A podcast detailing mythical creatures and folklore from across the Black diaspora
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Welcome to The Fire Rescue Athlete Podcast! The official podcast of Fire Rescue Fitness and a place to hear questions and answers about the health, fitness and nutrition challenges of the fire service. Each episode we try and tackle major questions and issues firefighters, EMTs and medics face when it comes to getting and staying "fit for duty." We would love to hear from you. Contact Aaron at www.FireRescueFitness.com Join us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/FireRescueFitness Twitter! ...
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Firefighter Fitness- From the Recliners to Resilient
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Are you a first responder who needs to start making changes to improve your health and fitness? You are not alone! Listen to Aaron Zamzow from Fire Rescue Fitness tackle this question. He provides great insight and usable action plans that will improve your fitness and career as a firefighter, EMT, and/or medic. Please listen, share, comment, and r…
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First Responders- Get Out of Your Fitness Rut.
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Stuck in a rut, where do you begin? Right here! Take a listen to Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) as he gives you the five elements needed to get out of your fitness rut and make progress. Please subscribe to the podcast! Links to social media and FRF pages: Join the FRF Nation on Facebook! Over 190,000 first responders from all over the world. https://www.faceb…
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The Resilient 50- A Transformative Challenge for First Responders that will Forge Resilience
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In this episode, Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) uncovers the Resilient 50, a transformative 50-day program specifically tailored to the needs of first responders (firefighters, EMTs, medics, and others on the front lines of emergency response). The challenge is designed to strengthen the mental and emotional fortitude that is critical for first responders and …
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First responder wellness week, nutrition 101, supplements guide, and Zam Q and A
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This FRF podcast episode highlights First Responder Wellness Week (click here for resources), highlights the best way to clean up your nutrition, and answers the most common supplement questions. Here are some great additional resources on these topics: https://www.firerescue1.com/wellness-week/ Nutrition and Fitness Basics for Firefighters: https:…
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Firefighters- Get Back to the Basics to Make Fitness Progress
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If you are stuck in a rut or in a fitness plateau, this is the episode for you to listen to. Take some notes and then get to work, making progress with your fitness comes down to consistency and dedication. You got this! Here is a great article that can help you get back to making fitness progress: https://firerescuefitness.com/2022/12/first-respon…
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What does a healthy and fit firefighter, EMT, and/or medic look like? List to Aaron Zamzow from Fire Rescue Fitness as he gives insight on this topic and a list that will define and guide members of the fire service to better health. You can read more about the FRF Healthy 10 here: https://firerescuefitness.com/2023/02/firefighter-healthy-10/ Join …
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First Responders- Create this Habit to Get Fit in 2023
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The key to accomplishing your fitness goal starts with a focus on establishing healthy habits first and results second. Regardless of what your overall goal is, here is one of the first habits you need to develop to be a more fit and healthy first responder (firefighter, EMT, medic). Listen to this podcast with Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) from FRF as he dis…
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Episode 30 | Hoodoo In 'The Skeleton Key' (2005)
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In this episode, I discuss the key themes in The Skeleton Key (2005), including being 'Crossed', and questioning whether you need to believe in order for the magic to work.Website: bythefirepodcast.comTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.com…
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First Responder Holiday Fitness Survival Tips
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As the Holidays approach the stress levels go up and the health of most people goes down. It's easy to get sidetracked and put off your fitness and nutrition until next year. But this is the year of health (I just declared that) and I do not want you to lose any fitness progress that you have made this year. So, as a gift here are some great FRF fi…
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In this episode, I review the book 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston, and discuss the African American legend: John De Conqueror.Website: bythefirepodcast.comTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.com…
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First Responders Here are the "Other" Reasons We Need to Work Out.
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I want six-pack abs. I want to bench press 400 pounds. I want to get huge bro... These are all reasons why a lot of people work out. As a first responder, it might be nice to obtain one or all of these goals but the reality is that fitness and exercise have more benefits than the obvious. Listen to this FRF podcast that explains the "other" and "re…
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Anansa is the Efik goddess of the sea, particularly Cross River in Calabar, Nigeria. The Ekombi dance is a sequence that her followers perform in reverence. In this story, I tell of the young Ekpo who falls into the water and becomes a difficult, but willing student.Website: bythefirepodcast.comTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By T…
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Episode 27 | 'Zo and the Forest of Secrets' feat. Alake Pilgrim
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In this episode, I'm joined by Alake Pilgrim, a Trinidadian author, who released her debut book 'Zo and the Forest of Secrets'. Hear us discuss the importance of preserving nature, retaining family remedies and my favourite, the Silk Cotton Tree (and more!).Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/byth…
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Welcome back to episode 26, where I tell the original story of how curiosity got the better of a young man, who dared approach the Silk Cotton Tree and encountered one of its deadly inhabitants... the Asanbosam.Social media: @bythefire_podFor more: www.bythefirepodcast.comSupport: kofi.com/bythefire_pod…
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There are a lot of fitness-related challenges and workouts on social media and in some firehouses. Are these "challenges" really helping? In this podcast, ZAM from FRF will talk about some of them and give you some insight into what to look for in a fitness challenge. Please share, comment, and like. Send a message with any questions. Please subscr…
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First Responders- Stay Motivated and Stay Fit with these Tips (just the tips).
