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“TOP 10” Fire Station Functional Fitness Training Equipment – Part 2
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Keys to Conducting Comprehensive Feedback to Firefighters
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PWR Training Sandbag – Product Review
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How to Execute the Proper Kettlebell Swing
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074 – Introduction to Firefighter Functional Fitness
Firefighter Functional Fitness – 7 Tips for Planning Weekly Workouts
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3 Tips for Improving your Team Leadership Skills

TIP # 1: Identify and set-up shop in your team’s strengths and passions  It’s easy to lose focus of what we enjoy doing when we are drowning in administrative responsibilities, and/or dealing with difficult people on the job, especially when you go months or longer between...
Posted On 27 May 2016
, By Benjamin Martin

8 Foundational Kettlebell Exercises for Firefighters

One of the keys to improving your functional fitness and fire ground performance is to use The Big 8 of Firefighter Functional Fitness as your foundation.  The Big 8 concept is comprised of Core Strength, Cardiovascular Capacity, Flexibility, The Push, The Pull, The Lift, The...
Posted On 23 May 2016
, By Firefighter Functional Fitness
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Professional Audacity for Firefighters

“Audacity, more audacity, always audacity!” -Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary Leader The term “Audacity” often gets cast in a negative light. It can be used to describe someone who offends or irritates. It is shocking and widely unappreciated by many. Without a doubt,...
Posted On 23 May 2016
, By Jeremy K. Rhode
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5 Tips for Purchasing Russian Kettlebells

When it comes to Firefighter Functional Fitness, you are only limited by your imagination with the tools and equipment you can use to improve your cardiovascular capacity, your strength, and your flexibility.  “Standard” exercise equipment such as barbells, and dumbbells, common...
Posted On 20 May 2016
, By Firefighter Functional Fitness
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Confronting your critics: How to silence the loudest voice in the room

Facing your biggest critic: “I have really come to hate this guy” As I watched the truckies cut on the car and work with the engine to lift the unconscious body onto the waiting stretcher, I couldn’t help but take the situation in. A single vehicle over the interstate guardrail...
Posted On 06 May 2016
, By Benjamin Martin
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5 Healthy Snacks for Firefighters

There are no two ways around it: all firefighters love to eat.  Regrettably, most of us tend to eat the wrong foods and, they do not “love us back.”  Between negative peer pressure from fellow firefighters and “thank you” gifts from well-meaning citizens, junk foods, donuts, and...
Posted On 06 May 2016
, By Firefighter Functional Fitness
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Firefighter Functional Fitness – 5 Tips for Motivation

Firefighter fitness success depends on our attitude, personal accountability, and action.  But when it comes to working out, we all know that the most common barrier is lack of motivation.  Nearly every firefighter agrees that being fit for duty is a fundamental requirement of...
Posted On 22 Apr 2016
, By Firefighter Functional Fitness
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Firefighter Functional Fitness – 4 Tips for Getting Started

“Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.” -Michael Jordan We have heard from plenty of firefighters who want a make positive changes in their fitness, but they have no idea where to begin.  If you haven’t participated in a regular exercise regimen...
Posted On 08 Apr 2016
, By Firefighter Functional Fitness
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Firefighter Resiliency: From the Station to the Fire Ground (and Back Again)

Do you want to perform at your best on the fire ground?  We all say we do, and we spend countless hours training and practicing skills so that we can not only perform them with mastery.  After all, at end of the day, it is those skills that cannot let us down if something goes...
Posted On 25 Mar 2016
, By Dan Kerrigan
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The Top 3 Ways To Work Your Core For Firefighters -Part 2

In the last article,  I showed you two exercises to work your front abdominal muscles and your back muscles (at the same time!) These exercises for your core are superior to other exercises because they allow you to keep your spine neutral, which is the very best thing for...
Posted On 05 Mar 2016
, By Dr Karlie Moore
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