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will be desperately trying to stay clean in the process, will
drastically exceed National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) recommendations.
5.
It is a big country: I have had the privilege of traveling the
country to train, speak, and consult with fire, EMS, and law
enforcement departments. One thing that I can share with
you is that no matter what state, federal, or association
recommendations exist, and there are a lot, there will be
a lot of diversity. Some departments have robust fitness/
wellness programs while others have none. Often the
departments that are struggling to succeed have not
been trained very well or have never had good employee
buy-in and that is one place that the TSAC Program and
NSCA have been helping to lead the way. While I wish all
responders looked and acted the part, the sad fact is that
obesity rates in public safety are the same as those in the
general population.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bryan Fass is an expert on public safety, injury prevention, fitness
and wellness, speaking, consultations, as well as being an author of
the “Fit Responder” and column writer for officer.com, firerescue1.
com, and ems1.com. Fass works nationally with departments,
corporations, and state and local governments to design and
run targeted injury prevention and wellness programs for public
entities and private organizations. He is frequently contacted
for expert opinion and content contribution for all aspects of
public safety. President and Founder of Fit Responder, Fass also
functioned as a paramedic for over eight years.
My go-to list: As all good coaches have, I too have a go-to
list of exercises that have served me well. These exercises
are also very progressive, meaning that we teach a basic
variation and then add in more complex variations as the
first responder progresses. My list is also rather simple
because I hold this one thing to be very true: make it hard
or too complicated and they will not do it. My go-to list
includes: kettlebell get-ups, kettlebell swing progressions,
kettlebell clean to press, bowler squats, crossover stepups, single-leg deadlifts, suspension trainer workouts (can
be mounted to the back of the truck), counter-rotation
presses (core press), lunge matrix, pull-ups, and just about
any variety of a row (focusing on posterior chain and
maintaining a 2:1 posterior/anterior ratio). Last but not
least, it is important to remember to use different types
of soft tissue mobilization such as massage sticks, foam
rollers, and massage balls.
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