Welcome to Fit to Survive, your source for a healthier life, brought to you by IAFF’s Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness/Fitness Initiative. You’ll find expert advice and practical information on staying fit and healthy, as well as recipes and nutrition tips to make your next firehouse meal wholesome and delicious.
Monitoring your cholesterol is crucial to preventing heart disease. Do you know your ideal cholesterol level? The difference between LDL and HDL? Best foods to keep your level low? Find the answers and understand what they mean.
Our Burner Calculator tells you how many calories you use in a given time when you do one of 40-plus activities shown. Just enter your weight, the length of your workout and your chosen activity--our stopwatch will do the rest.