Aaron Zamzow (ZAM)
"Pull" for Better Firefighter Fitness
The muscles of the back are used for almost every motion on the fire and rescue ground– pulling hose, moving patients, climbing ladders and stairs (grabbing the hand rails) to name a few. Here is an exercise you need to add to your Fire Rescue Workout to insure you are strengthening theses valuable muscles. I honestly…
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Firefighter Fitness- 4 Reasons Why You are Not Seeing Results…
Its the dead of winter, 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 make excuses. Its especially easy to make excuses and miss workouts if your not seeing results. So, today…
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Tips for Healthy Snacking at the Firehouse
Everyone (especially around the firehouse) loves a good snack. But what actually is a “good” snack. If you ask some, they will define a good snack as something that tastes great but doesn’t fill you up like a meal. If your stomach starts rumbling and lunch is still two hours away, you’re going to need…
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Post Superbowl Firefighter Workout…
Its now Monday, post superbowl, I hope you enjoyed the game, wings, cocktails and treats that go with it. I do not hope you carry the extra weight and lethargy that can occur after a Superbowl weekend. We all have a tendency tendency to overindulge and workouts seem to take second place during the…
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Cardiovascular Training for Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics
I heard someone once say running long and slow teaches your body one thing, how to run slow. If that’s all you’re after, you can stop reading; I don’t want you to be late for your water aerobics class. But in our profession you need to move quickly and with purpose, I’m not saying that…
Read MoreFirefighter Fitness Motivation…
Here is a video I created as an intro my some FRF (Fire Rescue Fitness) presentations. the goal is to get fire rescue athletes to understand the importance of treating their bodies like an athlete. Eat right, train right and be fit for duty. My motivation for staying fit is that I never want to…
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Firefighter Tabata Cardio Workout
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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Nutritional Myths around the Firehouse…
Today I wanted to post about nutrition, more importantly on some of the biggest nutritional myths floating around firehouses (and other houses). Eat this, don’t eat that…there is so much misinformation on nutrition that it can get to be overwhelming and frustrating. Take a look at 4 of the biggest nutritional myths, hopefully they can clarify some…
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The Best Firefighter Workout?
This topic is near and dear to mine and your hearts and careers–Workouts for Firefighters and Fire Rescue Athletes. Over the last couple of months I’ve been researching, talking, tweaking and writing about some of the more popular workouts seen in firehouses across the world. You can read about them here and here or listen to a great radio interview about this topic…
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