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NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 65: Annette Zapp

NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 65: Annette Zapp

NSCA’s Coaching Podcast · NSCA

November 8, 2019

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<p>Annette Zapp, Lieutenant Firefighter in Chicago, talks to the Former NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about strength and conditioning in the firefighting niche. Topics under discussion include the perks of being a firefighter who is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist<sup>®</sup> (CSCS<sup>®</sup>) and Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator<sup>®</sup> (TSAC-F<sup>®</sup>), the typical lifestyles and attitudes of firefighters in general, and common issues that they face both physically and mentally.</p> <p><span>Find Annette on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FireSQFitness">@FireSQFitness</a> or Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/firesqfitness/">@FireSQFitness</a></span></p>Show Notes<p><span>“<span>But&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;that,&nbsp;I&nbsp;truly&nbsp;believe&nbsp;that&nbsp;fitness,&nbsp;nutrition,&nbsp;good&nbsp;sleep,&nbsp;good&nbsp;mental&nbsp;health&nbsp;and&nbsp;wellness&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;spirituality,&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;those&nbsp;things&nbsp;are&nbsp;really&nbsp;important&nbsp;in&nbsp;creating resilience&nbsp;in&nbsp;firefighters.” 9:22</span></span></p> <p><span>“<span>Your&nbsp;brain&nbsp;is&nbsp;literally&nbsp;taking&nbsp;out&nbsp;the&nbsp;trash&nbsp;while&nbsp;you&nbsp;sleep.&nbsp;So&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;don't&nbsp;sleep,&nbsp;you&nbsp;accumulate&nbsp;trash.” 11:42</span></span></p> <p><span>“<span>Because&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;honest,&nbsp;just&nbsp;a&nbsp;general&nbsp;personal&nbsp;trainer&nbsp;isn't&nbsp;really&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;out&nbsp;firefighters&nbsp;that&nbsp;much.&nbsp;We&nbsp;really&nbsp;need&nbsp;that&nbsp;sort&nbsp;of&nbsp;strength&nbsp;and&nbsp;conditioning background</span><span><b><span>,</span></b></span><span>&nbsp;the&nbsp;performance background.” 17:14</span></span></p> <p><span>“<span>I&nbsp;teach&nbsp;them&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;here&nbsp;to&nbsp;meet&nbsp;you&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;are.&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;not&nbsp;interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;changing&nbsp;everything&nbsp;that&nbsp;you're&nbsp;doing&nbsp;or&nbsp;steamrolling&nbsp;over&nbsp;you.&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;here&nbsp;to help.” 20:04</span></span></p> <p><span>“...this&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;sympathetic&nbsp;driven&nbsp;job.&nbsp;We&nbsp;are&nbsp;on&nbsp;24/7.&nbsp;And&nbsp;there's&nbsp;an&nbsp;analogy.&nbsp;It's&nbsp;actually&nbsp;a&nbsp;pain&nbsp;analogy.&nbsp;People&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;in&nbsp;chronic&nbsp;pain,&nbsp;their&nbsp;doorbell&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;fire&nbsp;alarm&nbsp;sounds&nbsp;the&nbsp;same.&nbsp;Like&nbsp;they're&nbsp;just&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;startle&nbsp;response.</span><span>” 22:38</span></p> <p><span>“The&nbsp;thing&nbsp;is,&nbsp;with&nbsp;firefighters&nbsp;is&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;a&nbsp;perpetual&nbsp;fixers.&nbsp;See&nbsp;a&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;fix&nbsp;the&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;move&nbsp;on&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;next&nbsp;problem,&nbsp;and&nbsp;never&nbsp;really&nbsp;process&nbsp;what&nbsp;we&nbsp;saw.”</span><span> 24:48</span></p> <p><span>“<span>Twitter&nbsp;and&nbsp;Instagram,&nbsp;@fire,&nbsp;F-I-R-<span>E&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;the&nbsp;</span>letter&nbsp;S&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;letter&nbsp;Q&nbsp;and&nbsp;then&nbsp;fitness,&nbsp;F-I-T-N-E-S-S.&nbsp;So&nbsp;when&nbsp;you&nbsp;spell&nbsp;it&nbsp;out&nbsp;it's firerescuefitness.&nbsp;And&nbsp;then&nbsp;they&nbsp;can&nbsp;always&nbsp;connect&nbsp;with&nbsp;me&nbsp;on&nbsp;my&nbsp;website.&nbsp;There's&nbsp;a&nbsp;chat&nbsp;function&nbsp;and&nbsp;an&nbsp;email&nbsp;function.&nbsp;And&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.firesqfitness.com/"><span>www.firesqfitness.com</span></a><span>.” 29:47</span></p>