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 ...

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 ...

Photo courtesy Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department PIO. For firefighters, when the tones drop, there is no warm-up, no easing into the situation, and no room for performance to suffer from fatigue.

Two of the largest fitness events in the fire service world will collide for the first time this June. The 2026 West/Southwest Regional Classic of the Firefighter Challenge League (FCL) will be hosted ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — At 330 pounds, Scott Cooper acknowledges he wasn’t in the best shape last year when he joined the Polk County, Fla., Fire Department. Cooper didn’t want fellow firefighters to worry ...

GARFIELD -- She may be small, but she's mighty. The 5-foot-2-inch McKenzie Biswell has proven she's incredibly strong in muscle and determination. Her maximum weight to dead lift is 200 pounds, nearly ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Charley Gappmayer was drenched in sweat, tired but still upbeat. The detective had sweat through ...

Time-restricted eating (conuming all of one's calories within a 10-hour window) is particularly important for firefighters. Eating breakfast is vital to this. Eating dinner around 6 p.m. permits ...