

MTNTOUGH Podcast w/ Dustin Diefenderfer
Dustin Diefenderfer Founder and CEO of MTNTOUGH Fitness
Welcome to The MTNTOUGH Podcast, hosted by Dustin Diefenderfer, founder of MTNTOUGH, the #1 fitness app for the dedicated. In this podcast, we explore holistic physical, mental, and spiritual toughness through backcountry hunting, military, and mountain sports. Each episode offers practical tips, expert insights, and inspiring stories for hunters, first responders, and outdoor enthusiasts. Enhance your training with MTNTOUGH's functional fitness programs—train at home, gym, or on the go. Get your first month free with code MTNPOD at mtntough.com.
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Feb 24, 2023 • 37min
Mike Glover, Former Special Forces Sergeant Major, Entrepreneur and Professional Rally Car Racer
Mike Glover is a veteran, entrepreneur and aspiring professional rally car driver. In this interview, Mike and Dustin go into the beginnings of Mike's career behind the wheel of a rally car, and also fitness. They talk about what training looked like for Mike during his time in special operations. You don't want to miss this one!

Feb 24, 2023 • 49min
Clay Croft from Expedition Overland on Faith, Tenacity & Entrepreneurship
Clay Croft is the Founder and Leader of Expedition Overland, a team of adventure travelers sharing through video, their exploration of some of the world’s most remote places and inspiring others to go on their own adventures. "XO" is leading the industry in overlanding, and their video series audience has reached hundreds of thousands. While it seems like the most amazing work life of all time, Clay and Dustin dive into the immense struggles they have encountered along the way, and the hardships involved with creating a successful business. It has taken a different kind of mental toughness and faith in their creator to push through grief, anxiety, stress and the like.

Feb 24, 2023 • 55min
Tyler Wilschetz, Grizzly Survivor: A Providence Story
Tyler Wilschetz is a pastor and avid bowhunter based out of Kalispell, MT. This archery season (Fall 2021) Tyler encountered a grizzly bear point blank and lived to tell the tale. As you will see, he was one wrong move away from meeting our maker. In this video, Dustin and Tyler relive his incredible story and talk about what we all can learn from the experience, as well as best practices for Grizzly bear defense.

Feb 24, 2023 • 53min
Ara Megerdichian and Dustin Diefenderfer on Mental Toughness in Fatherhood
In this podcast, we have Ara Megerdichian and MTNTOUGH Founder Dustin Diefenderfer discussing how mental toughness plays a role in parenting, specifically fatherhood. How do you guide your children to the right direction? What do you need to be doing to be a good example for your kids? Ara and Dustin tackle things from schooling, to forgiving your own parents.

Feb 23, 2023 • 50min
Ara Megerdichian and Dustin Diefenderfer on the Art of Lifelong Mental Toughness
In this podcast, have MTNTOUGH Strategic Advisor Ara Megerdichian and MTNTOUGH Founder Dustin Diefenderfer discussing how one manages to have a strong mind throughout their entire life. It's one thing to be mentally tough for one hour when you know there is an end in sight, but what about when hardships keep coming, and coming and you never know when it might end? How to you train for that? How can you build an unstoppable mentality?


