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3 Ways For Cops To Improve Sleep Quality When Sleep Quantity Sucks mental health for cops police fitness police health and wellness police night shift police officer police shift work police sleep sleep for cops Apr 07, 2024

In the demanding world of law enforcement, prioritizing quality sleep is paramount for officers' physical and mental health, although the job is not always conducive to proper sleep. If and when...

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4 Tools to Help Cops Digitally Detox on duty police officer Jan 14, 2024

 

Toxin: [noun] a poisonous substance which, when introduced into the body, causes harm. 

 

Several months ago, I was in my baby’s room, and while I can’t remember what...

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Finding New Limits for LEOs health of police officers law enforcement law enforcement academy law enforcement fitness law enforcement officer police fitness police officer police training Oct 29, 2023

The thing I love most about surrounding myself with high performers?  We’re constantly pushing ourselves – and each other – to new limits.

 

On the range –...

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The Importance of Grip Strength for Law Enforcement Officers grip strength physical preparedness police fitness police health police officer police strength Aug 20, 2023

 

Grip is an essential strength and skill for Law Enforcement Officers.

 

To state the obvious, an adequate level of grip strength and grip endurance is needed for many...

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5 Ways Yoga Can Benefit an LEO's Health academy prep cop fitness cop fitness program first responder health of police officers officer health and wellness police academy police officer police yoga yoga for cops Jan 15, 2023

 

When I first started yoga 15 years ago, I went to a hot yoga studio to sweat, lose baby weight, and get my core strength back after a c-section.  While all of those things did happen,...

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Fun With Tourniquets: Blood Flow Restriction Training bfr blood flow restriction training cop fitness cop fitness program hypertrophy law enforcement physical therapy police fitness police officer Nov 03, 2022

 

What is Blood Flow Restriction Training? 

 

Blood flow restriction training (BFR) is a method of training that has rapidly gained popularity in the last 5-10 years both in the...

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5 Essentials for Prepared Cops academy fitness effective fitness patrol officer police academy police fitness police officer police training swat Oct 23, 2022

 

The realm of Law Enforcement and the gear that comes with it is no secret to those of us in the profession.

 

Neither is it a secret that officers range from the barely prepared... to...

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Concurrent Training is Mandatory for Law Enforcement Professionals academy fitness academy prep concurrent training law enforcement police fitness police officer strength and conditioning tactical fitness tactical training Aug 11, 2022

 

What is Concurrent Training and why is it required for LE and other first responders?

 

Concurrent training is when multiple energy systems are trained simultaneously, ie: training for...

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Night Shift Hacks For Police Officers cop cops law enforcement leo meal prep night shift nightshift officer police police fitness police officer police training May 08, 2022

 

The majority of our Effective Fitness Team Members have endured the brutal night shift at some point in their career. The "night shift" is often referred to as dogwatch, graveyard, and...

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Simplifying Macros for Law Enforcement Professionals cop diet fitness leo nutrition police health police officer police performance police training Feb 20, 2022

 

What Are "Macros"?

 

The majority of the foods we consume are classified as one of the three macronutrients or "Macros": Protein, Carbohydrate, or Fat. By definition from Precision...

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Top 3 Reasons a Home Gym is Essential for Police Officers cop effective fitness home gym leo officer police police fitness police officer police officers police strength policeposts Nov 30, 2021

As Law Enforcement Officers, we know that most of us have the following in common...

Time is limited due to the nature of the profession. Long shifts, night shifts, rotating shifts, mandatory...

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