The Steel Club: A Simple Tool for Your Fire Station Gym
A steel club's unique offset loading creates a leverage challenge, distinguishing it from the traditional weights you’ll find in your local gym.
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FITNESS
Fitness is a key ingredient to a long, healthy firefighting career. The prevention of injuries is provided in the framework of fitness. Enhancing the fitness regimes of those who are already on the fitness train, while inspiring those who aren’t to join in. We aim to provide effective firefighter exercises and training workouts, the latest diet and nutrition recommendations, and awareness about the importance of developing a healthy mind, body, and soul connection.
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Training Exercise: EQ Bar Horizontal Row
The EQ Bar Horizontal Row exercise will help you pull hoses and lift equipment like it's second nature.
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7 Firefighter Movement Patterns for Performance and Fewer Injuries
Improving movement quality and loading ability in key movement patterns enhances the execution of various firefighting tasks.
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Wellness Wednesday – Why Grip Strength Matters
Human physical evolution was optimized to perform an array of survival tasks, including gripping and carrying things. If you had to identify a human physical superpower, it would probably be the ability to carry heavy things over long distances. That is likely why grip strength is still highly correlated with longevity and quality of life. Yet, for various reasons, as a species, we are losing our grip on functional strength and good health (pun intended).
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Training Exercise: Standing Halo
By Ryan Provencher, Firefighter Peak Performance The “Standing Halo” exercise utilizes the Rotation Movement Pattern to develop explosive power for firefighting tasks such as vehicle extrication and forcible entry. Great loading options include the Sandbag (featured here), Kettlebell, or Weight Plate. Adjust the weight and exercise tempo to increase or decrease intensity in your training. …
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The Fitness Pyramid
Dr. Peter Attia, found of Early Medical and New York Times best-seller, uses an analogy of building a pyramid when developing your cardiorespiratory fitness. As he puts it, you want the pyramid's base to be as wide as possible and the peak of the pyramid to be as high as possible. The base represents your endurance, while the height represents your maximum aerobic output, as expressed by your Vo2Max.
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Return to Firefighting Operations: 5 Phases to Help Plan Your Comeback
Firefighting is a demanding job that requires us to be response-ready when the call comes in. Unfortunately, many of us experience physical injuries in our careers that send us to the sidelines for an extended period. I have personally experienced this several times over my career, and I have found it helpful to map out the “Return to Firefighting Operations” in 5 Phases.
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5 Ways You May Be Doing Mobility Exercises Wrong
Do you ever feel like you’re taking the time to stretch but aren’t getting any more flexible? You’re not alone. Most firefighters believe mobility exercises are good for them, so why is it that most also struggle with flexibility? If you aren’t seeing success, it’s likely not what you are doing but how you are doing it.
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Welcome Back to Working Out Firefighter
We’ve all worked out at some point because we’ve all endured Fire Training. But maybe it’s been a while and you’re ready to get back to working out. Here are seven key things to do to ensure your first few workouts get you back in the groove in a healthy, safe way.
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Quality Over Quantity: How to Make the Most of Your Workout in a Limited Time
Developing and maintaining a high level of physical readiness not only provides numerous health benefits and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease but also helps boost morale and self-esteem.
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