This episode is sponsored by Team Builder, yet another company that's doing great things for the first responder community.

As a strength and conditioning coach myself who also trains tactical athletes,

dissemination of wellness information is one of the biggest challenges.

Now, TeamBuilder is the premier strength and conditioning software for tactical athletes. And there are several features that really impressed me.

Firstly, there is a full exercise library, so you, the personal trainer, does not have to create that within your own department.

Secondly, you can send out programming, but also individualize, which I love.

So you blanket program for everyone.

Now you can tweak based on someone's injury, someone's need to maybe drop some body composition,

rather than having to write a program for every single person on their own.

TeamBuilder also allows you to build custom questionnaires to collate health and wellness data. It integrates

with wearables. And I think one of the most important things is obviously it tracks. To me,

it's imperative that we as a profession start tracking our people from day one and then over the full

span of their career, therefore catching potential wellness issues and injuries before they happen.

Now, if you want to try TeamBuilder, they are offering you, the audience of the Behind the Shield podcast, a free 14-day trial to experience all of the features.

And if you want to take a deeper dive into Team Builder,

listen to episode 132 with Melissa Macardo or go to team builder.com. And I'll spell that to you

because it's not as you think. T-E-A-M-B-U-I-L-D-R.com.

Welcome to the Behind a Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my absolute honor to welcome on the show, Big Wave Surfer, Mixed Martial Artist, and Firefighter,

Coner Olivera.

Now, in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics.

From his childhood on Hawaii, growing up in a martial arts family, his introduction to surfing, the big wave video that went viral, the Maui fires, his journey into the fire service, and so much more.

Now, before we get to this incredible conversation, as I say every week, please just take a

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