Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
Create a Fun and Effective Workout for Your Crew…
Training on-shift with your crew can be challenging for many reasons. Calls, lack of motivation, crew members are at different levels of fitness…. the list goes on. You also have to take into consideration the fact that you must leave some “gas” in the tank and don’t want to burn out and bonk on a…
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Firefighter Bodyweight Challenge Workout.
No Equipment, No Problem. Perform this workout when you cannot get to the gym or firehouse. It can be very difficult to try to stay “fit for duty” on vacation, during the Holidays, or if you don’t have access to a lot of equipment. You could always go for a walk, do some stretches and/or maybe run…
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Easy to Follow Nutrition Tips for the Firehouse (or any house)…
Cooking in the firehouse for a bunch of hungry firefighters is not easy, trust me I know. In most cases we sacrifice health for taste to avoid complaints and heckling. But, in order to change the culture of the fire service (to a healthier one) cooks and food choices need to get better. Here are…
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Do This to Stay Fit In (and Out) of the Firehouse
It seems like fitness information is coming from every angle these days. Experts tell us that we need to “do yoga, do crossfit, do low intensity, do high intensity, do weights, don’t do weights.” It can get to be very frustrating and in some cases overwhelming. My goal with FRF is to sift through all…
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Firefighter Challenge Workout for your Crew
Great Crew Total Body Challenge Workout for the Firehouse (or any gym). Here is a great assessment and/ or workout to challenge your entire body. The workout does not require a lot of equipment so you can do it at the firehouse (or your house). You can substitute these exercises if you want based on…
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The Essential Rules of “Good” Firefighter Nutrition
Eat This. Don’t Eat That. Eating healthy or figuring out how to eat healthy, can be a very frustrating thing. So today, I wanted to give you some great rules (and a golden rule) to help you simplify “healthy” eating. First of all, there are a couple of basic rules of healthy eating that every…
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Introducing the FRF Workout App (via TrainHeroic)
Its Finally here! The FRF Workout App. This is the best workout App for firefighters, EMTs and medics. You spoke and we listened… Thousands of firefighters, EMTs and medics have been using FRF workouts the past 5 years. The results these first responders have achieved is motivating and speaks for the effectiveness of the FRF…
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Create an Effective Firefighter Workout Schedule
Do you workout on shift? Should you workout on shift and what is the best workout to perform? How do you schedule your workouts around your shifts or calls? This is a major concern for the fire rescue athlete. On one hand we know we should be working out to stay and get fit for…
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The 5 Steps to Get More Fit for Duty
The last five years, I have been sponsoring the FRF “Fit for Duty” Challenge. This past year there were over 100 submissions from firefighters, EMTs and medics from all over the world (the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) that made some great fitness progress and helped change their lives with improved health and…
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