Functional Fire-Specific Fitness. The IAFF/IAFC Wellness Fitness Initiative, most recently updated in 2018, outlines a way to improve firefighter wellness across medical, fitness, injury, and ...

In addition to the “fitness truss” programs, we now have other programs like Heart Fit for Duty that use diagnostic tests on firefighters to determine where they need improvement.

BALTIMORE – Firefighter obesity and fitness has been in the headlines a lot lately and speaker at Firehouse Expo gave a presentation on what firefighters should do get started getting fit. Rich ...

Eric Liford and I were discussing how to get firefighters motivated to workout. Eric is the American Kettlebell Club's (AKC) editor-in-chief, as well as Head Coach Valery Fedorenko's right hand man.

"A firefighter’s fitness plan is built around real-world strength, endurance, and mobility," says former firefighter Tanner Starnes NASM CPT, NASM Nutrition, CrossFit Level 1.

According to the FDNY’s prep guide, there are eight tasks involved in the firefighter fitness test: a 75-pound weighted stair climb, hose drag, equipment carry, ladder raise and extension ...

David Pacileo, firefighter with the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Security and Emergency Services Fire Department, trains with the TRX system at the Yermo Annex fire station on May ...