Side Quest Podcast

In this episode I interview one of my best friends, Dan Koppenhaver, about his experience of competing at the US National Weightlifting Competition in Dallas, Texas and what went into his training.  Dan is a full time firefighter in Durham, NC and when he is not at the station he is usually lifting.  Dan has made huge sacrifices to reach the level he is at now, including, waking up to train at 4am before he pulls a 24 hour shift at the firehouse.   Currently, Dan is raising money to get to Reno so that he can compete.  Full time firefighters, unfortunately, do not make a lot of money.  If you want to help Dan out a little but click this link here which will take you to his GoFundMe account where is is close to his goal.  Even just a small donation of $1 can go a long way to help Dan get to Reno so he can crush it! In this episode we discuss: The crispness of autumns arrival What physical training for firefighters look like What firefighters have to study in regards to emergency training, medical training, et