The Everyday Pursuit

The Everyday Pursuit

By Stefan KunzHealth & FitnessFitness
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The Everyday Pursuit episodes

  • 103. Improve Your Run Time Without Running

    If you're a first responder or in the military, you have to take some type of physical assessment to make sure You are fit for duty. The vast majority of these assessments require running, sprinting, jogging, or some type of agility.

    I talk to hundreds of first responders on a monthly basis, and I’ve come to the strong conclusion that the cardio portion of any fitness test is the Achilles heel of the Everyday Hero community., I've learned that most of this community hates running with a passion, and most avoid running at all costs until weeks before their test because they think improving their cardio by running is the only way.
    And this episode, I walk you through several other ways to improve your cardio so you can crush your physical fitness test without having to run regularly. If you hate running with a passion or feel like your joints can't handle it, I promise you there are other ways to become a performance animal without having to run or jog each week.
    What You'll Learn in this Episode:
    0:00 - Intro
    5:23 - Cardio is the #1 struggle for most people
    11:52 - You better learn to run
    15:31 - HIIT & LISS training
    19:42 - Walking is not cardio
    22:32 - Final action steps for improving cardio
    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸
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    34 min
  • 102. Simplify Your Nutrition In Less Than 7 Days

    One of the main reasons people can't achieve the physique they want is that they consistently struggle to stick to any nutritional plan long-term. So the question remains, how do we get somebody to stick to a diet long enough to where they can lose the fat, build the muscle they want, and keep their results long-term?In this episode, I lay out simple, actionable steps that you can put into play immediately If you're serious about burning body fat, building muscle, and fueling your body body for performance. The more simplified you can make your diet, The longer you will stick to it and the more progress you will have.After helping hundreds of Everyday Heroes make transformations in our program, we’ve figured out how to help our clients create long-term sustainable results so they can reach their peak physique and performance!


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    If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸


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    20 min
  • 101. Performance Hacks For Tactical Fitness

    Cops, Firefighters, BPs, and COs should train a little differently than the average person at the gym. Even if performance is not your “top” priority, it's definitely something you need to focus on. A lot of people go to the gym purely for aesthetics, which is great, but they don't have a job where they're putting themselves in imminent danger each week.


    This means you have an obligation to yourself, your career, and your community to be more of a performer than the guy who goes to the gym and does curls in the squat rack, lol. You should be prioritizing a 360 approach to your fitness if you want to be a well-rounded athlete AND look amazing all year long! In this episode, Coach Mike (Pursuit tactical performance coach) and I share what tactical athletes should be prioritizing when it comes to their programming and performance.


    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

    0:00 - Intro

    4:54 - What is conjugate training?

    8:25 - Training for strength and speed

    13:22 - Everything comes from your brain

    19:11 - Thoughts on CrossFit

    23:28 - Your program needs to be tailored to your life

    29:22 - Being capable v. being technical


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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸


    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:


    https://www.instagram.com/pursuit_hp/ |

    https://www.facebook.com/stefan.kunz.547/ |
    https://pursuit-hp.com/ |

    36 min
  • 100. Practice These 4 Things & Win In Every Area of Your Life

    For episode 100, I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to give you some insight into the principles I follow each and every day that have led to a lot of growth and success in my life. I truly believe if you can follow these four steps and cultivate the persona that pursues these four things, you will grow as a person and be more successful. Serving in the military, being a father and husband, and owning a business has taught me a lot in my 33 years of life. I hope you listen to this episode, reflect deeply, and find where you can apply these principals to your life!


    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

    0:00 Intro

    4:20 - 4 Main things that have completely transformed my life

    7:16 - Be a good sponge

    9:50 - Have a purpose bigger than yourself

    13:46 - Understand that big goals are hard

    22:21 - Cultivate grit

    24:26 - Be in constant pursuit of your goals

    29:00 - You can be winning in every area of your life

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸


    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:


    https://www.instagram.com/pursuit_hp/ |
    https://www.facebook.com/stefan.kunz.547/ |
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6sljQuIqdFixs3j5xAybCs?si=1fba11b6d0ec4545 |
    https://thepursuithp.com/ |

    34 min
  • 65. How Fitness Has Drastically Helped Me With My Finances

    If you’re looking to have the body, the bank account, the woman, and the overall happiness, it’s done in a certain order…

    And the order might be a bit different than you think

    For me, I wanted to be super successful financially ever since I was 18 or 19 years, but had no clue how to get there

    Diving into a self development, journey back in 2017, and learning to play into the strengths that the gym/fitness taught me has absolutely catapulted me forward in my professional career and success in every area of my life

    I can truly say that fitness has made me happier with myself, have a happy marriage, be a better father, have more faith, have more financial success and freedom, and overall be happier with life.

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

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    44 min
  • 99. Time: Your Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

    How would it feel to have extra time each day to complete all the tasks you fall behind on? We all have the same 24 hours in the day, so the question stands: How can some people maximize their day while others seem never to find enough time to check off their to-do list and reach their goals?

    What the most successful people don’t tell you is that they choose to make time their best friend instead of their worst enemy. They find a way to hack time and get their schedule to work for them instead of being reactive victims of their crazy schedule. In this episode, I teach you these methods so you can apply these principles in all areas and start crushing your fitness and personal goals. 

