Altitude Performance | Evidence-Based Tactical Fitness for Firefighters
Built by a Firefighter, for Firefighters

Firefighter Strength & Conditioning,
Built to Last 30 Years on the Job.

This job already asks a lot of your body: broken sleep, 2am tones, a schedule nobody was built for. I’m a career firefighter and a strength coach of 23 years, and I built Altitude Performance to train around all of that.

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23 Years in S&C
11 Years on Line
TSAC-F CSCS · Certifications
Shift-Ready Design
54% of the 83 firefighter deaths
NFPA counted in 2025 were
heart attacks
45% of on-duty deaths were overexertion
or strain, most of them heart attacks

Heart attacks are still the leading cause of firefighter deaths. Your cardiovascular system is trainable at any age, but it takes more than random workouts or grinding every shift. Conditioning, sleep, and regular screening are the levers you can work on, and that’s exactly what Altitude Performance is built to do.

Source: NFPA, Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2025

Where to Start

Two Ways to Train With Altitude Performance

For Firefighters

Your Shift. Your Level. Your Plan.

A monthly membership with training synced to your rotation and placed by your intake and standards test. Founding rate $49.95/mo, locked for life.

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Train Your Whole Department.

The same program for every member of your department, at a monthly cost per member that sits far below the cost of a full-time strength coach.

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The Approach

Grinding Yourself Into the Ground
Isn’t Training. It’s Damage.

A lot of fitness programs default to going hard, all the time: max-intensity workouts that don’t account for shift work, broken sleep, or what this job actually asks of your body. Firefighters are tough, and that instinct makes sense. But without a real plan, that’s not training. It’s just damage.

Science-Based. Shift-Aware. Built for This Job.
What’s Built Into Every Program
  • ✓Synced to your shift. Your rotation, broken sleep, and 2am calls are factored into every training block.
  • ✓Built around the fireground. Grip strength, hose pulls, drags, and climbing stairs under load are trained for directly.
  • ✓Recovery is programmed. Stacked shifts, back-to-back calls, and broken sleep are built into how your training progresses.
  • ✓Real structure. A true training cycle, so every session builds toward something instead of piling on random stress.
Whether it’s preparing for off-duty races, ski season, or maintaining a solid baseline for the job, the adjustments were made and I felt like I had a competitive edge.
— JP, Career Firefighter
The Lab

Altitude Performance Lab

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