Firefighter Fitness Bulletin: Muscle Up

Chris Brennan of Fire Service Warrior wants you to “Muscle Up” with this basic gymnastics move which uses rings to help an athlete develop speed and coordination.

Download this week’s featured exercise and suggested workout as a PDF HERE and share it with your crew.

For more information about firefighter fitness and similar issues, visit http://www.fireservicewarrior.com. Also, consider Michael Krueger’s monthly fitness columns on Fire Life, such as “Take Control … of What You Can.”

 

Christopher BrennanCHRISTOPHER BRENNAN is a 14-year fire service veteran, a firefighter in the suburbs of Chicago, and the president of Spartan Concepts, Inc. He is a field instructor with the Illinois Fire Service Institute and has contributed articles to Fire Engineering. He maintains the Web site www.fireservicewarrior.com. He is the author of Readiness The Combat Position: Achieving Firefighter (Fire Engineering, 2011).

 

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