Bullets, Barbells, and BBQ

By Bret

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Episodes: 223

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“Bullets, Barbells & BBQ” merges niche interests in a way that appeals to overlapping communities. It's informative yet casual, covering serious topics (like strength training and firearm safety) while also just having fun around the grill (or, you know, talking about nicotine pouches).


Episode Date
#223 The Enhanced Games, Being Enhanced, And Competitive Shooting
Jun 03, 2026
#222 The GOAT Ed Coan and The Lightweight Knockout King Drew Dober
May 20, 2026
#221 Faith, Artifacts, And The Priesthood Ft. Father Ross
May 13, 2026
#220 Smoking 4 Briskets on a Traeger XL, Pellets vs. Wood, and The Best Pellets For The Money.
Apr 29, 2026
#219 Women And Testosterone
Apr 15, 2026
#218 Optics, Grains, And Montana Knives
Apr 08, 2026
#217 Talking Sh!t When Your Team Has Never Done Anything And How To Find A Good Carry Gun
Apr 01, 2026
#216 Husker Basketball And Husker Fans
Mar 25, 2026
#215 3 Years Of Podcast, Colonoscopy, and The Save America Act
Mar 18, 2026
#214 New Guns, Shooting, and Should We Do Reviews
Mar 11, 2026
#213 Letting AI Do The Work?
Mar 04, 2026
#212 Old Lifters And New Lifters
Feb 25, 2026
#211 Donations, Collectables, And The Bible
Feb 18, 2026
#210 Credit Cards, Airplanes, And Working On Your Car
Feb 11, 2026
#209 The Fight No One Sees
Feb 06, 2026
#208 What It's Like Playing In The Super Bowl
Feb 04, 2026
#207 Using ChatGPT For Good Not Evil
Jan 21, 2026
#206 Graduating To Omaha Barbell
Jan 14, 2026
#205 The FDA, The Mob, and College Football
Jan 07, 2026
#204 Knights Templar and New Year's Resolutions
Dec 31, 2025
#203 Merry Christmas!!
Dec 24, 2025
#202 Tanner's Back And Talking About His Heart Attack
Dec 17, 2025
#201 Heart Attacks, 13 Years Of Omaha Barbell, And Gross Things At 24 Hour Gyms!
Dec 10, 2025
#200 Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas Movies And Music
Dec 03, 2025
#199 Injury Prehab, Prevention, And Rehab W/ Core Physical Therapy
Nov 19, 2025
#198 Evolution Of Supplements
Nov 12, 2025
#197 Eras In Sports, No Patients, And College Football
Nov 05, 2025
#196 The Best Halloween Candy, Uses For ChatGPT, And Husker Football
Oct 29, 2025
#195 Creatine, Husker Football, and How Strong Should You Be
Oct 22, 2025
#194 Matt Gets A Well, Legacies, And Sad Movies
Oct 15, 2025
#193 Failed Benches, Fundraisers, Meteors
Oct 08, 2025
#192 Changing Your Gym Routine As You Get Older
Oct 01, 2025
#191 Talking World Champions And Football!
Sep 24, 2025
#190 Crazy Times!
Sep 17, 2025
#189 NFL and College Football, The Best Time Of Year!
Sep 10, 2025
#188 College Football Starts, The First Husker Game, And Other Randomness
Sep 03, 2025
#187 The Biggest Loser Documentary, Who's At Fault?
Aug 27, 2025
#186 The Importance Of Patience
Aug 20, 2025
#185 The 3% Fee
Aug 13, 2025
#184 Original Members And The Lil' Nitro Gummy Bear Challenge
Aug 06, 2025
#183 The Death Of Childhood Icons!
Jul 30, 2025
#182 Our 2025 Husker Football Predictions
Jul 23, 2025
#181 New Smokers, BBQ Tips, And New Products
Jul 16, 2025
#180 The Debt Ceiling, Are You Confused Too?
Jul 09, 2025
#179 Internet Trolls - The Good And The Bad
Jul 02, 2025
#178 Deportations, Teaching AI, And Noah's Arc
Jun 18, 2025
#177 The Sugar Diet, Is It Real?!
Jun 11, 2025
#176 It Ain't Where You're From, It's How You Come!
Jun 04, 2025
#175 The Life Of A Professional Gambler Ft. Jeff Elseman
May 28, 2025
#174 Ed Coan Classic Supermeet Review and We Play Ask The Internet
May 21, 2025
#173 Ed Coan Talking the 2025 Ed Coan Classic Supermeet
May 14, 2025
#172 Shedeur Sanders, The NFL Draft, and Sports Cars
Apr 30, 2025
#171 Nicotine and Caffeine, is it Good or Bad?
