Ep 642: Firefighter Wellness is FIRE

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Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Firefighting isn’t all cats in trees and making chili at the station. First responders see and do some crazy sh*t - far more than the general population. Long hours and trauma set the stage for poor mental and physical health. Here’s what you can do about it! Tune in and learn how to set Firefighters up for peak performance. Light a FIRE, a figurative fire in Wellness.

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0:00.0	We are fighting the fight of general health and wellness.
0:03.9	And so if we can get them in that, you know, you talked about those extremes.
0:08.6	And that's what makes firefighters good firefighters, those extremes, those are extreme personalities.
0:16.7	Hey, everyone. Thanks for tuning into Power Athlete Radio.
0:20.1	Firefighting is not just all cats and trees and making chili at the station. Unfortunately, long hours and trauma set the stage for some pretty poor mental and physical health. And no one knows that quite as well as career first responder, Annette Zapp. She's here to remind us that the wellness deficit definitely exists within that community and that there's a lot you can do as a coach for your tactical athletes. Here it is, episode 642.
0:46.3	All right, Power Athlete Nation, we welcome back, Annette Zapp, special guest in studio today.
0:57.2	We got a career firefighter who provides health and wellness solution to fire departments
1:02.4	and is on a mission to ensure that every fighter fighter feels supported physically, mentally,
1:08.7	or emotionally in the work they do.
1:13.9	Also, a previous Power Athlete Radio guest episode 354 where we spent a lot of time talking about anxiety, depression, suicide, and then
1:20.6	that component in the fire department. So I know we're going to expand on that, but also get
1:26.6	into some burning questions.
1:29.1	Was that a pun? Yeah, I was waiting for Charles to hit the laugh button about training.
1:34.6	But it missed. Yeah, it's just going to dead pan. Anyway, all right. Enough. Annette, welcome back.
1:40.5	Thank you. And I do feel like you undersold the last episode because we also talked about
1:45.1	backdraft and Chicago Fire. Well, that's implied. All of my questions are related to the
1:52.0	documentaries, Backdraft. Well, I think we're going to have to revisit them at least for at least 20
1:56.5	minutes. I mean, did you, not longer. Did you watch Backdraft last night like I did?
2:01.7	In preparation for this, I watch it every night.
2:04.4	So it's like, all right.
2:05.7	It's how you cry yourself to sleep.
2:07.7	I mean, Kurt Russell is just the big brother I never had.
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