{"id":741,"date":"2013-02-15T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/essential-exercise-to-get-fire-rescue-fit\/"},"modified":"2013-02-15T19:36:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T19:36:00","slug":"essential-exercise-to-get-fire-rescue-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/2013\/02\/essential-exercise-to-get-fire-rescue-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Exercise to Get Fire Rescue Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Balance, coordination, power, strength, cardiovascular\u00a0recovery….all essential fitness traits of the “fit for duty” Fire Rescue\u00a0Athlete. \u00a0 If you are a Fire Rescue Athlete (or not) you need to plan your workouts to address each of these traits. \u00a0One of the most overlooked is balance and coordination. \u00a0As a trainer I get asked how and when is the best time to train for balance? \u00a0As a firefighter I get asked why do I need to train for balance? \u00a0The last thing you want to happen as you climb a ladder or lift a patient is to lose your balance; this often leads to injury or possible death.<\/p>\n

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You can\u00a0easily\u00a0modify current exercises to challenge your balance by changing your stance (going from two legs to one), standing on a balance board or BOSU, changing your angle of movement (incline or decline), and\/or using a stability ball instead of a stable object. \u00a0Another option is to add single-leg exercises into your active rest. \u00a0Take a look at the video below, I think the single-leg squat touchdowns is one of the best exercises for improving balance and coordination on the fire ground.<\/div>\n
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Try to incorporate this exercise into your workout. \u00a0I like to perform a dumbbell deadlift (click to see this exercise<\/a>) then as an active rest I will try to perform 8-12 reps each leg.<\/div>\n
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Give it a try!<\/div>\n
Stay safe and Healthy,<\/div>\n
A Zamzow<\/div>\n
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Hey if you need a little motivation check out “M<\/span>otivational Mondays” on the\u00a0<\/span>Fire Rescue Fitness Facebook Page<\/a>\u00a0(click here).<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Balance, coordination, power, strength, cardiovascular\u00a0recovery….all essential fitness traits of the “fit for duty” Fire Rescue\u00a0Athlete. \u00a0 If you are a Fire Rescue Athlete (or not) you need to plan your workouts to address each of these traits. \u00a0One of the most overlooked is balance and coordination. \u00a0As a trainer I get asked how and when…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4436,"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":[180,43,92,134,27],"tags":[181,44],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balance-for-firefighters","category-best-core-exercise","category-best-firefighter-workout","category-cardiovascular-fitness-firefighters","category-fitness","tag-balance-for-firefighters","tag-best-core-exercise"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paAEPz-bX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tricep-for-blog.jpg?fit=192%2C178&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741","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=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firerescuefitness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}