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This week, a situation in my life necessitated a conversation with my friend and private investigator Steven Taylor. There was a lot there, so Steven joined me to talk more about surveillance and surveillance technology.

Everyone needs a place to train their bodies. For many, that's a traditional gym. If that's not your speed, then you need to build a home gym, and we'll give you some ideas on just where to start. This does not include details on how to train with some of this stuff, but that will be covered in later episodes. In the meantime, the internet is full of great information.Product of the Week: https://amzn.to/2OBTxux

There are a lot of people who are out there who legitimately want to help you, either with your fitness goals or with your self-defense goals. There are also a lot of people who want nothing more than to pretend they're one of those folks and to separate you from your hard-earned money.

All the training in the world doesn't matter if you don't also train yourself to respond at the moment of truth. This week, Tom talks about that and offers some suggestions on just how to cultivate the will to act.This week's Product of the Week: https://amzn.to/2WZ7hmM

Tom talks about the "Tao of Dalton," a fun tidbit from a cheesy movie. More importantly, just how it applies to the world of personal defense, because yeah, it actually does.

This week, Tom sits down with Cam Edwards, the editor of Bearing Arms, to talk about the political side of personal defense. Cam is a longtime observer and commentator on the Second Amendment and personal defense laws. Product of the week: NRA Membership

Joining Tom today is Dr. Nik Rao. Nik is a child psychiatrist who has a background not just as a medical doctor but also as a personal trainer, a powerlifter, a contributor to T-Nation.com and is board certified in obesity medicine. Nik and Tom talk about the role of weight training for strength in a fat loss plan.The Product Of The Week is Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe: https://amzn.to/35ORACU

I've lost 70 lbs, driven primarily by a desire to keep my family safe and to keep myself alive for as long as possible. This is a brief episode on just how I went from the scrawny kid in high school to morbid obesity and back toward a far more healthy body weight.

If you want to know what "Sweat or Bleed" is really all about, this is the episode to start with.