Fitness for Emergency Services

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For those interested in fitness for Fire/EMS. Maybe you love working out or hate working out. Let this be a place for support and ideas.
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Fitness in a Small Department

by Stephen

Apr 17, 2009

Ok...I have a question, and I am hoping that ya'll can help give me some good ideas. I am a member of a small rural fire department; and like many of you, we do not have any place to work out. I do a lot of exercise myself and with a few others on our depetment. My question is this: how does one go about trying to encourage and push the fitness issue on a department? I am not an officer...just a lowely firefighter. I have a GREAT line of communication with my officers and my chief. I am just curious if any of you have any suggestions for getting the ball rolling. Very few people in our department are as passionate about getting and staying fit as I am. As I said earlier, a few of us get together and run or work out on our own; but there has got to be a better way. I have looked at some good used equipment, but we don't currently have much space for anything.

Physical Fitness is VERY important to me. I know that we don't get that many fires, but our guys and gals are just as likely to have problems as anyone...if not more so! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks all. Stay Safe and have a great day!

Stephen
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    Joanne O'Brien

    I like this idea! It's simple and it involves cash. I am in the process of trying to come up with a program and a way to motivate our rural fire dept members to care about their health. Any new ideas lately? I just happened to stumble upon this forum. Any success stories out there?

    Jan 12, 2011

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    Clark

    We've been fighting this same issue on our dept. Truth is it is hard to get guys off the couch and out to train and workout. I talked to the nearby college and worked out a plan that we could use their gym for free, and worked with a local gym that i use to get great discounts on the membership, and still they choose not to go. I recently talked with a tire shop and got a tire to flip and pull around while were in gear and on shift. Amazingly once I started working out with it the guys started to use it. We still have guys that are in serious need of getting healthy there are just more of us fighting the battle.

    Jan 24, 2011

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    Ted Mead

    recently i posted a fitness post and have included charts

    i've already had a heart attack if you have seen any of my article on fitness recently posted you will find some charts for carb and protein

    these charts are general for health and weight loss If you are diabetic you need to consult with a dietitian to help you fine tune the diet for best results.

    also organizing community heart walks. is a great way to get your guys and the community involved.

     a 2 or 3 mile a day walk does work wonders for everyone no matter what their age, and community participation is good pr for the company

    Apr 18, 2018