YOUR TACTICAL
READINESS SCORE™
Your Body Is Asking For A Reset.
Your Tactical Readiness Assessment™ indicates that you're currently operating in the Red Zone.
This doesn't mean you're weak.
It doesn't mean you've failed.
It simply means your body isn't recovering as fast as the demands of the job are breaking it down.
Ignoring these warning signs can lead to declining performance, chronic fatigue, increased injury risk, and a shorter career.
The good news?
You caught it before it became even worse.
YOUR PERSONAL TACTICAL GUIDE IS WAITING FOR YOU
Check your email.
We've already sent your personalized Tactical Guide based on your assessment results.
Inside, you'll discover your biggest performance bottleneck and the first steps to improve it.
If you don't see it within a few minutes, check your Promotions or Spam folder.
WHAT RED STATUS ACTUALLY MEANS
Your assessment suggests that your recovery system is currently struggling to keep up with the demands of the fire service.
You may already be experiencing:
Constant fatigue
Poor sleep
Low energy
Joint pain
Reduced conditioning
Increased stress
Slower recovery between shifts
Feeling like you're always trying to catch up
This isn't about working harder.
It's about rebuilding the systems that allow your body to perform.
YOUR GUIDE IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM.
THE RESET HELPS YOU REBUILD THE SYSTEM.
Think of your Tactical Field Manual as your intel.
It shows you the specific area creating your biggest limitation.
But your assessment tells us that right now, we need to go beyond one bottleneck.
We need to rebuild the foundations that support all of them.
Recovery.
Sleep.
Aerobic fitness.
Movement.
Strength.
Nutrition.
Hydration.
Stress management.
Readiness.
That's exactly what the next 30 days are designed to do.
INTRODUCING THE
TACTICAL READINESS RESET™
A 30-Day Firefighter-Specific System Built To Help You Get Out Of RED.
The Tactical Readiness Reset™ isn't another “destroy yourself for 30 days” fitness challenge.
It's designed specifically for firefighters whose current readiness tells us:
You need to rebuild before you push harder.
Over 30 days, we'll progressively rebuild your foundation so you're better prepared for the demands of your job and for more advanced training afterward.
The actual Reset follows that progression: recovery and aerobic
foundation → movement and work capacity → strength foundation → readiness build → Day 30 reassessment.
RED DOESN'T MEAN YOU FAILED
Your RED Score Is Information. Use It.
You didn't fail the assessment.
And I'm not telling you that you can't train.
Your answers are telling us something important your current capacity may not match the stress being placed on your body.
Think about what your body is already dealing with:
Shift work.
Broken sleep.
Overnight calls.
Family responsibilities.
Psychological stress.
Heat.
PPE.
Occupational exposures.
Training.
Poor recovery.
Probably inconsistent nutrition.
Dehydration.
Maybe years of simply pushing through because that's what firefighters do.
And then most fitness programs give you the same answer.
DO MORE!
Train harder.
Add intervals.
Lift heavier.
Burn more calories.
Push through fatigue.
That's not always the right answer.
THE PROBLEM WITH “JUST WORK HARDER”
Training Is Stress Too.
Training is incredibly beneficial.
But training itself is a physiological stressor.
The benefit comes when your body can recover from that stress and adapt to it.
That's the entire process!
TRAIN → RECOVER → ADAPT → BECOME MORE CAPABLE
If recovery is consistently compromised, simply adding more training stress isn't necessarily going to solve the underlying problem.
That's why RESET looks different.
We're going to work on your capacity to recover and adapt before asking your body to handle substantially more.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN YOUR WORKOUTS
Firefighter Fitness Isn't Just About Performing Better Today.
It's about being capable of doing this job for years.
And having a healthy life waiting for you outside of it.
Firefighters face occupational health risks that go far beyond burns and building collapses.
The IAFF currently identifies occupational cancer as the leading cause of line-of-duty death in the fire service. It reported that nearly 80% of IAFF member line-of-duty deaths in 2025 were attributed to occupational cancer; in Canada, the corresponding figure was close to 94% among professional firefighters under the relevant reporting framework.
And cardiovascular disease remains another enormous concern. Firefighter research has repeatedly identified sudden cardiac death as a major cause of on-duty mortality, with strenuous emergency duties interacting with underlying cardiovascular susceptibility and risk factors.
The biggest threats aren't always the ones with flames coming out of them.
That's why First In Fitness isn't just about making you better at workouts.
It's about helping build a firefighter who is:
Fit enough to perform.
Healthy enough to recover.
Strong enough to remain capable.
Retire feeling amazing with decades left in the tank!
IMPORTANT: WHAT RESET CAN AND CANNOT DO
RESET Can't Eliminate The Occupational Risks Of Firefighting.
No workout or nutrition program can promise to prevent cancer.
And RESET isn't medical treatment for cardiovascular disease, sleep disorders or any other health condition.
