I didn't appreciate the level of athleticism that takes until I moved into my new apartment building. I'll take the stairs up the 15 floors every now and then, and even that's a workout. I can't imagine 78 floors, in all of that gear, and the circumstances at hand.
Firefighters, cops, combat arms military, they’re all athletes. Just very, very poorly paid in comparison to sportsball athletes. Shows where our priorities are as a society I guess
Also, I’ve heard the terms ‘occupational athletes‘ thrown around for firefighters and cops, and ‘tactical athletes’ for SWAT-type police and combat troops. Regular line infantry work was hard enough for me, but hearing stories of Delta operators climbing/jumping up between the balconies of Iraqi high rises to raid a target is just mind boggling. Same with the firefighters on 9/11. That’s some Olympic-level athleticism right there
I didn't appreciate the level of athleticism that takes until I moved into my new apartment building. I'll take the stairs up the 15 floors every now and then, and even that's a workout. I can't imagine 78 floors, in all of that gear, and the circumstances at hand.
Firefighters, cops, combat arms military, they’re all athletes. Just very, very poorly paid in comparison to sportsball athletes. Shows where our priorities are as a society I guess
Also, I’ve heard the terms ‘occupational athletes‘ thrown around for firefighters and cops, and ‘tactical athletes’ for SWAT-type police and combat troops. Regular line infantry work was hard enough for me, but hearing stories of Delta operators climbing/jumping up between the balconies of Iraqi high rises to raid a target is just mind boggling. Same with the firefighters on 9/11. That’s some Olympic-level athleticism right there
Adrenaline is also a hell of a chemical- these guys were redlining their bodies “engine” before even arriving on-scene to this terrifying calamity