thefireyoucarry

Cold Exposure When Sick

I have done cold exposure for 4 years now. Not every day of course but very frequently. My favorite method of cold exposure is going out to Deep Creek during the winter, especially when there is snow on the ground, and swimming briefly in the icy creek. There is something unmatched about the experience of…

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005: Intestinal Fortitude/Having Heart

In this episode we talk about what it means to have intestinal fortitude, otherwise known as having heart. Nole shares some of his experiences during his time going through the Ranger Indoctrination Program and Kevin shares some of his experiences with college soccer and paramedic school. We will all have times in our lives that…

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004: Competing in the Highland Games

In this episode Kevin and I talk about the Highland Games, what they are, why we started competing in them and why the wearing of a kilt while throwing heavy objects is something that we think everyone should try, just make sure you’re wearing the proper garments underneath your kilt. 

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003: Ice baths and cold showers

In this episode we talk about how we went from taking cold showers once in awhile to sitting in water that is just above freezing almost every day. The health and mental benefits of what we discuss here is fascinating and if you are willing to get a little bit uncomfortable could impact your life…

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002: Mike Knobbe, from combat veteran to fire engineer.

In this episode we talk to our friend and current engineer on our shift at the firehouse (he drives the firetruck) he walks us through his time in combat in Iraq and his journey to get where he is today. 

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001: 400 Meters of lunges everyday, for 30 days.

In this episode we talk about why we are tackling the challenge of doing 400m of walking lunges every day for 30 days. Find out why we take training for mental toughness just as seriously as we do our overall fitness and learn why you should be training the mind and a couple of good…

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Why The Fire You Carry?

While Kevin and I came to the idea of starting a podcast separately from one another we came to it for very much the same reasons. Kevin had a desire to use his experience in life to help other men be bold enough to step out into whatever challenge they were avoiding out of fear,…

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