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Show Notes:
Thanks so much to Aaron Zamzow (aka “Zam”) for taking the time to join me today. What a gift! Zam is the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness, with a background in personal training and then experience in the fire service. He has blended these pieces to create intentional fitness program to develop functional fitness tailored to the needs of the job.
Today we connected to chat about the impacts of fitness on brain health. We dig into the challenges and barriers that get in the way of prioritizing fitness, ways to circumnavigate these barriers, and tools for implementing meaningful change to give our brains their best chance. He breaks it down in some really straightforward and totally do-able steps that you are going to LOVE.
A little more about Zam:
Aaron Zamzow has over 18 years of firefighting experience as an on-call paid firefighter in Golden Valley, Minnesota and is currently a career Firefighter/ EMT and Training Officer in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness, a company that creates workout programs and fitness articles that focus on getting Fire Rescue Athletes "fit for duty." Aaron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health and wellness, is a NSCA-Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, a Precision Nutrition Practitioner, and an ACE Peer Fitness Trainer.
He has also, worked in the fitness industry for over 25 years and has experience working with the general population as well as athletes from the NBA, NFL, and NHL. He is the author of numerous fitness programs catered toward Fire Rescue Athletes (firefighters, EMTs and medics). He has recently been published in and writes for Firehouse, Fire Rescue Magazine, Lexipol, FR1 and numerous other first responder publications. He has consulted with numerous departments on the best practices for firefighter fitness and has also managed personal training departments and teams for some of the largest health club chains and fitness businesses. He is excited to bring his enthusiasm and knowledge of the fitness industry and fire/ ems service to the program.
Aaron (Zam) is on a mission to help transform, motivate, and educate 100,000 firefighters, EMTs, and medics to get “fit for duty.”
Check out Zam’s programs! Learn more about Fire Rescue Fitness here, and try out the 28 day free trial here. Check out Zam’s blog resources listed below under “Additional Resources”.
Episode Challenge:
Choose one of the stand-out suggestions that Zam offered in our conversation today and make a plan to implement is starting NOW!
If you want to dive deeper into broadening your wellness repertoire and really digging into building your brain and your reserves, invest in you! Take a look at the Beating the Breaking Point online resilience training program that I developed tailored to support the key needs of First Responders and Front Line Workers in reducing burnout and enhancing sustainability. Don’t forget, from now until Thursday November 11th, we are offering Beating the Breaking Point for $100 off! This is the last chance to register for the program at reduced cost for 2021, and I hope you choose to invest in you and your sustainability by joining. I carefully crafted this program and tailored it to the needs I heard arise most frequently from my clients. The things they wished they had known sooner, the things that might have helped prevent them from landing in MY office – that and more is what you’ll find inside Beating the Breaking Point.
If you don’t know a lot about the program, the quick recap is that it’s a 7-week online training designed specifically for First Responders and Front Line Workers. It develops tools for resilience while acknowledging the ways in which your job isn’t like other jobs. The program includes a thorough and comprehensive workbook designed to help you personalize the information and put together a rock solid plan for sustainability, and if you’re not sure if it’s right for you, it’s ok, because we back it with a 30-day money back guarantee. You can learn more about the program and all the details at here and register here using coupon code BTBP100OFF.
Additional Resources:
Check out Zam’s programs! Learn more about Fire Rescue Fitness here, and try out the 28 day free trial here.
Check out some of Zam’s blog posts on topics related to our conversation today…
20+ Reasons First Responders Should Workout
Healthy Nutrition Leads to More Resilient First Responders
The 5 Fitness Tips Every First Responder Needs to Follow
Connect, Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share!
Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram, or email me at [email protected]. I love hearing from you! Subscribe and share this podcast with those you know. I appreciate every like, rating and review – every single one helps this podcast to be seen by other First Responders & Front Line Workers out there. Help me on my mission to help others just like you to not only survive, but to thrive – both on the job and off.
