Yesterday was the second day of class. We spent the whole day with a fitness/health specialist, discussing adequate nutrition and exercise. I have a lot of strong opinions about health and wellness based on my own personal experiences, the strongest of which is that there is a lot of bad information out there. But, he had a lot of good things to say. It was a change of pace for sure, because most of the time "wellness of the rescuer" type lectures tend to be just words, but we spent a lot of time doing simple exercises that could be done with minimal equipment.
The whole presentation was much more tailored for fire-fighters than paramedics, but then again, there are only so many exercises for lifting a stretcher into an ambulance.
I guess the guest-presenter is developing a health and wellness program for Public Service Workers, which I think is fantastic. There are plenty of perceptions out there about our field, most of them completely justified, that I think we all need to really work on.
One of his take home messages was that public safety workers really need to be more fit than professional athletes, because we will never know the "game" we will play, when we will play it, or for how long. His philosophy is definitely similar to Gym Jones or Crossfit but not nearly as intense. He had no love for "commercial gyms".
I like what he had to say about diet and nutrition. I find that it is so important to plan ahead if you want to eat well in this business, there's no other way about it.
We also took quizzes for Chapter 1, 2, and 3. I got a 90%, 94.3%, and 80%, respectively
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