Travis Rask's guest appearances

Travis Rask

Refined By Fire

Chris Brennan

Rob Fisher

James Greenwood

Jim McCormack

Luke Miller

Scott Hewlett

Dena Ali

Graham Peaslee

Curt Isakson

Brian Olson

Adam Maiers

Gary Lane

Brian Yonkin

Eric Haskins

OwlTail

"If you want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."Travis Rask joins us on Episode Six of Refined By Fire. Travis is a firefighter with Snohomish District 7 FD in Washington, where he was served since 2008. He is a vocal advocate for barbell training in the fire service and an ardent supporter of the Starting Strength program. Travis was a contributor to the seminal Fire Service Warrior website/movement, and has been heavily involved with the Puget Sound FOOLS, including being awarded with their FOOL of the Year Award in 2016.Our talk spends a lot of time on the importance of strength training, asking the following questions, among others? Why should firefighters make strength training the foundation of their physical fitness?How strong is strong enough in firefighting? How much should firefighters focus on conditioning?We don't stop there, as we also discuss Travis' near death(?) experience in academy, one way to get good at throwing ladders, the Fire Service Warrior concept, and his time at North Carolina Breathing Equipment School.Books discussed:Starting Strength by Mark RippetoePeak and Road to Excellence by Anders EriccsonFearless by Eric BlehmThe Combat Position by Chris Brennan---------------------------------This podcast features the song “Spray Paint it Gold”, by Little Glass Men, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

"If you want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."Travis Rask joins us on Episode Six of Refined By Fire. Travis is a firefighter with Snohomish District 7 FD in Washington, where he was served since 2008. He is a vocal advocate for barbell training in the fire service and an ardent supporter of the <a href="http://www.startingstrength.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Starting Strength</a> program. Travis was a contributor to the seminal <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FireServiceWarrior/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fire Service Warrior</a> website/movement, and has been heavily involved with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PugetSoundFools/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Puget Sound FOOLS</a>, including being awarded with their FOOL of the Year Award in 2016.Our talk spends a lot of time on the importance of strength training, asking the following questions, among others? <ul><li>Why should firefighters make strength training the foundation of their physical fitness?</li><li>How strong is strong enough in firefighting? </li><li>How much should firefighters focus on conditioning?</li></ul>We don't stop there, as we also discuss Travis' near death(?) experience in academy, one way to get good at throwing ladders, the Fire Service Warrior concept, and his time at <a href="http://www.ncdoi.com/OSFM/Fire_Rescue_Training/Default.aspx?field1=Special_Schools_-_NC_Breathing_Equipment_School" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">North Carolina Breathing Equipment School</a>.Books discussed:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Strength-Basic-Barbell-Training/dp/0982522738" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Starting Strength</a> by Mark Rippetoe<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1514644680&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=peak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peak</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Excellence-Acquisition-Performance-Sciences/dp/0805822321/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1514644621&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=road+to+excellence" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Road to Excellence</a> by Anders Ericcson<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fearless-Undaunted-Ultimate-Sacrifice-Operator/dp/0307730700/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1514644744&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=fearless" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fearless</a> by Eric Blehm<a href="http://www.pennwellbooks.com/fire-rescue/firefighter-training/the-combat-position-achieving-firefighter-readiness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Combat Position</a> by Chris Brennan---------------------------------This podcast features the song “<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/The_Age_of_Insignificance/Spray_paint_it_Gold" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spray Paint it Gold”</a>, by <a href="http://www.clauscreative.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Glass Men</a>, available under a Creative Commons <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Attribution</a> license.

Episode 6: Travis Rask