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Show Notes:
Thanks so much to Aaron Zamzow (aka “Zam”) for taking the time to join me today. What a gift! Zam is the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness, with a background in personal training and then experience in the fire service. He has blended these pieces to create intentional fitness program to develop functional fitness tailored to the needs of the job.
Today we connected to chat about the impacts of fitness on brain health. We dig into the challenges and barriers that get in the way of prioritizing fitness, ways to circumnavigate these barriers, and tools for implementing meaningful change to give our brains their best chance. He breaks it down in some really straightforward and totally do-able steps that you are going to LOVE.
A little more about Zam:
Aaron Zamzow has over 18 years of firefighting experience as an on-call paid firefighter in Golden Valley, Minnesota and is currently a career Firefighter/ EMT and Training Officer in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the owner of Fire Rescue Fitness, a company that creates workout programs and fitness articles that focus on getting Fire Rescue Athletes "fit for duty." Aaron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health and wellness, is a NSCA-Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer, a Precision Nutrition Practitioner, and an ACE Peer Fitness Trainer.
He has also, worked in the fitness industry for over 25 years and has experience working with the general population as well as athletes from the NBA, NFL, and NHL. He is the author of numerous fitness programs catered toward Fire Rescue Athletes (firefighters, EMTs and medics). He has recently been published in and writes for Firehouse, Fire Rescue Magazine, Lexipol, FR1 and numerous other first responder publications. He has consulted with numerous departments on the best practices for firefighter fitness and has also managed personal training departments and teams for some of the largest health club chains and fitness businesses. He is excited to bring his enthusiasm and knowledge of the fitness industry and fire/ ems service to the program.
Aaron (Zam) is on a mission to help transform, motivate, and educate 100,000 firefighters, EMTs, and medics to get “fit for duty.”
Check out Zam’s programs! Learn more about Fire Rescue Fitness here, and try out the 28 day free trial here. Check out Zam’s blog resources listed below under “Additional Resources”.
Episode Challenge:
Choose one of the stand-out suggestions that Zam offered in our conversation today and make a plan to implement is starting NOW!
If you want to dive deeper into broadening your wellness repertoire and really digging into building your brain and your reserves, invest in you! Take a look at the Beating the Breaking Point online resilience training program that I developed tailored to support the key needs of First Responders and Front Line Workers in reducing burnout and enhancing sustainability. Don’t forget, from now until Thursday November 11th, we are offering Beating the Breaking Point for $100 off! This is the last chance to register for the program at reduced cost for 2021, and I hope you choose to invest in you and your sustainability by joining. I carefully crafted this program and tailored it to the needs I heard arise most frequently from my clients. The things they wished they had known sooner, the things that might have helped prevent them from landing in MY office – that and more is what you’ll find inside Beating the Breaking Point.
If you don’t know a lot about the program, the quick recap is that it’s a 7-week online training designed specifically for First Responders and Front Line Workers. It develops tools for resilience while acknowledging the ways in which your job isn’t like other jobs. The program includes a thorough and comprehensive workbook designed to help you personalize the information and put together a rock solid plan for sustainability, and if you’re not sure if it’s right for you, it’s ok, because we back it with a 30-day money back guarantee. You can learn more about the program and all the details at here and register here using coupon code BTBP100OFF.
Additional Resources:
Check out Zam’s programs! Learn more about Fire Rescue Fitness here, and try out the 28 day free trial here.
Check out some of Zam’s blog posts on topics related to our conversation today…
20+ Reasons First Responders Should Workout
Healthy Nutrition Leads to More Resilient First Responders
The 5 Fitness Tips Every First Responder Needs to Follow
Connect, Rate, Review, Subscribe & Share!
Connect with me on Facebook and Instagram, or email me at [email protected]. I love hearing from you! Subscribe and share this podcast with those you know. I appreciate every like, rating and review – every single one helps this podcast to be seen by other First Responders & Front Line Workers out there. Help me on my mission to help others just like you to not only survive, but to thrive – both on the job and off.