I first heard of Chief Jim Band as some of you did, through a video posted to the CrossFit Journal website. You can check out the article here and the video here. This was long before this podcast was even a shimmer in my eye, but even then I thought that I'd hope...

This mini-episode is an essay I wrote after a horrible week of line of duty deaths recently. Rest in Peace Sergeant Jason Gooding Seaside (OR) Police Department EOW February 5, 2016 Sr. Deputy Patrick Dailey Deputy First Class Mark Logsdon Harford County Sheriff's...

Check out our first t-shirt to support the show at teespring.com/thesquadroom   Diane Urban is the Chief of Police of Hayward, CA. Obviously she wasn't appointed chief straight out of the academy. So how'd she get there? She busted her ass and worked hard. It's...

This is a unique episode because we're turning the tables on Traver as he becomes the subject of the episode. This episode is also going to require that you keep an open mind. But more on that later. Almost a year ago to the day of this release, I came to Traver with...

In this episode, we recap 2015 and my plans going in to 2016. Traver joins me again to talk about all the gritty personal stuff we haven't covered with recent guests. Some highlights: 2015 was my year of getting waaaaay strong. Like scary strong - at least for me....

Our guest for this episode is Clint Bruce. I'm not sure where to start with Clint's resume. U.S. Naval Academy graduate NFL football player Navy SEAL officer (SEAL Team 5, BUD/S class 217) Veteran and first responder advocate. And frankly, that just scratches the...

We made it to 20 episodes!  That's at least more than that stupid Ferris Bueller's Day Off television sit-com from the 90's. But it's still not as much as Matt LeBlanc's post-friends spin-off "Joey." That made it to 22 episodes so I guess we have to keep going. Andy...

Freddy Camacho is a couple things:   A complete badass A laid back guy with zero ego. That's a hard combination to come by, even in law enforcement Freddy is a newly-promoted sergeant for Union City PD, a good-sized city in the Bay Area and it's a hoping area. He's...

There is an old parable, attributed to the Cherokee Indians of the Two Wolves. An old Cherokee Chief sit with his grandson and tells him, “A terrible fight is going on inside me.” “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, sorrow,...

Mikal Vega is an interesting guy who has led an amazing life. Unlike the last few guests, he’s not in law enforcement though he is certainly a supporter of our profession. If his face looks familiar, it’s because you might have seen him on TV or in movies. He’s...

I first met today's guest several years ago, in the way that we seem to meet people these days - by email. Scott McGee is a well-known police officer in CrossFit and is definitely one of the O.G.s in getting CrossFit adopted by law enforcement agencies. Scott is a...

I have 24 hours in a day. Anyone have anything different? Any secret advantage? Nope, didn't think so. Here are all the things that Bryan Wadkins and I have in common: We're both fathers We're both sergeants, and veteran police officers (deputy sheriff in my case) We...