The Everyday Pursuit

If you're a first responder or in the military, you have to take some type of physical assessment to make sure You are fit for duty. The vast majority of these assessments require running, sprinting, jogging, or some type of agility. I talk to hundreds of first responders on a monthly basis, and I’ve come to the strong conclusion that the cardio portion of any fitness test is the Achilles heel...

One of the main reasons people can't achieve the physique they want is that they consistently struggle to stick to any nutritional plan long-term. So the question remains, how do we get somebody to stick to a diet long enough to where they can lose the fat, build the muscle they want, and keep their results long-term? In this episode, I lay out simple, actionable steps that you can put into pl...

Cops, Firefighters, BPs, and COs should train a little differently than the average person at the gym. Even if performance is not your “top” priority, it's definitely something you need to focus on. A lot of people go to the gym purely for aesthetics, which is great, but they don't have a job where they're putting themselves in imminent danger each week. This means you have an obligati...

For episode 100, I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to give you some insight into the principles I follow each and every day that have led to a lot of growth and success in my life. I truly believe if you can follow these four steps and cultivate the persona that pursues these four things, you will grow as a person and be more successful. Serving in the military, being a father...

If you’re looking to have the body, the bank account, the woman, and the overall happiness, it’s done in a certain order… And the order might be a bit different than you think For me, I wanted to be super successful financially ever since I was 18 or 19 years, but had no clue how to get there Diving into a self development, journey back in 2017, and learning to play into the strengths that the gym...

How would it feel to have extra time each day to complete all the tasks you fall behind on? We all have the same 24 hours in the day, so the question stands: How can some people maximize their day while others seem never to find enough time to check off their to-do list and reach their goals? What the most successful people don’t tell you is that they choose to make time their best friend instead...

Every first responder should prepare meals in some capacity. If you're not taking food to work with you, you're subject to whatever you feel in the mood for once your stomach starts grumbling or whatever crap people bring to work! After working with hundreds of clients, the number one excuse I hear for not meal-prepping is that people are busy or think it's too expensive. In this episo...

Firefighters, Border patrol, law enforcement, and corrections officers are all “tactical athletes” from my standpoint. These careers should be prepared for almost anything to pop off unexpectedly. They might have to fight, sprint, climb, throw, and who knows what else, but if you look at the training programs most are following, there’s a massive disconnect between how they’re training and what th...

Do your workouts feel like a chore? Are you avoiding the gym because deep down inside you dread each and every second? Look, I used to feel this way about my training, and so did hundreds of our clients before they started our Hero Program. I hit a bad rut back in 2014, where even the thought of going to the gym made me mentally check out and skip the gym. Even if I mustered up enough “motivation”...

I thought you were tougher than this? After all, you know you picked a challenging career that required mental and physical toughness. So why do you give up so easily on your personal goals? Seriously, at what point are you going to fight for the life you want? You're so bought into your comforts and so afraid to lose them that they have become your crutch. Your weekend beers, morning Starbuck...

I see nutrition as the pain point for so many 1st responders and it makes me sad because it’s easier than you think to solve. Number one, this is a HUGE mindset issue over everything. If you have this notion that nutrition will be difficult, then it’s always going to be a challenge for you. Secondly, you might not be aware of all your options when it comes to having good nutrition that helps you r...

Men have heavily dominated the military and 1st responder community, although there has been a shift in the last few decades with more women joining these career fields…and that gets me stoked! At Pursuit, we’ve trained hundreds of women over the last few years in law enforcement, fire, medicine, and military. I truly believe these women can hold their own with the guys, but they need to train har...

Are you a quitter?! That even seemed harsh when I typed out this question, but it’s a legit question. Are you someone who says you’re going to do something but struggles to follow through? The habit of quitting has real chemical effects on the brain that you need to be aware of! Take a long look at your life…In some areas of your life, you’re crushing it and executing like a beast, but for some re...

Nutrition is such a highly debated topic in the fitness industry, and for a good reason! I believe that nutrition is so opinion-based that you need to hear people out, try their “style” and find what works for YOU and YOUR lifestyle. As a 1st responder, you need to make sure this happens even more than people in other career because of your crazy schedule. In this episode I give you some insight i...

Consistency is KEY to getting in and staying in shape, so why don't you keep setting yourself up for failure? Almost everyone I know has struggled with “falling off the wagon” on the weekend with their nutrition and training at some point. This is why I train at least one day (Saturday or Sunday) on the weekend. It’s been a game changer for me and my clients who have struggled with this viciou...

If you are in your first year of lifting weights or coming back after taking a few years off, I'm going to classify you as a gym newbie. As bad as that may sound, every single jacked person you see in the gym has been a newbie at one point. In this episode, we cover our personal stories of how we both started in the gym and made progress over the last 10+ years we've been training ourselve...

Do you have any idea how much protein you're supposed to be eating each day to gain the amount of muscle you want? You might think you know the answer, but there's a lot of misinformation floating around on the topic of protein consumption  To make things worse, every fitness influencer says something different, and many of them don't look at the scientific research and the studies....

How many times have you skipped out on the gym because you were short on time? If you were supposed to have 60-90 minutes at the gym, but then life happens and you only have 30-45 minutes, do you just skip it? At some point, you need to stop letting time be the barrier if you want to be long-term successful. For most people, they just throw in the towel when they feel they don’t have time, don’t l...

If you're thinking about hiring an in-person trainer, listen up so you don’t make this mistake! There are a lot of options out there so I understand how confusing it can be to choose between in-person, online, group fitness, cookie-cutter Apps, etc. In this episode, I go through the pros and cons of each type of “training” available to you from my standpoint after working with over 1,000 clien...

I don't know about you, but I would rather start a new routine on Monday than on Friday. It feels like more of a fresh start when you start something on a Monday versus midweek. This is a phenomenon called the fresh start effect and there's a lot of research to back up how the human brain works and why people love waiting until Monday to start, but there is a huge problem regarding this mi...

I have a question for you, Is there a BEST split to build muscle? I have another question, Are you following it? If your goal is to gain muscle there are a few things that need to happen. Number one, you need to break down the muscle, number two you need to recover the muscle, and number three, you need to repeat the process. Listen in to find out the training method I’ve taken hundreds of clients...

Losing fat is simple, but not easy. Even if you lose it, it always seems to creep its way back over the months or years. You lose 30 lbs over the course of 5-6 months, but a year later you’ve gained it back and some. The real dilemma isn’t fat loss alone, the real dilemma is losing the fat AND keeping it off There’s a reason so many people Yo-Yo weight loss and I’ll give you a hint…it’s not becaus...

You’re wasting money and don’t even know it! When we break it down further you’re wasting money AND time. If you’re anything like me, wasting money and time is the last thing you want to do. Look, if you’re going to the gym to grow muscle (or burn body fat) you MUST have your recovery on point. If your recovery is crap, your muscle growth will be crap. The 3 main components of recovery are sleep,...

You have a favorite excuse you like to use and I bet I can guess what it is. I’m guessing it falls into one of these categories --------------------- -Time (too busy) -Money (too poor) -Effort (too hard/not worth it) -Work (also usually a time thing)-Family/Friends (not enough support) --------------------- I’ll be the first to admit I find myself making excuses in certain areas of my life from ti...

You can change your entire life in 1 year if you avoid these 4 mistakes. I see this happen each year, people come into the New Year with a lot of excitement! After all, a new year is a chance to better yourself and make this year “the year” that sets your trajectory for the rest of your life (basically your comeback year) As cliche as that may sound, I saw 200+ people come through our Hero Transfo...