Occupational exposure controls, decontamination, appropriate PPE, medical screening and early detection remain critically important, particularly for cancer risk. In fact, British Columbia enacted new firefighter cancer-screening legislation in April 2026 specifically because early detection matters.
What we can work on are many of the lifestyle and physical-capacity factors you have some control over:
Sleep habits
Nutrition
Physical activity
Aerobic fitness
Strength
Body composition
Hydration
Recovery
Stress-management behaviours
Even the IAFF's own firefighter nutrition resources explicitly connect nutrition and healthy eating habits with firefighter health, work demands, fitness goals and long-term health.
That's where RESET starts.
WHY I BUILT RESET
Because I Don't Want To Sell You The Wrong Program.
It would actually be easier for me to take everybody who completes the assessment and immediately sell them my higher-level coaching program.
But that's not good coaching.
If your assessment says you're ready to train hard?
Great. Let's train hard.
But if you're telling me you're exhausted, under-recovered, sleeping terribly, highly stressed and struggling with basic health behaviours...
I'm not going to pretend the solution is automatically: “Here's more HIIT.”
That's why RED scores are directed into Tactical Readiness Reset™ first.
RESET isn't punishment for scoring Red.
RESET is the intervention.
Thirty days to work on the foundation.
Then we reassess.
WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO
30 Days. Back To The Fundamentals.
RESET
Focuses on the boring things that produce remarkably important outcomes when people actually do them consistently.
Think of it as the foundation of your house. Not sexy but it keeps the damn structure up later on.
SLEEP & RECOVERY
Improve the sleep behaviours and recovery opportunities you can control, even when shift work makes perfect sleep impossible.
DAILY MOVEMENT
Get your body moving consistently without turning every session into another recovery problem.
LOW-INTENSITY AEROBIC WORK
Begin rebuilding the aerobic foundation that eventually supports harder conditioning and firefighter performance.
BREATHING & DOWNSHIFTING
Use simple breathing practices as one tool for reducing physiological arousal and creating deliberate periods of down-regulation.
MOBILITY & MOVEMENT
Restore useful movement options and prepare your body for progressive loading.
HYDRATION
Develop better hydration behaviours, particularly important in a profession involving PPE, heat and heavy physical work.
NUTRITION
Give your body the protein, energy, micronutrients and whole foods needed to support health and recovery.
READINESS
Learn to actually pay attention to the signals your body is giving you instead of automatically responding with:
“Fuck it. Push harder.”
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING
This Isn't Just A $47 Workout PDF.
When you join Tactical Readiness Reset™, you receive the complete 30-day system.
1. Tactical Readiness Reset™
30-Day Foundational Training System
Your complete day-by-day RESET program.
Value: $97
2. The RESET Blueprint™
Understand the science behind the system.
Learn why sleep, stress, recovery, aerobic fitness, hydration, nutrition and training readiness matter and why we're approaching your first 30 days differently.
Includes my scientific reference library.
Value: $47
3. RESET Blueprint™ Video Walkthrough
Don't feel like reading everything?
I'll personally walk you through the strategy and explain what we're doing and why.
Value: $47
4. RESET Nutrition Blueprint™
A practical 7-day whole-food nutrition system you can repeat throughout RESET. Nothing set in stone but gives great examples of meals to fuel your goals.
Meals.
Snacks.
Protein.
Meal prep.
Fire-hall strategies.
Pre/post-training nutrition.
No starvation diet required.
Value: $47
5. RESET Supplement Guide™
What has evidence.
What's situational.
What's optional.
And what you can probably save your money on.
Value: $27
6. Your Personalized Bottleneck Guide
Your assessment identifies your biggest current limitation.
You'll receive additional guidance specifically addressing it.
Value: $37
7. 30-Day RESET Readiness Tracker™
Track your daily behaviours, energy, stress and readiness across the entire month.
Value: $27
8. 30-Day Coaching Email Series
I'll continue coaching you throughout RESET with weekly guidance to help you stay consistent and understand what's happening.
Value: $47
9. Day-30 Tactical Readiness Reassessment™
At the end of 30 days, retake the same assessment and see where you actually stand.
Value: $27
10. Coach Support
Although this isn’t personal one on one training, I’m still here. If you have questions I’m available to answer them and guide you through achieving your goals.
Value: $77
TOTAL SYSTEM VALUE: $480
GET EVERYTHING FOR $47
One payment.
30 days.
No recurring subscription.
“THIS LOOKS TOO EASY.”
Perfect objection to address directly.
Good. Some Of It Is Supposed To.
You may open RESET and think: “Where are the brutal workouts?”
You'll walk.
You'll breathe.
You'll work on mobility.
You'll perform lower-intensity aerobic training.
You'll work on nutrition.
You'll work on sleep.
And depending on where you're starting, some of it may feel ridiculously easy.
That's intentional.
We're not testing how much suffering you can tolerate.
We're trying to create an amount of stress your body can actually recover from.
Remember
The workout is only the signal.
