Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
Stretches that will Improve Firefighter Performance.
Stretching and flexibility are often taken for granted. The older I get (over 50), the more I realize how valuable the flexibility and mobility components of a workout are. Often skipped, I believe that a solid flexibility program (active warm-up, stretching, and foam rolling) can greatly improve your performance on and off the fire ground.…
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Functional Firefighter Crew Workout Option…
I get a lot of emails asking for good workout options for the firehouse when on-shift. Working out on-shift is a major concern, you want to make sure you keep your body in good “fit for duty” condition but also want to make sure you have enough “left in the tank” to respond and perform…
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Josh Fulk lost over 100 pounds with FRF…
Heart disease, obesity, cancer, diabetes are all huge health issues facing the fire service. Depending on which report you read, the fire service is facing epidemic levels of these issues. I do feel that there is progress being made on combating these issues and the fire service in general is becoming more health conscious. The…
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Intermittent Fasting for Firefighters
FRF (Fire Rescue Fitness) was created to help transform, motivate, and educate firefighters, emts and medics to get “fit for duty.” One of the things I truly enjoy is researching creative ways to do this! Along with researching about fitness, I am also a firefighter (like you) so. I understand how difficult it can be…
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How to Reduce Obesity in Firefighters…
This is scary…We need to change. Rates of overweight and obese individuals in the fire service are higher than those found in the general public, according to a new study. Researchers looked at the body composition of both career and volunteer firefighters across the nation, with overweight and obesity rates ranging from 73 percent to…
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How do you Define Your Why?
Why do you workout? Why do you, or should you make healthy choices? The answers to this question are different for different people. For me, personally, I workout and stay fit because I never want to tell my crew, my family or my department that; “I was not fit enough to accomplish my task.” I…
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Get Ready for Summer with this Metabolic Firefighter Workout…
Its now almost Summer (I hope). Time to get into your summer uniform. I hope it still fits… I do not hope you carry the extra weight and lethargy that can occur after a long winter. We all have a tendency tendency to overindulge throughout the winter and workouts seem to take second place during…
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Firefighters Do this Everyday- Your Daily Fitness Checkoff List.
Be Physically Ready for Duty- Your Daily Fitness Checkoffs. At the beginning of each and every shift firefighters, EMTs and medic meticulously go through and check their gear (or at least they should be) to make sure that it is ready for the challenges of the day. Our equipment must be functioning properly and our…
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Add this Exercise to Improve Firefighter Performance…
We as fire rescue athletes are generally moving in unbalanced positions. Whether its climbing a ladder, pulling hose, or ventilating, we are usually in an unbalanced, split stance. Therefore, one area of focus should be targeting in our workouts are the deep balancing muscles of the core. These muscles play an important role in holding…
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