Apr 23, 2025
#170 The Stock Market and Tariffs! Should You Be Worried?!
Apr 16, 2025
#169 Why Are Tornados Such A Mystery?! Meteorologists Luke Vickery Joins Us.
Apr 09, 2025
#168 Do Big Corporations Actually Care?!
Apr 02, 2025
#167 Are We The Smartest People To Ever Live?
Mar 26, 2025
#166 Creatine and 2 years of Podcasting
Mar 19, 2025
#165 Conspiracy Theories and What Motivates You
Mar 12, 2025
#164 From Body Dysmorphia To The Boston Marathon w/Luke Nikodem
Mar 05, 2025
#163 Training Periodizations and Block Chains
Feb 26, 2025
#162 Dave Tate From EliteFTS
Feb 19, 2025
#161 No Men In Women's Sports!
Feb 12, 2025
#160 What determines an athlete?!
Feb 05, 2025
#159 Adapt and Overcome
Jan 29, 2025
#158 Playoff and Super Bowl prep w/2 Time Super Bowl Champ Dave Tollefson
Jan 22, 2025
#157 3-Time All American Husker Shot Putter Kevin Shubert
Jan 15, 2025
#156 The Power Of Scheels, Goals, and Matt Taking Pills
Jan 08, 2025
#155 BBQ, Bowl Games, And Goals for 2025
Dec 31, 2024
#154 Christmas Movie, Foods, and Random Thoughts
Dec 24, 2024
#153 Lily Phillips, Making Smoked Jerky and Smoked Cheese
Dec 20, 2024
#152 Getting Some Actual Facts From An Actual Scientist About GLP-1s
Dec 18, 2024
#151 Speed Work
Dec 13, 2024
#150 Iowa Western Shotgun Sports Coach Derek Pollock
Dec 11, 2024
#149 12 Years Of Omaha Barbell
Dec 07, 2024
#148 Ranching and Holiday Meats With Michaela From D&D Beef
Dec 04, 2024
#147 Week 14 Big Ten Football Picks
Nov 29, 2024
#146 Failure Is Necessary For Growth!
Nov 27, 2024
#145 Week 13 Big Ten Football Picks
Nov 22, 2024
#144 Best Thanksgiving Food and Recipes
Nov 20, 2024
#143 Week 12 Big Ten Football Picks
Nov 15, 2024
#142 Why do they make ballots and contracts so hard to understand!?
Nov 13, 2024
#141 Week 11 Big Ten Football Picks
Nov 08, 2024
#140 The 2025 Ed Coan Classic, The First Ever Supermeet!
Nov 06, 2024
#139 Week 10 Big Ten Football Picks
Nov 01, 2024
#138 New Guns, Optics, and More!
Oct 30, 2024
#137 Week 9 Big Ten Football Picks
Oct 25, 2024
#136 Fitness Expos
Oct 23, 2024
#135 Week 8 Big Ten Football Picks
Oct 18, 2024
#134 Recovery, BBQ, and Some Good Laughs!
Oct 16, 2024
#133 Week 7 Big Ten Football Picks
Oct 11, 2024
#132 Dock Workers, Medical Marvels, and FEMA
Oct 09, 2024
#131 Week 6 Big Ten Football Picks
Oct 04, 2024
#130 BBQ Gadgets, Our Latest Picks
Oct 02, 2024
#129 Week 5 Big Ten Football Picks
Sep 27, 2024
#128 Hot and Fast Brisket, A Little Too Hot. Matt Tries To Hire A Homeless Guy?
Sep 25, 2024
#127 We pick our Week 4 Big 10 College Football Winners and Losers
Sep 20, 2024
#126 Calories
Sep 18, 2024
#125 We tried to do a livestream and it didn't work so here are our college football predictions.
Sep 13, 2024
#124 Fact Checking and Week 2 Of College Football
Sep 11, 2024
#123 Most Underrated Piece Of Gym Equipment
Sep 06, 2024
#122 Opening Weekend Of College Football
Sep 04, 2024
#121 Learning From The Ones That Came Before You
Aug 30, 2024
#120 High Taxes and Chronic Illness
Aug 28, 2024
#119 Electric Cars, Truck Stops, and Generators
Aug 23, 2024
#118 New Gun Rules on Youtube, Pillows, and Specific Ammo
Aug 21, 2024
#117 Most Common Exercises Done Incorrectly
Aug 09, 2024
#116 Nutrition and Training During Injury Recovery
Aug 07, 2024
#115 Worst Training Advice
Aug 02, 2024
#114 The Government Is A Mess
Jul 31, 2024
#113 Dog poop and AI
Jul 26, 2024
#112 Trump Assassination Attempt
Jul 24, 2024
#111 Are you garbage?