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The key to maintaining and making fitness progress is to make sure you focus on keeping your mind right and staying consistent with your workouts. These tips will help any firefighter, EMT, and/or medic overcome a lack of motivation and continually make fitness progress. For a great blog post about these tips click here: https://firerescuefitness.c…
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Fitness and Nutrition for Firefighters Simplified. The Formula for Fitness Success.
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With all of the information available on health and fitness, it can be so confusing that frustration takes the place of action. Here is a simple and effective guide to better health and fitness on and off the job. Over the past 30 years working as a fitness trainer and the last 20 years as a firefighter I have heard, seen, tried, and discussed at t…
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Yes you can do "the job" but at what cost?
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Discover what the "I can do the job" regardless of my level of fitness attitude is doing to your health. We hear this around the firehouse; "I don't need to work out, I can still do the job..." What does that really mean? In this podcast, ZAM will address this statement and give some insight as to why this attitude might be killing you! If you are …
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Calories In vs. Calories Out- What you need to know.
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The calories in versus calories out equation for weight loss can be confusing and frustrating. In this podcast, Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) covers everything you need to know. His insight will help simplify the calorie confusion. Take a listen and please comment, share, and like. For more information on nutrition for first responders, check out this FRF blo…
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Stay Lean and Fit for Duty Through the Summer with These Tips
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Summer brings nicer weather and social gatherings. It also brings more reasons to cheat on your nutrition and fitness. Avoid gaining fat and stay fit for duty by following these great tips. Zam describes the best way to stay on track with your nutrition during social gatherings, the value of hydration and vegetables, and how to stay motivated. Give…
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What is cortisol and why do you need to know about it as a first responder? Take a listen to ZAM from FRF explain what it is, why you need to understand it, and how to manage it. This is essential for every first responder. Read more about it here: https://firerescuefitness.com/2022/05/a-first-responders-guide-to-cortisol/ Follow the FRF Podcast. h…
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Hello! I've decided to create my original short stories based on the research I find. So here is a little tale of the Asiki, changelings from Gabon and Congo.For the transcript, check out: ko-fi.com/s/de28c3dbadwww.bythefirepodcast.comAv By The Fire
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Welcome back to episode 23! In this episode, I discuss how humans became mortal, how milk created the planet, and how shedding skin created the waters.Website: bythefirepodcast.comTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podAv By The Fire
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First Responder Fitness through the Ages.
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Staying fit and healthy during your career as a first responder (firefighter, EMT, medic, police officer, and/or nurse) can be very difficult. As you age, your fitness priorities need to change to adapt to the different stressors around you. In this podcast, ZAM (Aaron Zamzow) from Fire Rescue Fitness will explain what you should be focusing on as …
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Welcome back to episode 22! In this episode, I discuss legendary cryptids from The Bahamas to The Democratic Republic of Congo.Website: bythefirepodcast.comAv By The Fire
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First Responders- Why You are a Hero...
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You are my hero! Sometimes we need to hear this. Listen to this episode of the FRF podcast as Aaron Zamzow (ZAM) reflects on the positive "heroes" we have in our society making a positive impact and not getting recognition. This podcast serves both as a note of thanks and a lesson in staying positive. Take a listen and please share with those first…
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Welcome back to the new season! In this episode, I discuss friendly and malevolent creatures from South Africa to Trinidad and Tobago.Website: bythefirepodcast.comTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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First Responders- Is this job like a drug?
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In this episode of the FRF podcast, Aaron Zamzow talks about the stress of the job and its effects on health and wellness. As first responders, we sacrifice a lot to help others. Is that sacrifice worth the cost? Listen to this great episode and discover how to maintain balance and change your health and fitness culture. Zam talks about evaluating …
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Are fitness tests necessary for first responders (firefighters, EMTs and medics)?
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How do fitness assessments and fitness testing correlate to performance as a first responder? There are a lot of members of the fire service that can't run a mile very fast but still can raise a ladder or climb an aerial faster than most. There are also members that can bench press a house but then cannot perform very well on air. So, this brings m…
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What to do if no one wants to workout and get fit?
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This is a question I get a lot via email and the FRF social media outlets. There is no secret formula or special answer but there are ways you can deal with this situation and thrive. Listen to Zam (Aaron Zamzow) explain ways to stay motivated even when those around you are not. Please comment with your thoughts and share! Do not forget to subscrib…
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Here is a trailer for any future listeners who'd like an idea of what mystical wonders you'll be listening to with me, Ken, your host.... By The Fire!For more, visit: bythefirepodcast.comAv By The Fire
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Merry Christmas to all! 'Tis the season of giving, so here is a bonus episode of some festivities from across the Black diaspora.Website: bythefirepodcast.comAv By The Fire
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Do Not go into "Holiday Mode." Here are some tips to help you manage your fitness during the Holiday Season. As the Holidays approach the stress levels go up and the health of most people goes down. It's easy to get sidetracked and put off your fitness and nutrition until next year. But this is the year of health (I just declared that) and I do not…
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What Does "Functional" Training Mean for First Responders?
