 special operators to hunters just like you. It was folks like you that motivated me to create a training system built for hunters.
SEARCH | Two decades as a human performance coach has taught me a clear lesson — I don’t know everything. So, when I started planning my first Western hunt, I went looking for resources or a training program I could use and learn from. And all I found was hot garbage that was 10 years (or more) behind the training curve. No planning. No progression. Just random “hard” exercise designed to make people sweat and feel fatigued, but not designed for long-term progress. I walked away from my research disappointed. I thought, “Well, I guess I’m doing this on my own.”
FILLING THE VOID | I started documenting my training on social media, and I wrote training articles for outlets like The Journal of Mountain Hunting. The hunting world was void of good training information, and I wanted to fill that void. Hunters paid attention, liked what they saw, and started raising their hands. They started sliding into my Instagram DMs – “Are you training hunters? I’d like to work with you.” I honestly wasn’t training hunters when I first started getting the messages. But it was obvious that dedicated hunters were looking for an intelligent training program that matched their level of dedication. I knew that I had to take it beyond articles and documentation. I had to offer hunters a training system built on the principles that would give them the fitness they need to hunt longer during the current hunting season, and for as long as they wanted to throughout the rest of their lives.
FILLING THE VOID | I started documenting my training on social media, and I wrote training articles for outlets like The Journal of Mountain Hunting. The hunting world was void of good training information, and I wanted to fill that void. Hunters paid attention, liked what they saw, and started raising their hands. They started sliding into my Instagram DMs – “Are you training hunters? I’d like to work with you.” I honestly wasn’t training hunters when I first started getting the messages. But it was obvious that dedicated hunters were looking for an intelligent training program that matched their level of dedication. I knew that I had to take it beyond articles and documentation. I had to offer hunters a training system built on the principles that would give them the fitness they need to hunt longer during the current hunting season, and for as long as they wanted to throughout the rest of their lives.
FILLING THE VOID | I started documenting my training on social media, and I wrote training articles for outlets like The Journal of Mountain Hunting. The hunting world was void of good training information, and I wanted to fill that void. Hunters paid attention, liked what they saw, and started raising their hands. They started sliding into my Instagram DMs – “Are you training hunters? I’d like to work with you.” I honestly wasn’t training hunters when I first started getting the messages. But it was obvious that dedicated hunters were looking for an intelligent training program that matched their level of dedication. I knew that I had to take it beyond articles and documentation. I had to offer hunters a training system built on the principles that would give them the fitness they need to hunt longer during the current hunting season, and for as long as they wanted to throughout the rest of their lives.
MINDSET | A long-term mindset is the first principle. We make better training decisions when we focus on the horizon instead of our feet. Short-term thinking leads us to do things that “feel” good instead of what we ought to do. Then, we have to choose our values and our commitments over our motivation. We’re not always going to want to do what we ought to do, but we do it anyway because of who we are and who we want to become — as hunters and as human beings. And we value progress and process over perfection and immediate gratification. It’s the commitment to growth, learning, and showing up under all conditions that gives us the fitness and fortitude we’re after. It’s what keeps us in the mountains this season and for every season to come. It’s what keeps our bodies going so that we can give the gift of the outdoors to our children and grandchildren until it’s time to fully pass the torch to them.
MINDSET | A long-term mindset is the first principle. We make better training decisions when we focus on the horizon instead of our feet. Short-term thinking leads us to do things that “feel” good instead of what we ought to do. Then, we have to choose our values and our commitments over our motivation. We’re not always going to want to do what we ought to do, but we do it anyway because of who we are and who we want to become — as hunters and as human beings. And we value progress and process over perfection and immediate gratification. It’s the commitment to growth, learning, and showing up under all conditions that gives us the fitness and fortitude we’re after. It’s what keeps us in the mountains this season and for every season to come. It’s what keeps our bodies going so that we can give the gift of the outdoors to our children and grandchildren until it’s time to fully pass the torch to them.