    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

    0:00 - Intro

    5:18 - Temporarily disconnecting from our emotions

    8:53 - You can't win, but you can be winning

    12:08 - Time x proper goals = success

    14:45 - We try to make sacrifices as comfortably as possible

    18:51 - What is opportunity cost

    22:05 - Action steps for getting in shape

    30:17 - The best excuse you have is time

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

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    34 min
  • 98. 3 Simple Ways To Meal Prep To Save You Time & Money

    Every first responder should prepare meals in some capacity. If you're not taking food to work with you, you're subject to whatever you feel in the mood for once your stomach starts grumbling or whatever crap people bring to work!

    After working with hundreds of clients, the number one excuse I hear for not meal-prepping is that people are busy or think it's too expensive. In this episode, I'll show you a few simple ways to prep your food that won't break the bank while saving you a ton of time. That way, you can be consistent with your nutrition and obtain the physique that you've always wanted.


    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

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    0:00 - Intro

    2:30 - Buffet style meal prep

    6:09 - Shop around the outside of the grocery store

    8:58 - The crockpot method

    11:18 - Making time to cook

    13:34 - Be careful of food marketing

    15:38 - Eat out will ruin you

    16:58 - Eating health is NOT too expensive

    21:22 - You make time for what is important

    23:50 - You need to cook what works for you

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:

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    29 min
  • 97. How Tactical Athletes Should Train To Improve Cardio, Burn Fat, & Increase Performance

    Firefighters, Border patrol, law enforcement, and corrections officers are all “tactical athletes” from my standpoint. These careers should be prepared for almost anything to pop off unexpectedly. They might have to fight, sprint, climb, throw, and who knows what else, but if you look at the training programs most are following, there’s a massive disconnect between how they’re training and what their body will be prepared for.

    On top of training for performance, nutrition seems to be another Achilles heel for the tactical athlete community. This has led to a lot of these career fields being 20-70+ lbs overweight, which has a direct negative impact on the performance, health, and confidence of the individual. In this episode, I dive deep into a few styles of training I’ve seen to be the most optimal training for the lifestyle, schedule, goals, and physical capability of the tactical athlete. After working with 650+ Everyday Heroes, my team has an excellent pulse on what this should look like!

    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

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    0:00 - Intro

    2:31 - How to increase your performance

    7:06 - You need to train like you play

    7:57 - The #1 cardio you should be doing

    12:00 - How to train for specific scenarios

    18:19 - You should be doing BOTH of these

    30:36 - We often eat out of boredom

    34:15 - Finding the balance of how to train

    37:27 - Crossfit gets a lot of things right

    41:41 - How much time are you willing to sacrifice?

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:

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    45 min
  • 96. Do Your Workouts Feel Like A Chore?

    Do your workouts feel like a chore? Are you avoiding the gym because deep down inside you dread each and every second?

    Look, I used to feel this way about my training, and so did hundreds of our clients before they started our Hero Program. I hit a bad rut back in 2014, where even the thought of going to the gym made me mentally check out and skip the gym. Even if I mustered up enough “motivation” to go, I was winging it and had no real structure, making me feel even more unmotivated.
    I was unsure whether my workouts were helping me lose body fat and build muscle, which led to even less motivation; it was a vicious cycle, to say the least. I have good news, though. Once I started implementing a few techniques I share in this episode, I not only became motivated to work out again, but I actually got excited to work out, and I kept that feeling all year long!
    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

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    0:00 - Intro
    2:07 -What are you enthusiastic about?
    5:38 - There are people that would kill to move their bodies like you do
    9:23 - A very negative way of thinking about working out
    13:16 - Do you view exercise as a chore?
    18:00 - It is your responsibility to your family to be in shape
    21:21 - If you do a program you need to do it the right way

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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:

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    27 min
  • 95. You Need To Fight More For The Life You Want

    I thought you were tougher than this?

    After all, you know you picked a challenging career that required mental and physical toughness.

    So why do you give up so easily on your personal goals?

    Seriously, at what point are you going to fight for the life you want?You're so bought into your comforts and so afraid to lose them that they have become your crutch.

    Your weekend beers, morning Starbucks runs, late-night sweets, always being "too busy" for the gym, and excessive mindless snacking have been crippling you for a long ass time.

    Nothing changes if nothing changes! But if you're not willing to change, you lose the right to complain about your situation.

    If you're not willing to fight for it you, then need to own your situation. Own your belly, own your shocking doctor visits, own that your clothes don't fit you the way you want, own your low confidence. Be 100% content with where you're at.

    I'm not here to shame you or tell you to change, if you're truly happy then I'm happy for you (seriously I'm happy for you)But if you're not happy, if you know you could do better, if you know you're capable of more, it's time for you to fight for the life you want!!

    What You'll Learn in this Episode:

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    0:00 - Intro
    2:49 - There ARE people fighting for their life
    6:35 - Why do we wade in toxic worlds? (social media)
    8:59 - If you are out of balance, you are not fighting
    11:16 - There will be days that you lose
    14:05 - Show up for yourself the way you show up for others
    18:52 - Why do we all of a sudden settle for a lesser version of ourselves?
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    🇺🇸If you're a Military Member/Veteran, 1st Responder, or Medical Professional and want to get fit for duty and life, then visit us below to find out how you can become one of our 500+ transformations🇺🇸

    Follow Pursuit Health & Performance:

    | ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ |


    22 min

About The Everyday Pursuit

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We're on a daily pursuit to help America's Everyday Heroes get fit for duty and life! You'll fit right in if you're in law enforcement, fire, the military, EMS, or the medical field.