Tailboard Talks Firefighter Podcast

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Everyone loves to go 'All out' but doing all the time that leaves some major blindspots in your fitness and more importantly, how your fitness transfers to the fireground.

Today we're talking about a topic that Aaron Quinn briefly touched on in episode 4.  We'll review what maximal and submaximal training are and some downfalls of using maximal training as your only training.

I'll also give you a couple of ways to incorporate submaximal training immediately!

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Today we're talking to Aaron Quinn from the City of Oakland FD.  Aaron grew up in Oakland, Ca has been with the Oakland FD for 20 years.  He has been integral in the fitness and training of new recruits as lead instructor at the training tower.

We run through his philosophy and tactics as a veteran FF, instructor, and mentor.  As well as the changes he's seen in the fire service in the past 20 years.

I also bait him into one of my favorite conversations; working out in fire gear.

Find Aaron on Instagram, @Live.Serve.Thrive 

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Three topics nail the Fitcast principles of Purposeful, Practical, and Applicable.  We're going over my department's FIRST EVER incentivized fitness program.  I developed this program and will talk about how it was structured, how I presented it to the union and department, and how it's going.  Also 4 things you NEED to do when pitching a program to your department.

September is also Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month and there is no more appropriate time to talk about Devote December and Spring 4 Change.  These are two campaigns that I am a part of with Annette Zapp from FireSQFitness with the goal of reducing and preventing Fire and EMS suicides.

I go into detail on the purpose, goals, and future of both campaigns and how they stand to change the fireservice.

Shout outs in this episode to:
Annette Zapp
Scott Forbes
Kate Colvin
Allison Braeger
Wendy Lund
Code 15 Project
First Responder Sleep Recovery
Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
Illinois Firefighter Peer Support

And here is the study I referenced regarding exercise and its benefits to those with depression;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474733/

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In this episode, we'll talk about using fitness trackers as firefighters and paramedics.  Can they be effective and useful even though we live by a different set of rules?  Here's the episode breakdown:

1:00 Welcome and topic intro
1:41 September Fall Fitness Initiative preview
2:35 Intro to fitness tracker types and features
5:29 What is the Whoop Strap?
8:15 Whoop vs Apple
9:20 Sleep tracking and how Whoop helps keep you healthy in the times of COVID
12:00 Heart Rate tracking during incidents on shift
13:45 Whoop Cons
17:50 How much does it cost?
20:15 General fitness tracker advice and takeaways
21:45 Call to action and conclusion

More information on the Whoop is on their website Whoop.com  Tons of discount codes are available so take a look around first.

Follow me on social FB, YouTube and IG are both @4thShiftFitness 
EMail is [email protected]

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Welcome to the new and improved Tailboard Talk.  The best resource for firefighters and paramedics health and wellness.

Making Tailboard Talk a Fitcast instead of a video segment will make it more portable, more digestible, and let us get into more detail on the stuff you need to know to keep yourself in the fight, in service, and happy in retirement.  

In this episode, we run through my bio, the history and purpose of 4th Shift Fitness, and some ground rules on what Tailboard Talk will be and will NOT be.

Thank you to Mikey, for the intro music, he can be found on IG at @mikeystarterkit

Thank you, Kenzie Hayes, for the help on the logo, shes at @kenz.hayes on IG

Thank you, Wendy Lund (@WLund100) and Annette Zapp (@FireSQFitness) for pushing the process forward

The biggest thank you to my wife Katie, for...everything.

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Rescue1CBD Use code TAILBOARD for 15% off

Frontline Optics use code TAILBOARD for 15% off

Fourth Frontier.com Use code FFTailboard for 25% discount on the X2 strap

Athletic Brewing- Code TTFP10

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Thank you for listening and let's all keep working to be more capable and durable both on shift and away from it.