If you don’t have the discipline to do a 30-minute workout, how can you expect to endure a 30-year career? In our line of work, where lives are at stake, fitness isn’t an option—it is a requirement.

Over the past year, Napa’s firefighters have expanded their daily fitness program, incorporating core, endurance and flexibility exercises in an effort to prevent injuries. The daily morning group ...

There's arguably no one who needs to be in better shape than first responders. Firefighters, in particular, spend days scaling buildings, climbing stairs, and running head-first into raging fires, all ...

The shrill, rhythmic beep of the apparatus in reverse gear seems surreal at 3 AM, as a biting wind steals your breath away. Your heart is pounding in your chest, and you're still huffing and puffing, ...

When most people think about physical fitness training, they picture a 60-minute block of structured exercise: changing into workout clothing, warming up, lifting weights, or conducting a cardio ...

The Twin Cities Female Firefighter Fitness program, or TCF 3, is helping women prepare for careers in the fire service by training them to meet the physical fitness requirements. Twice a month, women ...

How does a full-time firefighter also compete as a professional Strongman? For Doug Hardtke, it all comes down to a non-negotiable fitness foundation. His journey started on the football fields of ...

We often hear the term “industrial athlete” when describing firefighters—is this term applicable to our chosen career? Of course it is. Professional athletes train their bodies and minds to accomplish ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno is welcoming hundreds of firefighters from across the country this week for an intensive, ...