Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
Top 5 Firefighter Fitness Excuses…debunked
Excuses are like____________ (fill in the blank). We all have them and use them… But, do you (personally) let excuses impede your fitness progress? That’s really a trick question. If we are all brutally honest with ourselves we know that excuses are inevitable and using them is going to happen. The trick however, is to…
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5 Reasons Every Firefighter Should do Yoga…
You may never thought the word yoga would be said in the in the same sentence with “firefighter.” If you ask someone who’s never done yoga (or any form of it) what they think it involves, the usual response is “stretching and meditation.” It’s always great fun to see someone in a yoga class for…
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Healthy Snack Options for Firefighters, EMTs and Medics…
Calls, training, and other responsibilities can get in the way of good nutrition. Be prepared with these great snacking options. Nutrition plays a very large roll in your health and fitness. Unhealthy eating habits have contributed to the obesity epidemic in the United States and especially in the fire service. A poor diet is associated with…
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Firefighter Fitness- Do this to take your workout to the next level.
Interval training is very applicable to what we do on the fire ground. A unique component that I’ve added to the end of my workouts is a 10-minute Interval Overhaul or “afterburner.” These interval Overhauls are a combination of exercises that challenges the total body, allows me to work on firefighter skills and simulates work…
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Workouts that Incorporate Fireground Movements..
FRF Afterburners are a great way to burn fat and incorporate fireground movements into traditional workouts. Give them a try!
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Exercises that Improve Firefighter Performance and Reduce Injuries…
Shoulder pain, knees ache, back hurt? These are common themes for firefighters bodies. Aches and pains are common but they don’t have to be. Here are 3 exercises that will help alleviate those aches and pains and help you perform better on (and off) the fire/rescue scene.
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How to Reduce Workout Injuries in Firefighters
Reduce injuries with these fitness tips. Some people know exactly when it happened. They may have heard a pop in their shoulder, or felt like someone slapped them hard across the back of their leg. For others, it wasn’t a sudden snap that sidelined their workouts; it was just gradual overuse that caused joints or…
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Firefighter Fitness- 4 Reasons You are Not Seeing Results
Simple adjustments can go a long way to help your fitness progress. Its the dead of winter (at least here in the US), football season is over and spring seems so far away. This is also the excuse season, the time of the year where most people fall off the fitness wagon and start to…
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Firefighters, Stop Exercising and Start Training…
Yes, You Read that Correctly. Stop Exercising and Start Training. Yes, you read that correctly! Before I worked as a firefighter, I was a trainer in both large and small health clubs. During that time I would see a lot of people exercising consistently and with good intensity but only make a limited amount of…
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