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Your Plan Is Only as Strong as Your Program
🔥 How to stop over-planning and start executing like a pro.
🔥 Episode Summary:
In this episode, Wildland Fire Captain Chris Ruano breaks down one of the most overlooked truths in fitness, leadership, and life:
A solid plan won’t get you anywhere if your personal program—your routine—isn’t built to support it.
Chris shares hard-earned lessons from years of leading elite wildland fire crews across Southern California and training alongside top-tier USFS Hotshots. Drawing from the field, he exposes why so many first responders fall short, even with the best gear and intentions.
This episode will help you:
- Understand the key difference between a plan and a program
- Avoid common mistakes that derail even the most motivated leaders
- Build a repeatable system that aligns with your mission—on duty and at home
- Apply the Periodized Hybrid Training method to stay consistent all year long
If you're serious about showing up strong for your crew, your family, and yourself—this one's for you.
🎯 Topics Covered:
- Why strategy without structure leads to burnout
- How to build a sustainable personal program
- The truth about trending workouts vs. real-world readiness
- What elite crews get right—and where most fall short
- Why “training your body” is really about training your integrity
✅ Action Step:
Audit your current routine. Choose one area—movement, mindset, or recovery—and commit to dialing it in this week.
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♦️ Free Customized Periodized-Hybrid Training Guide
Our crazy First-Responder lifestyle makes it so difficult to improve our strength and physical performance.
Periodized-Hybrid Training is a unique year-round fitness strategy that I discovered through years of leading wildland fire crews as I struggled to stay prepared for fire-season not just once, but year after year.
By following this strategy, you’ll increase your strength and year-round performance, because its specially developed for the challenges and commitments of our first-responder lifestyle.
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