Mtn Ops Militia

[NorthEast]

The marketing really is genius. It is a combination of a styling brand and the supplement business. It's great that they support hunting, but their consumers certainly fall into their trap so easily. If someone really truly cared about their health and supplements they would shop around and find what works best, not just the ones with the flashy advertising and aggressive logos. More importantly, they would just eat healthy foods and get the same effects.

I find it odd that people want to wear the clothing of something they eat. If you like the styling of the clothing there is nothing wrong with that at all, but just because I drink starbucks doesn't mean I'm going to wear a flat brim Starbucks hat pulled over my eye brows....

 

[luke moffat]

Is it bad that I would rather spend my $$$ on craft brewed beer than supplements?

As someone that has sampled some of the mountain ops stuff my friends let me try it sure doesn't taste bad but I have never really done the supplement thing and don't feel as though I am giving up much on the mountain. If I wanted to get up the mountain faster or quicker I would hit the gym more....

I am sure it's a wonderful product but I do find it kinda like the emperors new clothes kind of thing.

 

[jm1607]

I still don't understand Mountain Ops at all. I know they're a sponsor but damn, there's way better/cleaner/cheaper products out there. I don't see anything special about them except that they promote hunting (which is good). They do have comfy shirts though!

 

[NorthEast]

I still don't understand Mountain Ops at all. I know they're a sponsor but damn, there's way better/cleaner/cheaper products out there. I don't see anything special about them except that they promote hunting (which is good). They do have comfy shirts though!

That is really it. Its not about the product, it's about the image. Otherwise, they wouldn't sell clothing.

 

[Elkfitness]

Does anyone (from mtn ops) or here, have any links to any research involving the products. Looking for research with control groups that looks at performance factors that could be related to the use of their products (i.e. Time to exhaustion at various workout intensities, lactate threshold, anaerobic work capacity, critical power, lean muscle gain, fat loss, etc...). Not looking for anecdotal outcomes.

 

[ezmorningrebel]

Is it bad that I would rather spend my $$$ on craft brewed beer than supplements?

i'm with you on that one.

 

[LongWayAround]

Wow. I'm never buying anything from them. I've been on the fence about a few products but this is ridiculous.

 

[HookUp]

More stickers to show off on your truck at the trail head, all aboard!

 

[JWP58]

It was suspect enough when cops started referring to themselves as operators. Now, apparently hunters are operators, too?

You're only an operator if you wear a flat bill hat, drive a bro truck, and wear shmedium t-shirts, and do clip dumps at the range with your bushmaster duh....oh and you crossfit bro.

 

[napeequa55]

Does anyone (from mtn ops) or here, have any links to any research involving the products. Looking for research with control groups that looks at performance factors that could be related to the use of their products (i.e. Time to exhaustion at various workout intensities, lactate threshold, anaerobic work capacity, critical power, lean muscle gain, fat loss, etc...). Not looking for anecdotal outcomes.

You're not likely to get an answer to that. That sort of third party testing is extremely expensive and doesn't make any sense for this market.

Most hunters are still in the dark ages regarding sport nutrition. MTN Ops doesn't need to compete with other brands for the hunting market because they were here early. They just need to be cool enough to get people to try it.

I see a lot of folks on this forum who are clueless about nutrition, but end up getting advice from the rabble about how awesome it is and buy buy buy.

Why would MTN Ops pay for that type of research when they have an uneducated customer base in their core market to start with?


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[Floorguy]

Is it bad that I would rather spend my $$$ on craft brewed beer than supplements?

Craft brewed beer is a supplement.


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[ezmorningrebel]

Craft brewed beer is a supplement.


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for my mental health, certainly.

 

[tipsntails7]

Sorry, but this is dumb as shit. And pretty disappointing in the scheme of things. We have enough idiots running around acting like military, or stealing valor, we really don't need shit like this.

I also think it's hilarious they want you to pay 100 bucks a year to be apart of it. You can throw a rock in any direction and hit a MTN iOS code.

As far as their stuff, poser is right above, outside of their ammo, nothing in their line stands out in the supplement world. If I took supplements(other than occasional protein) I would like to support a huntingish company, but lately they seem to be moving farther and farther away from that.

I'm actually pretty surprised Aron would be apart of this ( maybe he didn't know and they just purchased the photo) considering his background and how I have perceived him online and over the phone.




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[MThuntr]

There was a discussion on another forum about the nutritional marketing. It seems Mtn Ops supplements were suspiciously similar to another fitness company (can't remember the name). I'll see if I can find it. I fell into the fad last year and after trying it realized it was mostly marketing and could have gone to Costco and gotten the same thing. The Renu and Blaze did help me a bit but nothing a good fiber diet and caffiene couldn't fix.

I'd be willing to bet a lot of people do their 30 or 90 day challenges and see results not from the supplements but the increased activity level and then brag about how well it worked without any baseline data.

 

[Yooper]

Sorry, but this is dumb as shit. And pretty disappointing in the scheme of things. We have enough idiots running around acting like military, or stealing valor, we really don't need shit like this.

This is the part that really gets to me the most. I don't have any gripe with their product, only the marketing. I feel as if their brand image disrespects those who have actually served in the military and put their ass on the line. They're using that image to profit and I'm simply not OK with that. Of course that's just my own opinion as a single consumer.

 

[KurtR]

[video=youtube_share;l-ieIQFNjWg]https://youtu.be/l-ieIQFNjWg[/video]

 

[Elkfitness]

You're not likely to get an answer to that. That sort of third party testing is extremely expensive and doesn't make any sense for this market.

Most hunters are still in the dark ages regarding sport nutrition. MTN Ops doesn't need to compete with other brands for the hunting market because they were here early. They just need to be cool enough to get people to try it.

I see a lot of folks on this forum who are clueless about nutrition, but end up getting advice from the rabble about how awesome it is and buy buy buy.

Why would MTN Ops pay for that type of research when they have an uneducated customer base in their core market to start with?


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I love the research, and would love to see some. I see they combine some researched products (i.e. Creatinine and glutamine) but would like to see some evidence with their formulations. This is coming from a registered dietitian with board certification in sports dietetics and a masters degree in exercise physiology. My screen name isn't elkfitness by accident

It would be relatively easy to approach a human physiology lab at a local university and explore things with either faculty or masters students.

I would love to see some studies that look at fitness aspects that hunters would find interesting. Things like critical power, lactate/ventilatory threshold, recovery from threshold efforts, etc...

 

[realunlucky]

Good chuckle over that video

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[tipsntails7]

[video=youtube_share;l-ieIQFNjWg]https://youtu.be/l-ieIQFNjWg[/video]

Damn that's funny


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[AK4570]

Someone really needs to explain to them the difference between "become apart" and "become a part"... referencing the first line of their advertisement...

"I don't think it means what you think it means!"