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18 Lessons from 18 Years as a Cop: What I Wish I Knew, Mistakes Made, and Lessons Learned
I recently passed the 18th anniversary of the day I entered the academy. The occasion provoked some introspection and on this episode I share 18 lessons I've learned throughout my career to this point - lessons often learned the hard way. It's certainly not a comprehensive list but I incuded...
Ep 37: MotorCop Wants to Know How Is Your Financial Health?
If you want to skip all these icky words and just sign up for the webinar, click here. Now, onto the show notes! MotorCop (@motorcop1), or "MC,", is the first active-duty officer to have a podcast before me (at least that I'm aware of). He and his friend Happy Medic...
Ep 36: Green Beret Aaron Barruga Knows What Its Like to Get Shot At
Aaron Barruga signed up for the Army after 9/11, and was offered a fast track into Special Forces (SF), eventually serving as a Green Beret. Aaron completed nearly 9 years of service along with 3 combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Pacific. After getting out of...
Ep 35: Cardiologist and Lieutenant Dr. Jon Sheinberg on Heart Health
This episode is exactly the kind of episode I set out to record and bring to other LEOs when I started The Squad Room. It isn't a fun topic (though I think you'll certainly still find it interesting), but it's vitally important to our survival. Dr. Jon Sheinberg is a...
Ep 34: KP from @FitCops on Creating a Social Media Movement
KP is our guest on this episode. KP and her partner "DC" started the Instagram page @fitcops about two years ago with the goal of providing motivation and inspiration to other law enforcement officers in the pursuit of their own health and fitness. To say they've...
Ep 33: Navy SEAL David Silverman on Leveling Up, and Working with High Performing Teams
David Silverman is the guest on today's episode. David is a retired US Navy SEAL officer and the co-author of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement in a Complex World. David's co-author on that book is none other than four-star General Stanley McChrystal. General...
Ep 32: Creating from a place of scarcity
This is a minisode - a short, spoken essay on a topic relevant to the journey towards lifestyle optimization. Today, I wanted to talk about the nearly impossible task of creating from the place of scarcity. When we're taxed, mentally, physically or emotionally, we are...
Ep 31: George Vrotsos of PremeditatedFitness.com and author of Lean & Fierce: Tactical Fitness for Sheepdogs
Click here to purchase Lean & Fierce: Tactical Fitness for Sheepdogs if you're reading this on the show notes, go to thesquadroom.net/episode31 George is just a good guy. These days, there's just less of him. A lot less. George is a peace officer in Ohio in the...
Ep 30: Whole Life Challenge Tips and Recap
After having Whole Life Challenge co-founder Andy Petranek as a guest on episode 20, I wanted to try another one. My wife and I participated in the Whole Life Challenge that started in January. We both had a lot of success - and a few missteps. My wife, of course,...
Ep 29: Become a Culinary Ninja with Paleo Nick
Today’s guest is Nick Massie. Nick is better known to some of you as PaleoNick. Nick is CrossFit’s resident chef and a lot of his videos are featured on crossfit.com and in the CrossFit Journal. He’s also the instructor for the CrossFit Culinary Ninja course. Nick is...
Ep 28: Getting Strong & Lean w/ RP Strength CEO Nick Shaw
This show has an awesome giveaway - more on that below! If you've been waiting for an episode that will give you tips and advice on how to combine your nutrition and your training, this is it. If you've been waiting for an episode where we don't talk about CrossFit...
Ep 27b: 8 Minute Guided Meditation
This episode is an 8 minute guided meditation run by Traver Boehm. I'm doing it along with him. It's a great "starter" session for someone looking to try it, and not sure where to start.
Ep 27a: An Intro to Guided Meditation
In this episode you'll get a chance to learn more about how Traver taught me to meditate, and he's going to help you too. After a few minutes of amusing ourselves, we jump into a guided meditation together. Give it a shot if you're "meditation curious" but still...
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