This is going to be an inaugural event folks. First time in Canada 🇨🇦 The American 🇺🇸 veterans here are probably tracking what this is - comment if you’ve experienced a silkie hike. To my Canadian veterans - you gotta experience this. We’re about to reshape how you experience veteran events. This is a moving party 🎉! We’re going to end veteran suicide through friendship, humour and community. Come one come all. Register early. https://irreverentwarriors.donordrive.com/montreal26

Three years ago I was sitting at my keyboard building what I thought was the best veteran fitness program on the internet. Reps. Macros. A 3 day split. Sleep protocols. And it worked. Over a hundred veteran men coached. Over a thousand pounds gone. Chronic pain down across the board. I hated running it. Not because it failed. Because I finally admitted what it actually was. I was doing exactly what every other coach on the internet was doing, with combat stories sprinkled on top. So I did what any reasonable biochemist with a master's in education would do. I ate a shitload of mushrooms. I'm not writing this to sell you on psilocybin. I've covered that at length on the podcast. But somewhere in there, while I was busy contemplating my entire existence, something landed that I have never been able to shake. I'm not just a collection of cells working in beautiful harmony. That harmony is the essence of God. That experience brought me back to my Christianity. It also rewired what I understand my actual job to be. I'm not coaching veterans to get leaner. Veterans are seeking spiritual guidance more than anything after war. We disguise it as physical change. The body is the doorway. It was never the destination. I think about the veteran who tears up on a call when I ask them why they really want to lose the weight. It's never about the weight. It's about something that's been screaming to get out since the day they took the uniform off. They just never had words for it. So here's my question, and I want real answers. 👇 When you decided to get your health back, what were you actually chasing? Not the number on the scale. The thing underneath it. Harden Up. Dave

Low cost activity for families. Sunday we are going for my birthday because what could be a better gift than seeing tanks! Deep down I want a tank...some day 🤣😍 https://www.warmuseum.ca/war-machines-weekend

I hope to attend, waiting to hear back from the email I sent. What: Operator Syndrome Where: Ottawa When: 12th Aug 2026 How: If you need a place to stay, I can billet. 😁

There is officially 67 days until the Silkie Hike. My kid just pointed that out.