Ben Bese runs a Bozeman gym that doesn't behave like a gym. Ascend Movement Training blends powerlifting, mobility work and breathwork to help people get out of chronic pain and stay strong for life, and Ben is neither a personal trainer nor a physical therapist. He's somewhere in the middle, and he explains exactly where that line is.

Full interview: https://www.explorebigsky.com/episodes/ascend

In this episode: why cold plunging right after a strength workout may undo the work you just did, why you absolutely can build muscle after 60, what a chiropractic adjustment does and doesn't fix, and what Ben would tell the Silicon Valley guys injecting young blood to live forever. Plus, Joe asks whether his wife and co-host Michelle is slowly destroying her body by running every day, and then submits to a custom workout called "The Joe," which goes about as well as you'd expect.

Ben grew up near Melbourne, played semi-pro Australian rules football, and founded Ascend with his wife in 2019 after watching too many athletes get stuck with shoulders and backs that never healed. Ascend is now in the Story Mill area of Bozeman at:

108 BRIDGER CENTER DRIVE BOZEMAN, MT 59715 SUITE C

Instagram: @ascend_movementtraining

Website: AscendMovementTraining.com

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Representative Ryan Zinke (MT-1) is leaving Congress in January. But before he goes, he's trying to pass a 430,000-acre public lands bill in the Blackfoot with an unbelievably broad coalition that includes loggers, environmentalists, motorcyclists, and outfitters.

Congressman Zinke and Executive Director of Wild Montana John Todd join Joe Borden to break down the A River Runs Through It Act: what's actually in it, what each side gave up, who's still going to fight it, and whether a bill 20 years in the making can clear Congress in four months.

Watch the full interview: https://www.explorebigsky.com/episodes/arrti

Also: the Muir-vs-Pinchot argument, the river that was too polluted to play itself on film, Griz vs. Cats in a split household, and a Brad Pitt trivia game that goes sideways fast.

What’s at stake? Roughly 130,000 acres of new wilderness, including additions to the Bob Marshall, the Scapegoat and the Mission Mountains, plus Nevada Mountain — the first standalone wilderness designated in Montana since 1983. About 180,000 acres of forest restoration areas near Lincoln and Ovando. New recreation areas, permanent snowmobile access and an OHV loop. Release of roughly 23,000 acres of wilderness study areas.

Here’s the link to learn more and show your support (don’t be afraid to call the Montana delegation and encourage them): ARiverRunsThroughIt.org

Learn more about Wild Montana: WildMontana.org

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Joe Borden and Flint Rasmussen are live from the Rocking R Bar in Bozeman for Homecoming week, previewing Montana State's Big Sky opener against Northern Arizona.

Watch it here: https://www.explorebigsky.com/episodes/bbs203

Senior associate athletic director Pete Heim on coming to Bozeman from Alabama, Duke, Tennessee and Arkansas, how Brent Vigen compares to Nick Saban and Mike Krzyzewski, the completed Bobcat Stadium feasibility study, alcohol sales, and why he says Montana State is "a wanted entity" nationally.

Dean of students Matt Caires on record enrollment of 17,470, life as a real-life Dean Wormer, and why he never sees Bobcat football players in his office. ASMSU president Ben Wilson and vice president Josey Blazer on the Greatest Show, the drone show, the Homecoming parade, a million-dollar student budget, and the spring they threw a Rail Jam with no rails.

First Security Bank president and CEO Kalli Ryti and marketing director Tyler Wheeler join the picks — Griz at UC Davis, Oregon at USC, and NAU at Montana State.

Plus Champ gets decorated like a homecoming float, Put the Hat on the Cat gets two contestants in Griz colors, and the Chug of Shame.

Bobcat Big Show is live at the Rocking R every Thursday before a home game, 6 to 7. Back October 22 before Weber State.

And do your banking with the best bank in Bozeman, First Security Bank! OurBank.com

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