Dave
Morrow
Retired Army Officer · Author · Coach
Afghanistan changed everything. Not in the way the movies show it — in the quiet way that injuries pile up, purpose disappears, and the system fails you. Dave built The Hard To Kill Project from the wreckage of that experience. He's not teaching theory. He's teaching what actually worked.
From The Ashes
Of Afghanistan
Dave served as an Army officer and deployed to Afghanistan. He came home with serious back and knee injuries and undiagnosed mental health issues that nobody in the system caught — or wanted to deal with.
His teaching career fell apart. Then his tech job. With a second baby on the way and his world spinning out of control, he did what veterans do — he adapted. He wrote his first book, The Nimble Warrior, began running fitness seminars at Army reserve units, and started building something from scratch.
What began as personal survival became a mission: help every veteran reclaim their health, strength, and purpose — without waiting for the system to do it for them.
Today he's an Amazon bestselling author, Canada's #1 ranked veteran podcast host, and the founder of the first Veterans Affairs Canada-funded online fitness program in the country. He completed an Ironman in 2022 — the same body the Army medically released.
"We're not broken. We're under-recovered."
The veteran health crisis isn't a mystery — it's a system that was built to manage, not to heal. GWOT veterans experienced 20 years of combat damage to minds, bodies, and souls. Dave built The Hard To Kill Project to do what the VA won't: give veterans the tools to take ownership of their own recovery.
Afghanistan Deployment
Combat deployment. Career-ending back and knee injuries. Undiagnosed PTSD.
Hard To Kill Podcast Launches
Ranked #1 Canadian veteran podcast. 500K+ downloads. 200+ experts interviewed.
The Nimble Warrior Published
First book published. The veteran fitness movement takes shape.
Ironman Finisher
Completed the Ironman with the same body the military medically released. Enough said.
Afghan-Canadian Interpreters — PR Officer
Served as Public Relations Officer helping organize the exfiltration of Afghan interpreters and their families to safety in Canada during the withdrawal.
ATHENA Program — VAC Funded
First company in Canada to receive Veterans Affairs Canada funding for an online veteran fitness program.
Harden The F*ck Up
Amazon bestselling book. Testified before Parliament on veteran health policy.
Canada House — Military Influencer Conference
Organized "Canada House" at the Military Influencer Conference — the largest military business conference in the world.
Biology of Service Symposium
Landmark online event bringing world-class experts together on veteran health science.
First Canadian Silkie Hike
Pioneering the Silkie Hike movement in Canada — veterans carrying weight for those who can't.
Hard To Kill Foundation Launched
Formalizing the mission — a foundation dedicated to veteran health, resilience, and recovery.
Books, Programs
& The Podcast
Everything Dave creates has one purpose — give veterans the tools the system never did.
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