{"id":1402,"date":"2015-01-19T05:37:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2015-01-19T05:37:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:37:40","slug":"eating-lean-firehouse-rule-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/2015\/01\/eating-lean-firehouse-rule-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Lean in the Firehouse- Rule #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooking for a group of hungry firefighters is not easy– if you don\u2019t cook something tasty you will hear about it from your crew…for a long time. \u00a0To help firefighters, EMTs and Medics get their nutrition in check, I created the SOPs to Eating Lean in the Firehouse. \u00a0Here is one of the Rules to Eating Lean in the Firehouse. \u00a0\"liq-300x219\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Limit or eliminate all liquid calories – fruit juices, soda pop, Gatorade, and alcohol. \u00a0Of course in this day and age you won\u2019t be drinking in the firehouse but it is something to minimize when off the job.\u00a0 Alcohol provides nothing but empty calories and provokes bad choices (about food and other things).\u00a0 If you\u2019re going to drink beer, wine, or liquor, just keep in mind it will add calories and could keep you further away from getting fit for duty.\u00a0 BUT, we\u2019ve got to have a little fun now and then right? Moderation in everything is the key.\u00a0 Gatorade and other sports drinks should only be consumed during a fire and after to help rehydrate.\u00a0 Fruit juices, soda pops, and even zero calorie soft drinks should be avoided.\u00a0 They provide nothing but empty calories and a ton of extra acids and other chemicals that will hinder the digestive, nervous, and muscular system. There is even new research that correlates diet, zero calorie drinks to overeating. A study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention<\/em> found that chugging two or more sodas a week could raise risk of pancreatic cancer (in men…of course).\u00a0 \u00a0An easy choice is to AVOID them at all cost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"MRFIRE8<\/a>The second part of this SOP is to stay hydrated.\u00a0 All of your body\u2019s chemical reactions, including your metabolism, depend on water.\u00a0 If you are dehydrated you may be burning up to 2% fewer calories and with as little as a 2% body water shortage, the ability to perform a high intensity activity (like that on the fireground) can be greatly impaired.\u00a0 Here are some great acceptable liquids;\u00a0 \u00a0bottled water, teas (unsweetened, natural), coffee (hold the cream, sugar and sweeteners, except stevia), coconut milk (plain), and\/ or regular almond milk.<\/p>\n

    In order to get your fitness on-track and make great fitness gains you need to harness proper nutrition. \u00a0For more guidance on your workouts and nutrition take a look at the FRF Rapid Fat Loss for Firefighters which includes the SOPs to Eating Lean in the Firehouse.<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Cooking for a group of hungry firefighters is not easy– if you don\u2019t cook something tasty you will hear about it from your crew…for a long time. \u00a0To help firefighters, EMTs and Medics get their nutrition in check, I created the SOPs to Eating Lean in the Firehouse. \u00a0Here is one of the Rules to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[210,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hydration-for-firefighters","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paAEPz-mC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/liq-300x219.png?fit=300%2C219&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}