The Varg Freeborn Podcast
Hosted by Varg Freeborn, The Varg Freeborn Podcast is about balance. Fitness, violence, self protection, responsibility, fear, ambition, drive, leadership, business...through the lessons of adversity we can learn to live successful and strong lives.
Episodes
June 30, 2022 • 27 mins
Just a quick episode talking about developing authenticity in the stories we tell ourselves, and how to achieve our vision with genuine intent
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March 31, 2022 • 30 mins
A recent celebrity event has brought out a chorus of responses that I simply disagree with. This is a quick and dirty episode on that topic.
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August 10, 2020 • 40 mins
In this episode I get the unique experience of letting one of my strength and fitness clients interview me a little about as we talk about his progress and some great details about programming and strength & fitness training. Daniel Shaw is also a well known gunfight instructor in the firearms training world, a combat vet and a very knowledgeable guy all around. This was a new level of discussion about these topics that I really en...
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July 15, 2020 • 34 mins
In this episode I talk specifically about my remote coaching program for strength and fitness conditioning, including the introduction of my new program Team JACKED, a super affordable team-based way to get strong and fit. I also talk about what gets under my skin about barbell training in the current era of fitness and, in my humble opinion, what we've lost along the way.
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May 22, 2020 • 105 mins
This episode is a live after action review with multiple students that attended my Force on Force CQB course at the Alliance Police Facility shoothouse May 16-17. We talk in depth about some of the takeaways and memorable moments of the class, as well as discuss the class structure and what the next class will look like.
(Note: this is a LIVE recording, so please excuse the audio quality as there were multiple participants on vario...
(Note: this is a LIVE recording, so please excuse the audio quality as there were multiple participants on vario...
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In this episode I sit down with one of the clients of my remote fitness coaching program. Johnny has achieved some phenomenal results in a few short months, and that was after him training at a very high level of effort for nearly a decade. We talk about how we achieved new goals, PRs and how multi-method training has been for him after 10 years of exclusively Crossfit style training.
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In this episode I break my silence about COVID 2020 and talk about what I see happening. In particular, I take a look at the qualities we work to build on the range and in the gym, and how those same characteristics are what we need to get through the longer term challenges of life. That fight that lasts 7 seconds or 7 minutes is easy to prepare for compared to the one that will last 7 weeks or 7 months.
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March 9, 2020 • 102 mins
In this episode I sit down with two of my favorite girls in fitness, Aimee Langdon and Kaitlyn Bauer to talk about fitness, coaching, nutrition, career advice and much more. Aimee is a Crossfit coach and the mover and shaker over at Langdon Tactical, and Kaitlyn is a personal trainer, Crossfit coach and Nutrition Coach. This is a long podcast, take it in chunks, or listen to all at once. Either way I am sure you will enjoy it!
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February 12, 2020 • 99 mins
In this episode I sit down with Jeff Gonzales, Navy SEAL and owner of Trident Concepts. We got really into some deep dives about topics ranging from fitness, injuries, dealing with personal adversity and dark times, family relationships, combat mindset and how to convey it to the average person, his new project The 12 Labors, with Craig Douglas, and much more. Check it out and be sure to comment and share!
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February 10, 2020 • 95 mins
This episode I sit down with Greg Everett of Catalyst Athletics, one of the most well known American weightlifting coaches and the creator of the largest library of Olympic weightlifting knowledge ever assembled. Greg and I talk weightlifting, the art of coaching, how to mix programming, and in the second half of the show we dive into Greg's new project on "mental toughness" (one of my own personal favorite topics as you know!) Th...
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December 5, 2019 • 71 mins
In this episode I sit down with my assistant instructor and go over the finer points from my force-on-force class at the Alliance Police Training Facility November 9-10, 2019. The course is designed to put students in situations likely encountered by civilians or lone patrol officers. We go pretty deep on some of the concepts and teaching objectives of the class, students' performance, and the idea of this type of training. Check i...
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November 6, 2019 • 58 mins
In this episode I talk with Geoff who has been following my Discovery Fitness Program for over a year. He has reversed a diagnosis of pre-diabetic, and is pulling 300lbs for a 3RM and 200lbs on bench at UNDER 150lbs bodyweight. He also shares a pretty interesting story about being in a "Hollywood style bank robbery" and how it began his self-defense and subsequent strength and conditioning journeys.
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November 5, 2019 • 51 mins
In this episode I go in depth about CQB preparation, how it can (and should) be trained on the square range, and how we accomplished that in my 3 M's Rifle course this past weekend in Okeechobee Florida.
If you watch shoothouse students closely over many courses, you will see the same patterns of problems emerge:
Mechanical offset
Muzzle control during movement
Mitigating the unexpected movement of others
Getting on line or creating la...
If you watch shoothouse students closely over many courses, you will see the same patterns of problems emerge:
Mechanical offset
Muzzle control during movement
Mitigating the unexpected movement of others
Getting on line or creating la...
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October 30, 2019 • 14 mins
In this episode I talk about the methods and ideas that have made the home gym life a success for me. A short format episode with some cool tips and useful philosophies about setting up and using a home gym to change your body and change your life.
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Violence of Mind, the book, is available on Amazon
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October 29, 2019 • 12 mins
I try not to be self-absorbed when I am engaged with people. I also try to learn, to not have “expert’s paradigm” when I am talking to people in casual or business conversations, even if it’s a topic that I have a lot of experience in.
This amounts to being interested in the other person enough to learn about them and learn about what they know. It requires not assuming that I know more than them. It also involves a lack of talking ...
This amounts to being interested in the other person enough to learn about them and learn about what they know. It requires not assuming that I know more than them. It also involves a lack of talking ...
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October 27, 2019 • 10 mins
In this episode I talk briefly on the mental swamp that social media is and how I've come to view it's role in my life. Some ideas about how I've applied my energy and made things happen, and how I've manufactured peace and progress in spite of the internet's negativity.
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October 25, 2019 • 41 mins
This episode I sit down with one of my fitness clients to talk about his fitness journey a little bit. Vincent came to me about 4 and a half months ago at 153lbs and he had no athletic capabilities, no weightlifting form, and couldn't move very much weight. Today, he clocks in at 185lbs at roughly the same body fat, squats and deadlifts in the mid 250lbs and is pushing into the 200lbs range on bench press too. He has great mobility...
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April 23, 2019 • 30 mins
Too often I watch people struggling, wasting time or risking too much because there seems to be a lack of mission clarity in their fitness goals. I talk about that in this episode, as well as how guided experimentation has to come before highly effective programming is possible in most cases. I also talk about specificity and balancing risk vs reward in what we are willing to do to ourselves.
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April 17, 2019 • 135 mins
A group of students join me, Varg of One Life Defense for a recap and After Action on the April 14 ACA Force-on-Force class I held in Chicago. We discuss lessons learned, suggestions for students to correct behaviors, epic moments in UTM battles and more. (Please forgive the audio quality, this was live on Google Hangouts and something just was not right with it. The content is worth it, believe it.)
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April 3, 2019 • 163 mins
A special episode dual releasing the Q&A session I did with P&S on their Primary & Secondary ModCast. What changed my mission in life, industry people, equipment choices, why or why not knives for defense or "making space", and much more.
Matt Landfair and Varg Freeborn discuss Patreon, Patreon Q/A from Varg's page, social media, and society.
Varg's Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/ViolenceofMind/
Matt Landfair and Varg Freeborn discuss Patreon, Patreon Q/A from Varg's page, social media, and society.
Varg's Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/ViolenceofMind/
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