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February is American Heart Month, and we at Firehouse Chefs want to share some important info.

According to the CDC, Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women.
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for firefighters.
Heart Disease is preventable and controllable.

Remember your ABCS!

A – Appropriate Aspirin Therapy
B – [...]

Hey everyone, Mike here from Giovannitraining.com….

It has been a while! Hope your summer is great! The last three posts we discussed kettlebell exercises. This month we will group all of the previous exercises into one workout.

As you recall, the exercises are the kettleswing, the renegade row, and the one arm chest press. Here is the combination [...]

Hey everyone, Mike here from Giovannitraining.com….

In the last couple months we have discussed different exercises with the kettlebell, such as the kettle swing which works lower body and core, renegade row which works back, arms and core too. We basically have covered most of the body parts. The next exercise is the one arm kettlebell chest [...]

Hey everyone, Mike here from Giovannitraining.com….

Last month we covered the origin of the kettlebell and the first basic exercise used with a kettlebell, the kettle swing. This month we are going to learn about the alternating kettlebell renegade row and kettlebell renegade one arm row.

Both these exercises are similar, one is a little harder than the [...]

Welcome to the first issue of the Firehouse Chefs Fitness Corner!

In this new monthly column, Michael Giovanni Rivera, owner and trainer at Giovanni Training, will give fans concise tips on fitness, stretching, weight-training, and nutrition. As Eddie says, “Besides eating all of this good food, its important to share insight with fans & provide a positive [...]