Fit for firefighting?
The human body works in strange ways. I spent January working out on a cross stepping machine, akin to cross country sking. An average workout would last for one hour, at roughly 200 Watts, equalling a burn rate of 800 calories in one hour. Most of February, I was half sick and extremely tired due to stress-related lack of sleep, so no sports. Started again this week, and already on my second workout it’s one hour at 230 Watts, with a 950 calories burn. This elicits a solid WTF. Although I was smashed it would seem my body sort of continued the workout? Strange.
Of course, that’s a steady workout, I try and keep the heart rate between 130 and a maximum of 150. I guess today’s involuntary workout would have been beyond that, as I had to bike the 2,5 kilometres to the fire station for a call. Didn’t make it in time, but an excellent workout!
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. In real life, I am Regional Manager Northern Europe for Paratech, teach Heavy Rescue (it's fun, challenging and serves a good purpose) and try to learn more about USAR. I am a member of the Munich Volunteer Fire Department as well as @fire, a USAR and Wildfire NGO outfit.
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