Fire Rescue Wellness

It only took three years, but I finally got Manny Romero on the podcast (and now we already have a part 2 booked!) Manny Romero is the Health and Fitness Coordinator at the Seattle Fire Department, a role he has held since 2022. He brings a diverse background in tactical and performance training, having worked with the

Ask a better question, get a better answer-at least when you"re querying an expert. Unless you"re a guru, answers are nuanced, and context matters! Hear the original episode here. ***** Register for 7-Minute Science here Purchase FRW Swag here Get on the Waitlist for Building Your Career in Fire Follow Fire Rescue Well

In today"s episode, you"ll hear about training for Wildland Firefighters from Austin Womack, owner of Rugged Athlete.  Austin Womack is a strength and conditioning coach, wildland firefighter, Army Infantry Officer, and owner of Rugged Athlete LLC. His company"s mission is to lead from the front in facilitating a new e

Life runs at hyper speed, and sometimes simply setting yourself up for success in the future helps more than you could ever anticipate! I use the concept of taking care of future me a lot as it applies to health and wellness, but in today"s Spotlight you"ll hear some anecdotes about how this concept applied to me in th

Kelly Kennedy is back, and today we"re talking about academy injuries and heat-related illnesses. As always, there were side tangents, and today included one on the nasty taste of essential amino acids (BLECH!) and the Society for Sport Neuroscience Conference. Kelly has been the exercise physiologist for a large polic

I fought starting a podcast for five years. But once I did, I was so happy I took the plunge. Now we"re three years in and Episode 200 is looming. Hear a little bit from my very first episode with Vince Zittnan from Fire and Iron Media, my production company. Check out the original episode here. ***** Register for 7-Mi