Fire fighter fitness

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Permalink Reply by Capt 723 on January 7, 2009 at 9:47pm

I know a lot of FF who are using P90X. Might want to visit the website.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Westmoreland on January 7, 2009 at 9:59pm

thanks Capt

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on January 7, 2009 at 10:02pm

Hit the Gym... well duh... but a good lay out for Weight Training is:

Day One: Chest and Triceps.
Day Two: Back and Biceps.
Day Three: Shoulders and Abs,
Day Four: Legs.
Then Repeat

For each trip to the gym aim to make your workout an hour (The Golden Hour)...

Circuits! Link your exercises, for example do 8-12 reps (a set) of one thing, immediately then do a set of another thing, then immediately do a set of something else... then take your break. The all three exercises again, do each circuit at least three or four times, then create and do another circuits. Doing Circuits will aid in fat burning and your cardio.

Some Suggestions, take them as you may:
1. Go to the store and purchase Men Health Magazine!
2. Make friends with the Ab Ball! A outstanding tool for abs and core workouts.
3. "Youtube!" You can find outstanding workouts, and exercises that you can toss into your own routines for a FREE!
4. Yoga, don't let any preconceived notions get into your way, if you want to improve in many aspects and your up for a challenge look to yoga! Serious!
5. Get your protein!

Hope this helps out!

Shawn

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on January 7, 2009 at 10:06pm

P90X is a costly series to buy... You can find the entire series as a downloadable torrent, that is if you condone with that... It is a good series and their YogaX is one of the best Yoga DVDs I have!

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Permalink Reply by AL Smokediver on January 7, 2009 at 10:12pm

go to crossfit.com this will get you in the best shape of your life and its free its geared toward firefighters and police and armed forces. you can do most of the stuff at home good luck

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Permalink Reply by Dean on July 25, 2009 at 8:30am

Once I return to school where we have a good workout facility I will be picking up this workout. It comes HIGHLY recommended by several NJSP officers that are on my fire dept/ I look forward to working out again for the first time since I graduated high school and stopped playing football

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Permalink Reply by Firesqwasher357 on January 7, 2009 at 10:13pm

Check out Body for life. It works great balancing your carbs and protein in your meals, and the food is actually good. The workout program is great and you dont have to spend hours everyday in the gym. If you do look at it there is also a cookbook called Eating for Life that goes along with the program.

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Permalink Reply by BillySFCVFD on January 7, 2009 at 10:37pm

A door mounted pull up bar (pull ups and chin ups). Push ups, sit ups, stretching and squats. Go jogging too, it keeps the heart and lungs strong. All that is cheap and effective. I'm 56 years old and use this routine. TCSS

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Permalink Reply by Tim "snowman"hileman on January 7, 2009 at 10:45pm

there is a new fitness program from russia called kettleball

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Permalink Reply by Darrick Baker on May 23, 2009 at 11:36pm

It's actually Kettlebells, and they are great for firefighters. It isn't bodybuilding type of strength building, but functional strength building. It also puts you in some positions that are relatively off-balance, which is what we do in our job. If you go with kettlebells try to get some basic instruction such as on crossfit.com. They have good exercises and provide good instruction. I do kettlebells quite often, and love it. It is a good opportunity to get weights and cardio in the same workout.

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Permalink Reply by Wilsy on January 8, 2009 at 2:35pm

A good way to ease into a fitness program can be doing light-weight circuits to get used to the range of motion for exercises.

Ex- Monday- Chest, Shoulders, Legs -
DB squats x12, DB bench pressx12- 30 second break repeat 4 times,
Walking lunges x12 each leg, push press x12- 30 second break repeat 4 times,
Walking diagonal lunge x 12 each side, DB incline press x 12 30 second break repeat 4 times,
Weighted step ups x 12 each side, Lateral raises x12- 30 second break repeat 4 times

Following this circuit repeat all exercises in a single superset at the end of your workout jog or bike followed by a stretch.

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Permalink Reply by Ethan Crichton on May 17, 2009 at 10:05am

I would def. suggest P90X if you want to download it as said previously. I have had it for a few years now and just started getting back into it hardcore. It def. burns the calories and makes a difference.

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