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BARSTOW, Calif. - Fire personnel aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., engage in various types of workouts, but lately, they have taken “hanging out at the gym” to a whole new level with TRX suspension training.
“Fitness has been a part of my life since I was 15 or so, when I started football,” said Martin Yslas, fire fighter, emergency medical technician and the head fitness coordinator for the fire department. Yslas, a certified personal trainer through American College of Sports Medicine, has also earned certifications to train in specific types of fitness genres to include Cross Fit, High Intensity Interval Training, as well as TRX suspension and rip cord training. Yslas is a proponent of varying workouts in order to ensure the body never grows complacent with fitness.
“I’m a true believer in HIIT, because you can start at many different levels,” said Yslas. “I’ve written programs based on that itself, from beginning to advanced. (HIIT is) a lot of rest periods, body weight movements, spiking the heart rate, bringing it back to rest, spiking it and bringing it back to rest (again). (HIIT) gives you a better overall workout and performance than normal body-(building). “
“I like to do the intensity intervals because that’s how it is when we’re on calls,” said Yslas. “We have to rush in, our adrenalin is pumping and we have to give everything we’ve got for as long as we can, in certain instances.”
“We need really short periods of rest,” Yslas explained. “We need that recovery to happen quickly so we’re able to work in an instant.”
This type of interval workout allows for improved circulation and breathing, as well as faster rest and recovery, explained Yslas. He includes TRX suspension bands as a part of this interval training because of the innate flexibility. With TRX, he is able to customize workouts to mimic movements that fire personnel might actually have to do on the job. The suspension bands have different levels of resistance and can simulate swinging an axe, or swinging a pipe-pole through a ceiling. These movements are unorthodox with normal training said Yslas.
“(You) can do pretty much anything imaginable on (TRX),” Yslas said. “It’s perfect for rehab, strength training and muscle endurance.”
A member of the U.S. Navy’s Sea, Air, Land (SEAL teams) developed the suspension straps in order to train in confined spaces such as on a ship, explained Shelley Lamey, director of Semper Fit gym on MCLB Barstow. The system uses an individual’s own body weight and allows users to execute a lot of different types of exercises.
Lamey encourages people to try TRX as part of a total training program that includes muscle strengthening, circuit training, as well as proper nutrition.
Yslas agrees and uses TRX as part of his over-all program to assist fire personnel in getting into and then staying in performance shape. In addition to offering advice to others regarding fitness, Yslas develops programs based on individual goals, and includesprograms based on individual goals, and include courses on nutrition and even sleep as a part of this whole-body approach. Whether using TRX other forms of fitness, Yslas emphasizes the importance of basic body mechanics.
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Yslas’ tips:
Use correct form - focus on proper body mechanics to reduce injuries.
Ease into a new workout regimen.
Get proper rest, to include cat-naps allowing yourself to wake up naturally.
Hydrate!
| Date Taken: | 05.28.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.10.2015 15:48 |
| Story ID: | 166158 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Hometown: | VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, US |
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