We need more hip thrusts in the firehall. No, I don’t mean the kind you’d see on TV or in a movie like the hose bed scene in Backdraft. I’m talking about the now-popular exercise called the hip thrust. The hip thrust has gained popularity recently with many strength coaches and athletes because it was …
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Ladder workouts are a quick and effective way to get shit done. I used to think that they were cleverly named but when I sat back and tried to explain why they were named this way l couldn’t actually make a comparison. The rungs of a ladder are spaced evenly along the beams and you …
Most fire departments have gyms in the stations. Maybe they’re not all state-the-art fitness facilities but in most, if not all, there is at least some weights and a rack or a universal machine. At first glance for the public this may seem odd. Maybe they are for off-duty firefighters to use? As most stations …
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