Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
Every Firefighter, EMT and Medic Needs this Fitness Tool…
People tend to measure how effectively they’ve worked out by how sore they are the following days. Let me ask you: How good is a workout that leaves you so sore that you can’t workout for the next 3 days? What most people don’t realize is that your body improves and adapts to stress on…
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Portion Control Strategy for the Firehouse (or any house).
Cooking in the firehouse is pretty difficult. One of the biggest fears of every firehouse chef is not preparing enough food for the crew. This fear usually leads to an excess of available food and larger portions around the table. So, today I wanted to give you a quick and easy “trick” you can use…
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Firefighters- Improve your Performance with this Movement.
I have a confession to make…sometimes I skip my active warm-up exercises when I workout. We are all guilty of it (admit it). Let’s face it, sometimes you hit the gym or the workout room in the firehouse and are tired or short on time and will “sacrifice” the warm-up and stretching. I do…
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Healthy Nutrition Hacks for Firefighters, EMTs and Medics
Do you want to know how fit fire rescue athletes make nutritious meal choices? Here are some shortcuts, go-to recipes, cooking suggestions and go-to snacks for making the life of a fire rescue athlete a little healthier. Eating healthy with a demanding job can be difficult. Add in the fact that the firehouse is usually…
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Try this Firefighter Bodyweight Challenge Workout- Get Lean and Strong
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. This workout will help you stay FRF (fire rescue fit) on vacation or when you are at a firehouse that doesn’t have any fitness equipment. I actually performed…
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Firefighter Tabata Workout Option to Improve Performance
Have you heard of Tabata? This is an unusual style workout floating around a lot of gyms and firehouses lately. I wanted to explain what it is and how we, as fire rescue athletes, can incorporate it into an effective workout. “Tabata” is the name of a particular type of workout program that provides increased…
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Fire Rescue Fitness Birthday Challenge Workout to Improve Performance
I like challenge or out-come based (OCB’s) workouts because: #1 They are tough, #2 They are a great way to measure your level of fitness and #3 they can improve performance (if they include an active warm-up and some stretching). The last 4 years (including this one) I have completed this special “Birthday” workout (on…
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Stay Fit for Fire (and for Life) by doing these 3 things…
Lets face it, plateaus happen. There are certain days, months and weeks that you don’t feel like you are making any fitness progress. Maybe you just took a vacation or had a rough shift and just don’t want to workout. It doesn’t matter if you are a career firefighter, volunteer firefighter, an EMT or…
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10 Simple Rules for Firefighter Fat Loss (2018 Edition).
Would you agree that a leaner athlete is a better athlete? I know this is a “loaded” question. A lot of the answer has to deal with the sport in which the athlete is participating. One thing that research shows is that a leaner athlete is a “more efficient” athlete. When it comes to firefighters,…
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