FIRE TEAM WHISKEY CADRE
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Stephanie Lincoln is a former Army Captain. She is an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer and holds several group fitness certifications. Her personal style to fitness is mainly the use of high intensity intervals, for short, but efficient workouts. She loves burpees and detests leg day, but does it anyways. Her motto is “Fit to Fight” because although she may not wear the uniform anymore, she should still be in peak shape and be ready to respond to any situation. She also is an Eating Psychology Specialist and specializes in helping people with the hardest part of the weight loss journey, the mental barriers and self sabotage that we engage in that get in our way. CPT Lincoln has been featured in Women Fitness Magazine, on the myfitnesspal blog and was recognized by the NFL Team Jacksonville Jaguars as an outstanding Veterans Business owner in 2019.
CONTRIBUTING TRAINERS
Marcus Wallace
Marcus is a Retired Sergeant First Class in the Army and Certified Personal Trainer, US Army Master Fitness Trainer and former College and Pro Athlete. He joined Fire Team Whiskey to motivate, encourage and energize others to jump start their fitness goals. Marcus provides training programs to Military Service Members and their families to help provide clarity in a confusing fitness world. Marcus is passionate about helping his clients attain consistency and overcome excuses. Marcus is a hybrid trainer and believes you should be strong, athletic, functional, in order to look and feel good. Marcus workouts are intense with short rest periods and combine strength training with cardio for optimal results. Marcus’ workouts combine body weight and equipment training and his motto is “you get out what you put in”. Marcus has been featured on the cover of Elite Training Magazine, on muscleandstrength.com and on the U.S. Army social media pages.
Jim Wolter
Jim is a First Responder spouse. Jim’s personal fitness and health journey started when his father was hospitalized in 2018. Jim was angry with his father for not taking care of himself, but in truth, he was afraid, because he knew that he was following in his fathers footsteps. He had recently turned 40, had put in a good amount of weight was tired all the time. He knew that if he continued on this path, his 4 children would one day be in the same situation as he was with his own father. Jim had a friend who had experienced amazing results with the Fire Team Whiskey Program, so he took a chance and signed up. 10 months later, he is in the best shape of his life and his blood work results reflect that he is now in impeccable health. Even better, his whole family joined him in this journey and have never been fitter and healthier. Jim was inspired to get his Certification in fitness and help others turn their lives around. Jim’s approach to Training is a partnership and accountability system: he wants to learn from you as much he can and in turn he feels this will make him a better trainer for all of those he is helping through Fire Team Whiskey.
Coach Tommy
Coach Tommy is a former S.W.A.T Member. He knows how important a First Responders personal fitness level is to their safety and ability to respond to whatever the shift may bring. Coach Tommy uses tried and true methods for athletes and performance-based professionals such as military personnel, S.W.A.T., and firefighters to build lean and toned muscle. Coach Tommy's Life Change Boot Camp program consists of 30-minute daily workouts, using only bodyweight. Want to workout with Coach Tommy? Are you committed to your true potential? Coach Tommy's "Life Change" Boot Camp Workouts are exclusively found on the Fire Team Whiskey App!
Alex Mirailh
Alex Mirailh recently retired from the Navy and is passionate about helping Military Members work smarter, not harder to achieve their health and fitness goals. Alex knows too well from his own experience that focusing on work can dig you into a hole that is very hard to get out of. While serving as a Navy Recruiter, Alex became overweight, unfit and unhealthy. For the first time in his career, he failed his body fat requirements and suffered the career consequences of this. It was a wake up call for him and he researched the best and healthiest ways to lose weight and get fit. He joined Fire team whiskey as a Cadre Member to share his fitness routines that got him in the best shape of his life. You will find Alex’s Cross fit inspired workouts exclusively on the Fire Team Whiskey App!
Alaina Hartley
Alaina Hartley is a competitive swimmer for the past 11+ years but really got excited about being an athlete and a healthy person when she started lifting. She realized she had a passion for the health and fitness industry. Alaina is a student at Malone University studying Exercise Science and pursuing a double minor in Coaching, and Community and Public Health. She is very passionate about giving people a chance to better themselves, but also about giving them the resources and guidance needed to get there. You will find Alaina’s kettlebell and body weight workouts really challenging and exclusively on the Fire Team Whiskey Fitness app!
