Show Notes
In Episode 69, Matt and Austin explore how real-world experience, hard calls, mentorship, and recognizing what you don't know can shape the way firefighters train and make decisions.
They discuss the experiences that influenced Austin's approach to the fire service, along with stress response, cognitive load, skill acquisition, and the progression from mechanics to consistency to intensity.
A conversation about learning from experience and building better training methodologies for performance under stress.
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