Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
Crew Workout Option for Firefighters, EMTs and Medics
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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Firefighter Flexibility Hacks to Improve Performance and Feel Better..
Attention firefighters, EMTs and medics. Stop neglecting your flexibility! I know its easy to skip your stretching and flexibility exercises. So, here are some easy “hacks” to help you incorporate more stretching into your workout and day. These will help you move better, perform better and ultimately could help you save a life! Click the…
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5 Fitness tools Every Firefighter Must Use.
Ladders, saws, fire hose, the irons, water can, spreaders, cutter, are all traditional tools that every firefighter needs and uses. We use these every day to help us perform forcible entry, fire attack, search, and rescue. Many feel that without these, we would not be able to function on the fire and rescue scene. I…
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3 Exercises to Improve Firefighter Performance and Reduce Injuries…
There are certain parts of the body that we, as fire rescue athletes, are more likely to injure. If you look at the statistics of firefighter injuries you would see that they most commonly effect the back, the shoulders, and the knees. Also, as society continues to become more sedentary and glued to TVs and mobile…
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Motivational Monday- How FRF Got Started.
My name is Aaron Zamzow. I’m a Firefighter, Training Officer, and EMT in Madison Wisconsin, and a certified and degreed Personal Fitness Trainer and author. I am the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness (www.firerescuefitness.com) a company dedicated to creating products and blogs focused on keeping Firefighters, EMTs, and Paramedics in the top physical condition and…
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Firefighter On-duty Interval Workout…
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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Firefighters- Are You Exercising or 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 fitness progress. Why? Because we are all creatures of habit…
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Firefighter Bodyweight Workout to Boost Metabolism and Performance
Total Body “Progressive” Bodyweight Challenge Workout. I get a lot of requests for example workouts from the various Fire Rescue Fitness Programs. This is one of the workouts you will find in the FRF Fat Loss for Firefighters Workout Program (click here to read more about this workout used by thousands of firefighters). It is…
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Firefighter cancer prevention- 5 Ways to give cancer “the finger. “
Cancer- I think almost everyone in the fire service knows of someone that has had it or is currently fighting it. Over the past few years cancer has been one of the most often discussed topics in the fire service. There has also been a tremendous amount of research dedicated to deciphering why we are…
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