Eric Strom
Eric Strom is an Army Captain and a Licenced Mental Health Counselor. Eric is a fitness enthusiast and is currently deployed and using the Fire Team Whiskey App to keep him fit while he is on deployment. Eric is a contributor to the Warrior Wellness Series for Fire Team Whiskey. You will find Eric’s videos concerning the mental health aspects of health exclusively on the Fire Team Whiskey app.
Billy Capps
Billy Capps is a corrections officer and often tells people that he is a walking miracle. Like most in the Corrections line of work, he became overweight, smoked, had bad eating habits, which led to diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. His life changed at the age of 33 when he had his first heart attack. As a part of his rehabilitation, he began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he fell in love with the sport and in doing competitions. Billy has had three heart attacks and more stints than he has fingers, but he refuses to quit!! Billy had to learn the importance of nutrition and fitness the hard way and is dedicated to helping others avoid the road he had to go down in order to inspire him to change his life. You will find Billy’s Jiu-Jitsu inspired workouts exclusively on the Fire Team Whiskey Fitness App!
John McNeal
John McNeal is a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. He is an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach, current Olympic Weightlifter in the +109kg category, and former collegiate rugby player. During his tenure as a PE and Health Teacher at a military boarding school, he had gained a significant amount of weight and decided enough was enough. He originally joined Fire Team Whiskey as a member and was able to gain amazing results. John’s approach to health takes ideology from the CrossFit Methodology and Olympic Weightlifting styles. As a coach, he takes on the humanistic-existential theory of self-actualization, -acceptance, and -awareness. He is able to be by your side through your own fitness and health journey and wants nothing more than to watch you develop and grow right in front of your own eyes.
Phil Michelson
Phillip Michelsen is a Correctional Officer. It wasn’t until a few years ago where he realized how much nutrition needed to become one of his priorities in life. His father had just passed away from years of abuse to his body by means of alcohol and food. He was in law-enforcement for over 30 years and that’s how he handled dealing with stress. Phil realized he was headed down the same road his father was. He went back to school so I could learn more about fitness and nutrition and become a fitness instructor. You will find Phil’s fitness and Warrior Wellness videos exclusively on the Fire Team Whiskey App.
Cory Sanden
Cory Sanden is a former Army Sergeant. A few years after he got out of the military, he realized that life had snuck up on him. He was overweight and out of shape, and no longer had that military pride in appearance. He saw an ad for the Fire Team Whiskey pilot program and he and his wife signed up. He and his wife experienced such success that he decided to get his fitness trainer certification and become a Fire Team Whiskey Trainer. You will see Cory’s awesome cooking videos and 5 minute workout videos on the FTW App, because as a stay at home dad, he wanted to create simple and fast ways to lose weight and get in shape for people as busy as he is.
Bert Walker
Rob ”Bert” Walker is an Airman, fitness enthusiast and a bit of a cry baby. He is currently serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, managing two fitness center to support his community. He has been trusted as a Physical Training Leader, Unit Fitness Program Manager and has achieved perfect scores on multiple fitness assessments. He has an affinity for strength, high intensity and functional training. His true passion comes from helping others achieve what they thought was impossible, whether it’s one more rep, or one more mile. The journey to fitness has changed his life. The kid that was always pick last is out to change the game.
MAJ Daniel Brown
MAJ Dan Brown is currently assigned as the Executive Officer and Full Time Staff Officer in Charge of the 1-153 Cavalry Regiment (53 IBCT). MAJ Brown is a content contributor to Fire Team Whiskey with his video series Bridging the Gap. Bridging the Gap is MAJ Brown’s platform to accomplish what is desired amongst the younger generation of leaders: to provide consistent mentorship on relevant topics. As he is fed with great information from his Leaders, and life experiences, he in turn, provides the same through his contemplation and discussions on his video blog.