eat lean in firehouse
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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Healthy 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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5 Steps to Getting Fire Rescue Fit.
The FRF Fit for duty Challenge just wrapped up and the winners have been announced. You can find out and read their amazing fitness journeys by clicking here… This 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…
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Unilateral Training- One Great Way to Improve Firefighter Performance…
Unilateral training (one weight) is very beneficial for firefighters, EMTs and paramedics. The fire-ground can be very unstable– icing conditions, high steps, inclines, all create challenges for the fire rescue athlete. To combat these unstable conditions you should be using unilateral training exercises. While training with both sides can be better for the ego by…
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5 Simple Stretches that Improve Fireground Performance
Stretching and flexibility are often taken for granted. The older I get (over 40) 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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Firefighter Fitness- Do this to take your workout to the next level.
Now, as you probably know from reading my previous blog posts that I think that interval training is very applicable to what we do on the fire ground. A unique component that I’ve added to my workouts is a 10-minute Interval Overhaul. These interval Overhauls are a combination of exercises that challenges the total body,…
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Vote for the 2018 Fit for Duty Champion…
Congratulations to all the 2018 FRF Fit for Duty Challenge participants! This year over over 100 Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics entered their results. There were many inspiring results and stories showing how the Fire Rescue Fitness Workouts have helped change lives and careers. Most importantly, our hope is that these results will help motivate more fire…
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