Upcoming Training Seminar

Ash Creek Fitness will be hosting the 3rd annual Firefighter Functional Conditioning training seminar on November 4, 5, and 6 2011. Seminar 1 and 2 were extremely successful. The stories we have heard and the lives that have been changed is nothing short of amazing. This is due to many factors - the quality of the instruction - world class - the passion of the instructors - also world class- the effectiveness of the training methods - state of the art - and most importantly - the hard work of those who used these tools to change their own lives.

Most people, especially firefighters, want to get fit - the challenge is how? We do what we know. Unfortunately - what we did when we were 17 is not going to work when we are 35, or 47, or 62. In all truth it didn't work really well at 17. The majority of training methods my coaches or the "big" guys at the gym taught me were based on flawed research. Any movement will cause the body to adapt or change - the challenge is make this change efficient and specific. To learn and apply purposeful training methods that get the job done in very short amount of time, only as much as is necessary, and that meets the performance goals for the specific athlete - in our case firefighters. The final and most important variable is "nobody gets hurt."

60% of all training programs end with injury. The majority (according to research studies) of those who start an exercise program and stop because of a training injury do not return to their training. Those who do often loose 4-6 weeks of training and may need to perform hours of rehab and physical therapy just to return to their starting point.

Smart Training: The training methods we teach are designed not only to strengthen those movement patterns that most often result in fire ground injuries, but more importantly, by using Z health dynamic joint mobility we can fix many mobility problems before they result in injury. More importantly - we can teach you how to use range of motion to determine if your body likes what you are doing - good exercise - or doesn't like what you are doing - bad exercise that will get you hurt.

At this seminar we will give you the tools to train efficiently, the knowledge to train safely, and the work out programs that will tie it all together. Dr. Vida of Harding High School in Bridgeport put it the best when we were discussing science - she said "Science is not something you memorize - it's something you know." The same is true with functional movement training - after this seminar you will know how to train. How you use it will determine your level of function and fitness.