EMS professionals are challenged to balance work, family, and other obligations while also staying or striving for mental and physical fitness. The Everyday EMS Athlete is a regular column to recognize and learn from other EMS professionals that are setting and meeting fitness goals. This edition was contributed by EMT Joe Phelps. Q: What is [...] read more..
The first half of 2012 I focused on training for and racing shorter distances, 5k to 15k, while also building a good foundation for a fall marathon. As of June 30 I am feeling good, at my lowest weight in 15 years, and fastest I have ever been. To get to this point: 653 miles [...] read more..
As a subject matter expert, author, speaker/trainer and all around fitness and wellness guy I am often asked the same question over and over again. Why do you do all that crazy stuff when you work out? Flipping tires, sprinting up the biggest hill I can find, turning a play ground into a big functional [...] read more..
Today my training for the Fox Cities Marathon starts. I am looking forward to building off my spring racing season fitness and re-tooling for the marathon distance. The Fox Cities Marathon was the first marathon I ran. It is close to home, a point to point course, and mostly through tree lined residential streets. Are [...] read more..
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Reading an article today on the staggering costs of obesity It dawned on me that besides diabetes running rampant in all ages, heart attacks in 20 year old’s, strokes in teens and added fuel costs from cars having to move more weight from point A to B we as a culture are missing the point. [...] read more..
Wellness is the hot buzz word in the workplace, employee wellness, workforce wellness, injury prevention, reduced absenteeism, reduced presenteeism, workforce productivity, stress reduction, nutrition, diet, weight loss the list is frankly endless! Ask an EMT, Fire Fighter or Officer; ask a laborer, desk jockey or VP what wellness is or what wellness means and you [...] read more..
Does your company have a wellness or fitness team? Do your employees have a voice for their health and wellness concerns? Is your organization proactive for reducing workers compensation and health care costs? There are employees in your organization that are screaming to be heard and they have good ideas! Good ideas that can save [...] read more..
This morning I drove about 30 minutes east of my home to the Iola Winter Sports Area for a 15km run on the snowless ski trails. The Winter Sports Area straddles a large undulating moraine and thus all ski trails are either going up the moraine or down the moraine. In addition to wide ski trail [...] read more..
The following is a guest article from David Haas at the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Physical Fitness and its Impact on Cancer Years of research have established that exercise is good for everyone. Physical activity improves health in numerous ways. It controls weight, strengthens the body, lowers the risk for disease and promotes emotional well-being. [...] read more..
Running, Running, and running … Running is one of my passions. Early in February I guest posted at the Loving the Run blog about the importance of Free Running between training cycles and when coming back from injury. I also started a new blog this month, Everyday Runner Tips, to have a specific place for [...]Read related posts and tips:
I learned that a law enforcement injury prevention, tactical fitness and wellness class was given a thumbs down for any officer from a large department because “fit cops don’t stop bullets”. Apparently poor fitness, obesity, stress, substance abuse, chronic fatigue, poor nutrition and disease are acceptable as long as they pay their union dues. Frankly [...] read more..
