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Many people, especially firefighters, struggle with being hungry all the time, making it really hard to lose or maintain a healthy weight. Luckily, there is one thing you can do to ward off those nagging hunger pains that’s not only easy, it will also feel great. This feel-good...

Responding To The Call The call comes in and you respond, ready and able because you have prepared for the call.  As you respond, you have already begun your size-up and have referenced the greatest tactical hard-drive ever created: your mind. As you arrive on scene, you assess...

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Firefighting Is Both A Job & A Lifestyle Being a firefighter/EMT is really more than just a job: it’s a lifestyle.  Whether you perform the duties as career or volunteer, it is a job and a lifestyle. We all have a job to do to protect life and property.  But before we...

The Exercise Ball Over the past few weeks I’ve discussed why calorie/activity trackers, foam rollers, resistance tubes and yoga/stretching mats are excellent tools for firefighters. Today’s important health tool is an exercise ball. The exercise ball is another versatile,...

Yoga/Stretching Mat Over the past few weeks I’ve discussed why calorie/activity trackers, foam rollers and resistance tubes are excellent tools for firefighters. Today’s important health tool is a yoga or stretching mat. Although stretching is imperative for firefighters to avoid...

Resistance tubes Over the past few weeks I’ve discussed why calorie/activity trackers and foam rollers are excellent tools for firefighters. Today’s important health tool is a resistance tube. Resistance tubes have so many benefits but I rarely see them in use at the firehouse....

The Foam Roller And Your Body Last week I discussed why calorie and activity trackers are excellent tools for firefighters.The second important tool in this series is a foam roller. Foam rolling has become very popular with athletes and fitness enthusiasts over the past 10 years....

Calorie and Activity Tracker Each year during the annual firefighter fitness tests that I do here in Oregon, the firefighters I work with are required to complete a nutritional analysis on themselves using an online calorie tracker. While this always drums up a lot of moaning and...

What are two words firefighters don’t want to hear? Portion control! That’s right. This goes against the usual dinner philosophies we usually see and hear. When I started cooking for the guys at work, they liked the food, but didn’t like my portion control plating....