Recovery + adaptation are what create the result.
Harder training will come.
But first we're earning the ability to benefit from it.
WHO THIS IS FOR?
RESET IS FOR THE FIREFIGHTER WHO...
Feels exhausted more often than they should.
Has trouble recovering between shifts and workouts.
Has fallen out of a consistent training routine.
Knows their nutrition has gone sideways.
Has gained weight and lost fitness.
Feels stiff, sore or generally beat up.
Relies too heavily on caffeine just to feel normal.
Starts programs hard and then burns out.
Knows they should be taking better care of themselves but doesn't know where to restart.
Or simply completed the Tactical Readiness Assessment and received a RED score.
You don't need to prove how tough you are.
You're already a firefighter.
You need a plan.
THIS ISN'T ONLY ABOUT YOU
Who Needs You Healthy?
Your crew needs you capable.
Your partner needs you around.
Your kids need you around.
Your community needs you able to do your job.
And someday, when your career in the fire service ends...
You deserve enough health left to enjoy the life you spent your career protecting.
That's what longevity means to me.
Not living forever.
Not biohacking your way to 137.
It means doing everything reasonably within your control to improve your odds of remaining strong, capable, independent and healthy for as long as possible.
Your fitness matters.
But your health has to support it.
We have a great pension plan, let’s use it!!
BUILT FROM TWO WORLDS
This isn't something I built after watching three podcasts.
I've spent 13 years coaching people through strength, performance, body composition and health.
Tactical conditioning specialist, S&C specialist, Conditioning Coach…
And I've spent three years working as a firefighter myself.
So I understand both sides of the equation.
I understand progressive overload.
Energy systems.
Strength.
Power.
Nutrition.
Recovery.
Programming.
Long term progressions.
But I also understand:
Night calls.
Interrupted sleep.
Station meals.
Shift schedules.
PPE.
Heat.
Family life.
And trying to train when your schedule couldn't care less what your program says.
RESET is where those worlds meet.
Evidence informs the system.
Experience makes it practical.
Your readiness determines how we apply it.
WHERE THIS IS GOING
RESET IS PHASE ONE.
I don't want you spending the rest of your career doing recovery workouts!
RESET exists to prepare you for what comes next.
PHASE 1 - RESTORE
Tactical Readiness Reset™
Sleep.
Nutrition.
Hydration.
Movement.
Aerobic base.
Mobility.
Recovery.
Consistency.
↓
PHASE 2 - BUILD
Rapid Readiness Program™
Strength.
Power.
Speed.
Conditioning.
Body composition.
Load carriage.
Durability.
Fireground performance.
↓
PHASE 3 - PERFORM
Stronger firefighter.
Healthier human.
More capable for the job and life outside of it. This is where you turn into an elite firefighter. Meeting and exceeding all fitness benchmarks.
That's the destination.
RESET is where we start.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 30 DAYS?
Simple.
You retake the Tactical Readiness Assessment™.
Same assessment.
Same scoring system.
No moving the goalposts.
If you're still RED, the foundations still need attention.
If you've moved into YELLOW or GREEN, we're in a better position to begin progressively building your performance.
And that's when I'll introduce you to the:
Rapid Readiness Program™
My individualized firefighter coaching system.
But you don't need to worry about that today.
First, build something worth building on.
FAQ
Can I still train while doing RESET?
Follow the RESET programming. The entire point is controlling the training dose rather than randomly adding hard sessions because you're feeling guilty.
What if RESET feels too easy?
That's addressed intentionally in the program. Easy enough to recover from doesn't mean useless.
Is this a weight-loss program?
No.
Body composition may eventually be an important objective, but RESET's primary purpose is improving your foundational health behaviours and readiness for more demanding training.
Do I need supplements?
No.
We've included an evidence-informed supplement guide, but supplements are secondary to food, sleep, hydration, movement and appropriate training.
What if I miss a day?
Continue.
Do not turn one imperfect day into an imperfect month.
What happens after RESET?
You retake your Tactical Readiness Assessment™. Your new readiness status helps determine the appropriate next step.
Is this medical treatment?
No. RESET is an educational fitness, nutrition and lifestyle program. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease and isn't a substitute for individualized medical care.
YOUR ASSESSMENT ALREADY TOLD US SOMETHING.
You don't need another random workout.
You don't need another 30-day punishment challenge.
And you don't need to keep pretending that being exhausted all the time is simply part of being a firefighter.
You need to rebuild the foundation.
For the next 30 days, I'll show you exactly where to start.
TACTICAL READINESS RESET™
30-Day Program
RESET Blueprint™
Video Walkthrough
Nutrition Blueprint™
Supplement Guide™
Personalized Bottleneck Guide
Readiness Tracker™
Weekly Coaching
Day-30 Reassessment
Coach Support
ONE-TIME PAYMENT: $47
Restore your health.
Rebuild your readiness.
Then earn the right to push harder.
First In. Strongest Out.
Wade Dickinson