In episode 13, I chat with Nate Palin while he chokes down a year-old Diet Mountain Dew and talks about his career in the tactical training space.

Nate has decided he isn't a great chef; he's a decent dinner guest, but he excels at hosting 'dinner parties' in the tactical realm. He sets the table and makes sure the best people fill those seats. 

Nate is a coach, speaker, author, veteran, and father of one. He served as a leader in the 2nd Ranger Battalion for seven years before transitioning to strength and conditioning.

Throughout five combat deployments in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Nate experienced the military’s performance shortcomings firsthand. He observed the need for enhanced physical training to better support mission-critical tasks.

He began his coaching career in 2010 as the owner of The Movement Project LLC, an entrepreneurial personal training effort, then narrowed his focus to tactical strength and conditioning as a performance specialist for EXOS in Washington, DC, in 2012.

Nate coached Special Operations Forces at Joint Base Lewis-McChord from 2015 to 2018 before leading the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) Tactical program, where he co-authored Preparing for the Army Combat Fitness Test for Human Kinetics.

 Nate was an adjunct professor for CalUPenn’s tactical strength and conditioning graduate program and recently served as Director of Education for the FitOps Foundation.

He collaboratively launched The Initiative, a physical and psychological health and performance collective that empowers military, fire and rescue, and law enforcement professionals through coaching, education, and consultation.

So what? Now what?

Nate speaks to putting the brakes on letting best be the enemy of better, and the fire service can undoubtedly take a lesson from that.

Get in touch with Nate:

https://[email protected]

https://www.thestrategicinitiative.com

While you're on the ][ website, check out the sleep module from yours truly!

https://www.thestrategicinitiative.com/azs-course

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natepalin

https://www.instagram.com/strategic_initiative

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