Fitness trainer Todd Platner and publisher Lou Jordan report on a firefighter-specific fitness guide which coaches simple exercises to minimise risk of injury.

Although we are in the profession of protecting and helping the public, we too often neglect ourselves and our body. In order to provide the services we are sworn to provide to the public, we need to understand the importance of our being as physically able to perform our roles.

With this in mind, we developed the Fit to Fight Fire Fitness Guide for public safety professionals. The firefighter-specific guide offers various exercises and injury-prevention tips geared toward firefighting.

 

The Fit to Fight Fire Fitness Guide is available through:

 

Why are these guides so valuable? For one, to ignore your fitness is dangerous to you, your family and also your co-workers, not to mention those you serve. Additionally, we in the emergency services are often the victims of injuries and illnesses that we can avoid by keeping ourselves physically fit.

Physical fitness is not about lifting the most weight at the gym or being able to compete in a 5K marathon with the fastest time. It is about having the ability to expend energy to perform a task without overworking yourself needlessly. It is about building your strength and endurance. It is about using proper body mechanics to perform a task with the minimum amount of wear and tear on your body. It is about building a better-prepared body-and it is not a difficult task to perform.

The Fit to Fight Fire Fitness Guide coaches you through simple activities that will allow you to minimise the risks of injuries caused by over extending your body. It gives you a guide for increasing your physical well-being, tracking your progress and asking yourself: "What variables do I need to consider in a fitness regimen?"

 

For more information visit: http://firefitnessxl.com on this topic.

 

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 1405 by Andrew. Comment by emailing: andrew.lynch@pavpub.com