Episode 985: Rethinking Fitness - Navigating your Excuses w/ Ted Stern

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Former First Responder and CEO of Fit Responder, Ted Stern, discusses the common excuses people make for avoiding fitness, reasonable individualized fitness programs, and what people can do to change their fitness level.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Ted’s background

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Parenthood

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Stoicism & controlling your emotions

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Midroll

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The biggest problems with people’s fitness levels

00:56:03:18 - 01:08:13:16

Major flaws in modern police training

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What can people do right now to change their fitness?

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Outro

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0:00.0	Hey guys, make sure you check out streetcop.com for all of our upcoming courses in person,
0:04.4	our online courses, and Streetop University, you have training right at your fingertips,
0:08.7	and we've made it so affordable, so reasonable that everybody can get an opportunity to train
0:12.8	because we know you guys need to help. We design this for you. Make sure you check out
0:16.4	streetop.com. First and foremost, all diets work in a similar way. So when people like try carnivore,
0:22.7	try keto, try paleo, they all achieve a calorie deficit. I've talked to thousands of people
0:27.6	about their fitness problems. And on the one end of this spectrum, I'll get somebody sometimes
0:31.6	is just maybe 10 pounds overweight. And they're like, I cannot believe I've let myself go this
0:36.2	far, like I'm disgusted.
0:41.7	And then at the other end of the spectrum, I have talked to 300 pound dudes who are on a fistful of medications, and they're like, oh, I think I'm doing okay.
0:44.6	Like, I know I could improve a little bit, but I still got it.
0:47.6	I'm still strong.
0:48.7	I can still handle myself.
0:49.8	And like, they're delusional. In order for us to do anything good in life, it has to start with us being
0:54.4	good. And in order for us to be good, I don't think you can truly be the best version of yourself
0:59.1	without being very fit and healthy because there are so many things that flow from that in terms of
1:04.3	success, whether it's business or your career or your relationships. It all stands from how good
1:09.1	are you doing? And if you're out of shape and you're low on energy, low on confidence,
1:13.2	and your health is at risk,
1:14.7	how on earth can you operate at your highest level?
1:17.6	One 1100.
1:22.5	You're trying to be a street cop.
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