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In today's episode, David Soler and Lt. Jim Moss talk about how being able to do our job on the fire ground hedges on staying motivated to take care of our health.

I used to think only women worried about their skin, especially when it came to dry hands.  Then over the last few years I have worked with some men who have told me they worry about it too. They even ask if there is any lotion they could use. They often complained that they have...

In part 1 of our cross-fit series we discussed the importance of cross-fit movements and how it related to our jobs as firefighters. We also discussed the first exercise on our list, deadlifts. Today we will talk about another important movement, the thruster. Thrusters This...

The job requirements of a firefighter are constantly varied, functional movements, performed at a high intensity. That is also the definition of cross-fit. But let’s look at this through the eyes of the job itself. Some of the most intense work we do as firefighters is at a...

Mistake #2-  Being too Narrow with your physical fitness training. One of the things that struck me the most when I began to study the research regarding the physiological requirements of firefighting, was that this job requires all the components of fitness: muscular strength,...

By: 5-5-5 Fitness http://www.facebook.com/555fitness   In Part 2 of our series we talked about the cross-fit exercise known as thrusters.  This movement combines a front squat and a press and is a great strength building exercise when using heavier weights and great for...