MINDSET | A long-term mindset is the first principle. We make better training decisions when we focus on the horizon instead of our feet. Short-term thinking leads us to do things that “feel” good instead of what we ought to do. Then, we have to choose our values and our commitments over our motivation. We’re not always going to want to do what we ought to do, but we do it anyway because of who we are and who we want to become — as hunters and as human beings. And we value progress and process over perfection and immediate gratification. It’s the commitment to growth, learning, and showing up under all conditions that gives us the fitness and fortitude we’re after. It’s what keeps us in the mountains this season and for every season to come. It’s what keeps our bodies going so that we can give the gift of the outdoors to our children and grandchildren until it’s time to fully pass the torch to them.
WHO IS PACKMULE FOR | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you’re a hunter who values commitments over feelings, who knows that intelligent training takes a hunter farther than sexy burner workouts, who wants to pound ridges from now until you’re 80. It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter who knows that experiencing the outdoors is far more valuable than any one kill, but also does the little things required to be successful. It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter that gets just as excited about your friends’ success as your own, and you know that sharpening your own body and mind makes you a better resource for the people you care about.
Who Packmule Is For | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you’re a hunter who values commitments over feelings, who knows that intelligent training takes a hunter farther than sexy burner workouts, who wants to pound ridges from now until you’re 80.
It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter who knows that experiencing the outdoors is far more valuable than any one kill, but also does the little things required to be successful.
It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter that gets just as excited about your friends’ success as your own, and you know that sharpening your own body and mind makes you a better resource for the people you care about.
Who Packmule Is For | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you’re a hunter who values commitments over feelings, who knows that intelligent training takes a hunter farther than sexy burner workouts, who wants to pound ridges from now until you’re 80.
It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter who knows that experiencing the outdoors is far more valuable than any one kill, but also does the little things required to be successful.
It’s for you if you’re the kind of hunter that gets just as excited about your friends’ success as your own, and you know that sharpening your own body and mind makes you a better resource for the people you care about.
JOIN US | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you want the body and mind that allows you to spend meaningful years in the outdoors with yourself and with the people you care about for the rest of your life.
If you’re that kind of hunter, it’s time you join us. I built this for people like you.
Thanks for being here,
Todd
Founder of Packmule Training Co.
JOIN US | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you want the body and mind that allows you to spend meaningful years in the outdoors with yourself and with the people you care about for the rest of your life.
If you’re that kind of hunter, it’s time you join us. I built this for people like you.
Thanks for being here,
Todd
Founder of Packmule Training Co.
JOIN US | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you want the body and mind that allows you to spend meaningful years in the outdoors with yourself and with the people you care about for the rest of your life.
If you’re that kind of hunter, it’s time you join us. I built this for people like you.
Thanks for being here,
Todd
Founder of Packmule Training Co.
JOIN US | Packmule Training Co. is for you if you want the body and mind that allows you to spend meaningful years in the outdoors with yourself and with the people you care about for the rest of your life.
If you’re that kind of hunter, it’s time you join us. I built this for people like you.
Thanks for being here,
Todd
Founder of Packmule Training Co.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
01. “Am I locked into a contract with Packmule? Is there an initiation fee?”
02. “Does Packmule offer any discounts?”
03. “I’ve been training with another, VERY POPULAR hunting fitness program and I plateaued or got hurt. Why? What gives?”
04. “How long does each workout take?”
05. “Do I need any specialized equipment?”
06. “Is Packmule training like CrossFit?”
01. “Am I locked into a contract with Packmule? Is there an initiation fee?”
02. “Does Packmule offer any discounts?”
03. “I’ve been training with another, VERY POPULAR hunting fitness program and I plateaued or got hurt. Why? What gives?”
04. “How long does each workout take?”
05. “Do I need any specialized equipment?”
06. “Is Packmule training like CrossFit?”
01. “Am I locked into a contract with Packmule? Is there an initiation fee?”
02. “Does Packmule offer any discounts?”
03. “I’ve been training with another, VERY POPULAR hunting fitness program and I plateaued or got hurt. Why? What gives?”
04. “How long does each workout take?”
05. “Do I need any specialized equipment?”
06. “Is Packmule training like CrossFit?”
01. “Am I locked into a contract with Packmule? Is there an initiation fee?”
02. “Does Packmule offer any discounts?”
03. “I’ve been training with another, VERY POPULAR hunting fitness program and I plateaued or got hurt. Why? What gives?”
04. “How long does each workout take?”
05. “Do I need any specialized equipment?”
06. “Is Packmule training like CrossFit?”
