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Tyson Beach

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Tyson earned his BSc degree at the University of Guelph, where he was also an award-winning varsity student-athlete. At Guelph, Tyson completed advanced-level coursework in the anatomical, mechanical, physiological, and neural bases of human movement. He later earned his MSc and PhD degrees under the mentorship of world-leading musculoskeletal biomechanics and physical ergonomics researchers at the University of Waterloo. At Waterloo, his studies focused on quantitative motion analyses, prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and advancing fundamental knowledge of spinal mechanics, control, and injury causation. Tyson was a President’s Scholarship winner at Guelph, and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship winner at Waterloo.

Tyson is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he is appointed in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He also holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Department of Research at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where he advises on the research done by Sports Sciences Residents. At the University of Toronto, he teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in biomechanics, and directs research conducted in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Injury Prevention and Sports Medicine Research Laboratories. His research team focuses on devising movement assessment and (re)training strategies for the prevention of occupational and athletic musculoskeletal injuries.

In addition to his academic work, Tyson was a Certified Kinesiologist for more than 10 years, and practiced widely as a strength and conditioning coach, personal trainer, and ergonomics consultant. He currently advises government and private organizations in the areas of injury prevention and applied sport/exercise sciences, and serves as a scientific and technical consultant to several start-up companies in the Greater Toronto Area.

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There are many reasons to perform every exercise. There are many reasons to perform every exercise.

Likewise, there are many ways to perform every exercise.

Let WHY you perform drive HOW you perform.

The Challenge: Challenge work capacity with 5 patterns, each performed continuously for 4 minutes and separated by 1 minute rest

1. One arm snatch x 10/side for 4 minutes + 1 min OFF
2. Plank series x 4 minutes + 1 min OFF 
(front on elbows, right side elbow, left side elbow, front on hands, right side hand, left side hand, mountain climber, push-up; 30s each)
3. Air squat x 4 minutes + 1 min OFF
4. Jumping jack w/ lunge split x 4 minutes + 1 min OFF
5. One arm kettlebell swing x 30s/side for 4 minutes

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Our eating behaviors are strongly influenced by so Our eating behaviors are strongly influenced by social context.

In other words, what and how we eat tends to reflect the eating habits of our closest social connections – family, friends, peers.

For fire fighters, this means that a department’s culture and the established social norms around eating can influence the dietary habits of an entire crew, station, etc., particularly when there is a desire for social acceptance.

A recent paper published in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that fire fighters consumed approximately 20% more calories when on shift in comparison to days off.

While findings such as this may highlight the potential role that social eating norms play in the development and maintenance of obesity, they should also prompt optimism as these same norms can serve as targets for novel interventions to encourage healthier eating!

#eatingbehaviors #eatinghabits #eatrealfood #foodculture #socialnorms #weightloss #preventobesity #health #firefighterwellness #firefighter #iaffwfi #iaffpeerfitness #firefighternutrition #performanceredefined #fittothrive
Commit to working on your active mobility by reinf Commit to working on your active mobility by reinforcing access to specific joint positions and integrating access to specific joint motions.

Stretching is just one small part of the mobility conversation.

Circuit A
1. Quadruped w/ arm raise x 10 each limb (access shoulder flexion while limiting low back extension)
2. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (loaded asymmetrically to challenge hip flexion and shoulder flexion with limited low back flexion, extension, and lateral flexion)
3. Quadruped w/ leg raise x 10 each limb (access hip flexion and extension while limiting low back extension and flexion)
4. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (as above)
5. Quadruped w/ arm and opposite leg raise x 10 each limb (access shoulder flexion and hip flexion and extension while limiting low back extension, flexion, and twist)
6. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (as above)

Curcuit B
1 Inverted hang w/ arm raise x 10 each limb (access shoulder flexion while limiting low back extension)
2. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (as above with ladder lengthened)
3. Inverted hang w/ leg raise x 10 each limb (access hip flexion and extension while limiting low back extension and flexion)
4. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (as above)
5. Inverted hand w/ arm and opposite leg raise x 10 each limb (access shoulder flexion and hip flexion and extension while limiting low back extension, flexion, and twist)
6. Overhead squat w/ ladder x 10 (as above)

#performanceredefined #mobility #activemobility #mobilitymatters #mobilitywod #movementhygiene #physicalliteracy #useitorloseit #backyardexercise #exerciseathome #iaffwfi #iaffpeerfitness #5minutesoffun #fittothrive

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