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  • The Firefighter Fitness Pentagon: Part 3 – Muscular Strength and Endurance

    Rod Hammer discusses how increasing muscular fitness will allow you to perform fire suppression activities better and reduce on-the-job injuries.

    Article • January 31st, 2004

  • Five Facets Of A Successful Fitness Program

    As firefighters, we all have certain strengths that support us throughout our career, as well as specific weakness that can, at times, make life challenging.

    Article • January 19th, 2004

  • Avoid Workout Burnout

    Motivation is usually peaked by a personal experience such as in the inability to perform at a good job, or the news of a fellow firefighter that succumbs to an on-the-job heart attack.

    Article • December 8th, 2003

  • Firefighter Fitness Case Study

    In its infinite wisdom the human body is more concerned with survival than with appearance.

    Article • December 5th, 2003

  • Fire Studies Hepatitis & Cancer

    By request of the author, this article is not available online

    Article • November 30th, 2003

  • The Heart-Healthy Firefighter

    I was often met with a blind indifference when trying to get some of the senior firefighters to adapt a healthier lifestyle.

    Article • October 3rd, 2003

  • Don’t Resist Resistance: Raising The Bar on Intensity

    Nothing produces faster and more dramatic change in the human body than working out with short bursts of high intensity that’s characteristic of a properly executed strength or resistance program.

    Article • September 22nd, 2003

  • The Firefighter Fitness Pentagon – Part 2

    Rod Hammer continues a series of articles on the impact and importance of the “firefighter fitness pentagon” in developing a fitness and wellness program.

    Article • September 1st, 2003

  • How To Make Your Workouts Work: Five Simple Secrets

    Like most Americans, the average firefighter’s ‘I'll-get-fit-by-summer’ resolutions have long fallen by the wayside.

    Article • August 27th, 2003

  • The Firefighter Fitness Pentagon – Part 1

    Rod Hammer launches a series of articles on the impact and importance of the “firefighter fitness pentagon” in developing a fitness and wellness program.

    Article • August 1st, 2003

  • Hot Weather Workouts

    The dog days of summer are upon us, but you don’t have to put your exercise program on the back burner just because it’s too hot to workout.

    Article • July 7th, 2003

  • Hearts on Fire: The Hot News On How Inflammation Kills

    Jeffrey Fisher, M.D., investigates cardiac inflammation as a cause of firefighter fatalities, with the goal of preventing future occurrences.

    Article • July 1st, 2003

  • The Benefits of Stretching

    A sensible flexibility, or stretching program will not only enhance physical fitness, it can actually leave you with a more youthful body and help prevent injury on and off the fire-ground.

    Article • May 8th, 2003

  • How to Lift Weights to Lose Weight

    We’ve discovered that if not taken to an extreme level, lifting weights, or “strength training” is one of the healthiest, most fat-burning and body transforming fitness systems you can apply.

    Article • April 8th, 2003

  • Diet Versus Exercise

    The debate rages on. What's most important, a healthy, well-balanced diet or an active lifestyle that incorporates some type of exercise?

    Article • March 3rd, 2003

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