As I am sitting here trying to catch my breath here in the weight room, I like to sit back and think about how awesome it is to be a big ole silverback gorilla in a job shirt lol. To make it sound way less conceited, there are many benefits to being a big guy…
Here I was sitting drinking some coffee and chatting with the incoming crew a bit about. Of course here and there we take jabs at each other. Myself and a few other firefighter are big guys, and we like to rip into the much smaller guys. Yes there are many benefits in being somewhat smaller…
A few weeks ago I was sitting in a room with other first responders, such as police, fire, ems, dispatchers & jailers over a critical incident that occured at the local county jail, resulting in a fatality in the jail’s sally port. As people began to relive the events that occurred, and talk out loud…
One day I was resting in between sets at the gym, I noticed some guys who were student firefighters at the local community college. They were doing some pretty heavy lifts, those boys were both big and strong! Then it got me thinking, being extremely strong is great, but if you are used to power…
As I was contemplating life while trying to catch my breath, without breathing through all of my air too quickly while advancing a charged hose line as the backup firefighter to the nozzle man ahead of me. I wanted to find out how I can be in better cardio shape, so that I’m not gassed…
I was sitting in my car parked outside of my house this past summer, beyond excited because I had received a conditional offer from a full time career fire department. At the same time as I was excited, I was also filled with concern. That’s because I knew that I haven’t ran, or done any…
