What does your routine look like?

[ffnvkff]

Just wondering what a firefighters workout routine looks like.

[CKL958]

http://www.firehall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15338

If you ask people on this site...

"CROSSFIT - THE ONLY FIREFIGHTING WORKOUT"

[dentedhead]

http://www.firehall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15338

If you ask people on this site...

"CROSSFIT - THE ONLY FIREFIGHTING WORKOUT"

No it aint,the only and I mean only thing you need is awesome cardio and huge bench press numbers;)

Crossfit is more like a cult, granted there are some kickass workouts.This is nothing new though.I recall doing many of those excersizes years ago in dry land training.

The personal trainer I used to get ready for the FD about 6 years ago used a similar type of workout,and still does.

Find sumpin you are comfy with and then use it interval training,distance running high reps low-med weights.I will try to find the CPAT prep guide it gives some good advice and programs to get you ready for the testing.

Here you go as promised.

http://uwfitness.uwaterloo.ca/firefighter/CPATCandidatePrepGuide_000.pdf.pdf

Dentedhead

[ffnvkff]

Crossfit sounds familiar, never got too into it but now with a gym class I have for getting fit, the teacher is going to be helping those who want to get fit with this program. Its a pretty nice class, either play basketball or be serious and get into shape with some hardcore training.

[engineer]

Passing the CPAT test is not overly challenging if you have been keeping up on your cardio and weights for the past few years

personaly, i have been going to the gym 5 times a week for the past 3 years, only missing days when i go away on vacation..........and usually then i slip in for a 20 minute run in the mornings while my girlfriend gets ready for the beach.

I follow a basic program

1 Muscle group per day, with cardio-Abs every other workout, with my rep ranging for high to low- for strength and stamina.

Then during winter months i switch to compound movements only, such as deadlifts, bench press, squats ect............while still doing cardio and abs on the same routine. This helps me pack on lean mass and build strength that i can work with for the summer months.


Diet- I stick with the basics..........6 meals per day.....

Breaky- 3-4 eggs, whole wheat toast- glass of OJ/ fruit

Snack- protein shake/ bar.......

lunch- tuna sandwich+ trail mix or mix nuts

Snack- protein shake/ bar

dinner- chicken/beef/pork + a carb and veggies

Snack/ after workout meal - Protein smoothie with fruit and a little bit of carbs.

during the day i drink atleast 5L of water and take power vit's for men, with digestive enzymes

[JrFFHopeful308]

Morning:
-Walk from my house to my family's barn next door
-Carry 1, 5 gallon pail of water 100 feet to my sheep, the carry another one halfway home to my Hereford calf. Carry two more pails same distance if my horses ask for it (meaning they weren't able to pound through the ice in the creek) Push a roundbale around to get a enough hay for all animals.

Night:
-Another pail of water to the calf and more hay.
-Come home and try for 50 push-ups and 20 sit-ups in front of the TV.

I also run sometimes (twice daily if I'm boarding dogs, especially if they're Jack Russell Terrors--oops I mean Terriers) and skip rope when my family's not around to laugh...lol...

Diet: Eat whatever my Mom feeds me and drink lots of whole chocolate milk.

[FitSsikS]

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[dirkjaniak]

Just wondering what a firefighters workout routine looks like.

For example:
http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/p90x.do

and in the forum here:

http://www.firehall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17384&page=4&highlight=P90X

and here

http://www.firehall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17024&highlight=P90X

[PocketHercules]

For me, these are the keys to developing my physical fitness. Moderation & adaptation. I think it's essential to CHANGE IT UP constantly. The basis for judging my general physical well-being is to see how readily my body can adapt to whatever new challenge I put before it. When you follow the SAME workout plan all the time your body gets used to it and stops developing/adapting. When your body stops adapting, your level of fitness is decreasing, in my opinion. In order to maintain constant development in physical fitness, you must moderate your activities. If you were to focus on weight training, or running or basically ANY single training method, eventually your body will not be challenged by this. I like to do anything & everything that challenges my body to adapt (develop) especially SPORTS & stuff that's NEW. Also, there is SO MUCH MORE than just strength and cardio to consider!

i.e. flexability, balance, co-ordination, core-strength, breathing and heart-rate control

It's my opinion that a typical stregth-training or cardio program will not adiquately address these elements of fitness. There are so many other things that we can do that will challenge our bodies and help us develop our physical abilities in a more complete way. I think that increasing the importance of these "other" elements of fitness helps to:

1) increase our physical capabilites in general
2) protect our bodies from injury (i.e. flexability & balance)
3) keep our bodies in a constant state of growth and development
4) reduce the strain that repetative actions have on our bodies

Here are a list of some activities I find have helped to challenge my fitness in a more complete way, but ANYTHING could be added to this list! The more moderation, the better! I try to do as many differing things as I can, focusing on a few at a time for a period and changing them up again and again.

* pilates
* yoga or HOT yoga (you gotta try this it's HARDER than you think, believe me!)
* jiu jitsu
* kick-boxing
* soccer
* water skiing, downhill or cross country skiing
* swimming
* skating/hockey
* roller-blading
* etc, etc

The problem with my system is that trying all kinds of different sports/activities CAN be risky. To avoid injury it is important to START SLOW and be aware that injury is possible when you are using your body in an unfamillar way. Don't worry though, even when you start slow you will feel pains and aches the next day in muscles that you didn't even know you had! Perfect -- that's just what I'm after: more COMPLETE physical conditioning!

GUYS -- dont be afraid to try pilates and yoga just because classes are predominantly female (hubba hubba this is a benifit no?) these will challenge your body in a NEW way, are YOU up for it???

[t_lag]

I've been doing this for about three weeks now, it's a 12 week program.

http://store.coreperformance.com/store/Products/Core-Performance-Book__AP-BOOK.aspx

Combines balance, stretching, cardio and strength and endurance.

www.coreperformance.com

You can pick up the book at Chapter's for about 20$

I really want to try Crossfit, but I don't think I'm in good enough shape to try some of those workouts (ie:firefighter fran!) but I feel as though this program can get me a baseline fitness when I'm done to be able to do a Crossfit workout or routine.

Like PocketHercules said, change it up every once and a while. Just lifting weights gets pretty boring. Try to find a workout that challenges your body, not just a specific muscles at one time.