Jul 19, 2024
#110 Dino Gym review and are pellet smokers real BBQ
Jul 17, 2024
#109 Al's Dino Gym And It's Legacy In Strength Sports
Jul 10, 2024
#108 Generators, Smokers, Guns, and Other Necessities of Life!
Jul 05, 2024
#107 Working Out 7 Days A Week, The Pros and Cons.
Jul 03, 2024
#106 The Next Big Event At Omaha Barbell
Jun 28, 2024
#105 Supreme Court Rules On A Couple Gun Laws
Jun 26, 2024
#104 No Olympics for Lia Thomas
Jun 21, 2024
#103 Florida Gator Baseball Strength Coach Shawn Burke
Jun 19, 2024
#102 The Inman Mile
Jun 14, 2024
#101 Caitlin Clark, UFC, and all the other obscure sports!
Jun 12, 2024
#100 We made it to 100 episodes! We talk about some our favorites and of course we talk about Trump
Jun 05, 2024
#99 What's Your Identity and How Will You Be remembered?
May 31, 2024
#98 BBQ, Tanners Garden, And Randomness
May 29, 2024
#97 Ed Coan Classic Review And Check-Ins
May 24, 2024
#96 Work, Life, Training Balance. Is there one?
May 22, 2024
#95 Ed Coan Talks Training, Life, And The Ed Coan Classic
May 10, 2024
#94 Matt finished 75 Hard and Tanner is a Failure!
May 10, 2024
#93 Growing Up In The Late 1900s And The Right Diet For Being Jacked
May 08, 2024
#92 Check Ins And Other Nonsense
May 03, 2024
#91 Passion For Greatness
May 01, 2024
#90 Check-Ins, Ruck Poop, and Vala's Pumpkin Patch
Apr 26, 2024
#89 Time Management And How You Rank Things
Apr 24, 2024
#88 Check Ins, Hot And Fast Brisket On My Gateway Drum Smoker, And Matt's 41 Hour Fast
Apr 19, 2024
#87 Chasing Personal Excellence
Apr 17, 2024
#86 Finding The Right Gym And Trainer For YOU!
Apr 12, 2024
#85 Politics In School, The Constitution, And Participation Trophies
Apr 10, 2024
#84 Age Gracefully By Working Out
Apr 05, 2024
#83 Being A Prepper, Dogs, And Of Course Diddy
Apr 03, 2024
#82 The band is back together!
Mar 29, 2024
#81 Erin’s 75 Hard fail and looking for Blackberry crown
Mar 27, 2024
#80 One year anniversary, check ins, women's sports, and the Omaha Supernovas
Mar 22, 2024
#79 Bullsh!tting with Michaela from D & D Beef
Mar 20, 2024
#78 Nicknames, Reading Rainbow, Tanner believes the internet, and check ins
Mar 15, 2024
#77 Helping You BBQ: the owner, the store, and tips!
Mar 13, 2024
#76 Norwegian 4x4, it's not what you think
Mar 08, 2024
#75 Dr. Jaime Seeman talks training during pregnancy, perimenopause, gut health, and Titan Games
Mar 06, 2024
#74 The More You Know
Mar 01, 2024
#73 2 poops one day and choosing the right brisket
Feb 28, 2024
#72 Drum smoker, check ins, and fun facts about getting jacked
Feb 23, 2024
#71 Giving the middle finger in traffic and getting the middle finger from insurance
Feb 21, 2024
#70 Check Ins - Chris questions my cardio shape and we talk about rifle optics
Feb 16, 2024
#69 Best Poptart flavors and can you live off 1 million dollars.
Feb 14, 2024
#68 Check-ins and the state of Matt's taint
Feb 09, 2024
#67 Meal Prep and other neat stuff
Feb 07, 2024
#66 The best part of your workout and NEVER give up!
Feb 02, 2024
#65 Chess and Slow drivers
Jan 31, 2024
#64 There is only one 75 Hard, rucking, and check-ins
Jan 26, 2024
#63 Overcoming addiction follow up questions with Kelly.
Jan 24, 2024
#62 Nutrition follow up, Mental toughness, and goal check-ins
Jan 19, 2024
#61 Gun Reviews and Smokers we use!