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What makes an exercise "functional" for firefighters, EMTs, and medics? In order to answer this question, we must first define what functional training means. The definitions can be varied and broad and often the term functional training is abused and over-used. The best definition that I found and one that I think really pertains to the fire servi…
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First Responders Reasons to Exercise #11 to #21
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Have you thought about starting an exercise program but haven’t done it yet? Or are you lacking the motivation to stay consistent with your workouts? The goal of Fire Rescue Fitness is to help educate and motivate 100,000 first responders to improve their health and fitness. One of the best ways to do this is to educate on the importance that exerc…
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Episode 20 [Part 2] | 'Descendants of the First' feat. Reni K. Amayo
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Welcome back to episode 20 part 2! In this episode, I'm joined with Reni K. Amayo, author of 'Daughters of Nri' and her latest release 'Descendants of the First', out now! In this episode, we discuss writing during a pandemic, hope, and what's in store in the future.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi…
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Top 21 Reasons First Responders Need to Exercise (Numbers 1-10)
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Exercise is the best weapon first responders have against the plethora of health issues facing the fire service. Have you thought about starting an exercise program but haven’t done it yet? Or are you lacking the motivation to stay consistent with your workouts? The goal of Fire Rescue Fitness is to help educate and motivate 100,000 first responder…
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Talking Fire Rescue Fitness - (Chest and Triceps, Meal Plans and Keto, Mobility and Performance)...
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In this episode of the Fire Rescue Athlete Podcast, Aaron Zamzow (Zam) talks about the common fitness and nutrition trends in the fire service. This podcast will address the chest and triceps workouts and asks the question... "Are they functional?" He also talks about meal plans and the keto diet and why they may not be the best route for firefight…
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Episode 20 [Part 1] | 'Descendants of the First' feat. Reni K. Amayo
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Welcome back to episode 20 part 1! In this episode, I'm joined with Reni K. Amayo, author of 'Daughters of Nri' and her latest release 'Descendants of the First', out on 5th October. In this episode, we discuss Nigerian mythology and the writing process of Black fantasy novels.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSup…
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First Responder Fitness: Stay Motivated with These Tips
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The key to maintaining and making fitness progress is to make sure you focus on keeping your mind right and staying consistent with your workouts. These tips will help any firefighter, EMT, and/or medic overcome a lack of motivation and continually make fitness progress. Here is a great interview Aaron Zamzow from Fire Rescue Fitness did with a fir…
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Welcome back to episode 19! In this episode, I discuss the ‘Divination by the Fox’ - a method used by the Dogon people of Mali to predict the future.#BTFPODTwitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Episode 18 | Urhobo Mythology feat. Gift (OKE London)
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Welcome back to episode 18! In this episode, I'm joined with Gift, founder of jewellery brand, OKE London. In this episode we discuss Urhobo mythology and what it means to be an ethnic minority amongst Nigerians.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.com…
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Welcome back to this BONUS 1-year anniversary episode! In this episode, I continue the discussion of seeing the future amongst the Kuria group in Tanzania and Kenya.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Welcome back to episode 17! In this episode, I discuss predicting the future in Yorubaland, Nigeria.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Welcome back to episode 16! In this episode, I discuss creatures under the sea from South Africa to Nigeria (my state, in particular!).Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Welcome back to episode 15! In this episode, I discuss sky creatures from Egypt all the way to South Africa. Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Welcome back to episode 14! In this episode, I discuss the oath-taking practices from Igboland, Nigeria to Southern plantations in the United States.Twitter/Instagram/TikTok: @bythefire_podFacebook: By The Fire PodcastSupport: ko-fi.com/bythefire_podEmail: bythefire.mail@gmail.comAv By The Fire
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Episode 13 | Devils of Serra Lyoa feat. Sanah Mara
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Welcome back to episode 13! In my first guest episode of 2021, Sanah Mara (author of Devils of Serra Lyoa) joins me, where we discuss Sierra Leonean mythology and more! Twitter/Instagram/Tiktok:@bythefire_pod Facebook: By The Fire Podcast Donate: ko-fi.com/bythefire_pod Email: bythefire.mail@gmail.com…
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EVERY FIREFIGHTER NEEDS THIS FITNESS TRAIT…
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As firefighters, we need to be physically ready for almost any event. We need to routinely carry loads of 50 to 100 pounds, climb stairs and ladders, swing heavy mallets and axes, drag heavy objects, hold, hoist and stabilize hose lines. We must also be able to recover quickly from these tasks and perform such activities for prolonged periods of ti…
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