Jan 17, 2024
#60 Tips and tricks - Pre/Post workout nutrition
Jan 12, 2024
#59 Q&A - Picking the right weight class and concealed carry tips and tricks
Jan 10, 2024
#58 What do you guys want?
Jan 05, 2024
#57 NFL Combine, Favorite Holiday Foods, and Randomness
Jan 03, 2024
#56 Being better everyday and New Years Resolutions
Dec 29, 2023
#55 Bathroom Ratings and Homeless People
Dec 27, 2023
#54 NFL penalties and national signing day
Dec 22, 2023
#53 Body dysmorphia, gaining and losing weight
Dec 20, 2023
#52 Part 2 Golden Sheaf Bourbon Whiskey Owner David Mark Young
Dec 15, 2023
#51 Part 1 Golden Sheaf Bourbon Whiskey Owner David Mark Young
Dec 13, 2023
#50 Using different training methods to achieve your overall strength goal
Dec 08, 2023
#49 Overcoming addiction and finding community in the gym!
Dec 06, 2023
#48 Q&A - Wearing a belt while training and Dana White's 84 hour fast
Dec 01, 2023
#47 Thanksgiving foods, Action stars, and Husker football
Nov 29, 2023
#46 Talking handguns with Lane Gries
Nov 24, 2023
#45 Caffeine - Should you and how much
Nov 22, 2023
#44 What it's really like owning a business, the pros and cons
Nov 17, 2023
#43 Registered Dietitian Niki Kubiak
Nov 15, 2023
#42 World Class Pitmaster Blane Hunter from Porkybutts BBQ
Nov 10, 2023
#41 Strongman, Meats and Meets
Nov 08, 2023
#40 Kids, don't be lazy
Nov 03, 2023
#39 Guns, Rubber cement, and football
Nov 01, 2023
#38 Jerky, Sous Vide, and Pee
Oct 27, 2023
#37 Q&A - Strongest Planet Fitness lifter, machines vs. free weights, and 24 hour gyms
Oct 25, 2023
#36 UFC, USADA, and drugs in sports
Oct 20, 2023
#35 Q&A - Big heads and bathroom etiquette
Oct 18, 2023
#34 The American flag and we revisit Ozempic
Oct 13, 2023
#33 Lifestyle vs Diet and just enjoying life!
Oct 11, 2023
#32 - Tallow, Halftime poop, and NIL deals
Oct 04, 2023
Grip training, Buttf*uckery, and shoe horns
Sep 27, 2023
Larping, training for fun, oh and Mike was here
Sep 20, 2023
BJJ World Champion John Hansen
Sep 13, 2023
CPAPs, Chickens, and BBQ
Sep 06, 2023
Who's the strongest, The Shaw Classic, and gym lessons
Aug 30, 2023
Staying strong for low toilets and why it's important to stay strong as we get older!
Aug 23, 2023
UFC Fighter and Omaha Native Drew Dober talks about his baby, career, and urine samples
Aug 16, 2023
Matt’s new bread butterer, The Ocho, and Scheel’s bathrooms
Aug 09, 2023
Trends in training, poop sneeze, and programming doesn’t have to be complicated
Aug 02, 2023
Emergency BK stop, glocks, Ozempic, and the new Flatrock
Jul 26, 2023
Tomorrow is promised to no one
Jul 19, 2023
What training has taught us about life
Jul 12, 2023
Q&A - Making gainz regrets, bbq sauce, and business competition
Jul 04, 2023
Dinners w/dead people and what your legacy will be
Jun 28, 2023
Q&A - Breast milk, bands, and sh!tty customer service
Jun 21, 2023
Supplements
Jun 14, 2023
Summertime is BBQ season!!
Jun 07, 2023
Q&A-Best restaurants, not feeling intimidated at the gym, and not sh!tting your pants on supplements
May 31, 2023
Psychology in lifting and life
May 24, 2023
2 x Super Bowl Champion Dave Tollefson
May 22, 2023
The GOAT Ed Coan
May 17, 2023
Q&A-In this week’s episode we talk about sumo and conventional deadlift training, gun training, and Mike’s disgusting smoker
May 10, 2023
Bonica Brown
May 03, 2023
Stretching, mobility, and trends in the physical therapy field
Apr 26, 2023
Q&A - Competing, gym pet peeves, and life
Apr 25, 2023
Drew Dober
Apr 19, 2023
BBQ and Sh!@ting our pants
Apr 12, 2023
Q&A
Apr 05, 2023
Mentality in weight loss, lifting, and life
Mar 29, 2023
Q&A
Mar 22, 2023
The common denominator in weight training
Mar 15, 2023