FitFighter Teacher-Partner (TIP) Membership
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What Steelhose should I start with?
Become a TIP Member and build an instant connection with our FitFighter team and your cross-disciplinary colleagues who work within school, sport, and first responder expertise. The TIP Membership means you'll never be alone with programming again. You'll have:
- Partners to work with and resources on hand 24/7.
- Our complete movement libraries, brimming with hundreds of Solo, Combo, and Flo movements and always building
- The jumpstart you need for your next recruit class, the off-season, in-season strength & conditioning, fun recreational class ideas, and exhaustive Loaded Movement education.
Our Teacher-Instructor-Coach Membership features:
Digital Education
- Complete loaded movement sessions coached end to end to offer sample class concepts
- Options for 24, 32, and 40 minute sessions designed in Sets - Activation (bodyweight Mobility & Warmup), Main Sets, and Transition (Flexibility)
- Sessions & Sets are designed in 4 Styles :
- Stability & Power work with Heavy & Mid Loads
- Capacity & Conditioning work with Light & Mid Loads
- Poise & Awareness work with Light & Mid Loads
- Blend (1 Set of each style!)
- Get Started Series with education on all our building blocks of loaded movement, including Base Movements, Elev8 Progressions, Grip and Load Placements
- 8 Min Minisodes with Themes such as Power with a Purpose or Truly New
- Playlist feature so you can stack up your favorite sessions
- Weekly Workshops
- New Sessions dropped every week!
Professional Development
- Weekly Roundtable with our team for Programming Review
- Cross-pollination with our professional network
- Collaborative program development for skill-specific needs
FAQs
What does Steelhose feel like?
If you're a firefighter, Steelhose feels like firehose charged and pressurized with water. When you pull resistance on the Grommet with a band or webbing, you can add that feel of a couple hundred feet of hose hauling behind you. For the rest of us non-firefighters, Steelhose feels like nothing we've ever felt before and it's awesome for developing every kind of strength. The hose is semi-firm with a slight give in your grip due to its "fluid steel" filling and a layer of synthetic rubber, however it sustains its form throughout its length. The nylon-polyester fabric has friction in your grip and doesn't feel cold and metallic like hard steel, but it does provide a challenge given the hose width. See our Steelhose Continuous Resisted Movement (Scrēm) Protocol for all the ways you can grip hose in hand and load it onto your body.
Can I take my Steelhose outside? Can it get wet?
YES! Steelhose loves the outdoors. After all, it's firehose, so it's friendly with the elements. You can even store Steelhose outdoors, although for long term durability, it is best to have under cover for storage because eventually (over years) moisture can seep into the seams and oxidize the steel shot. You can immerse Steelhose in water, and then dry immediately following use, and you can use Steelhose to train in the rain, no problemo. Just allow to hang dry so it doesn't sit soaking wet for long periods. If you will work regularly indoors and outdoors with your hose, we recommend having an indoor and outdoor stack, so that your indoor stack stays clean and fresh.
What makes Steelhose movement, and FitFighter programs, totally unique in strength training?
We are unique in 3 specific ways:
1. Using the fluid steel form of Steelhose, we are able to transition our load smoothly from one position to another in infinite patterns and combinations. It is in this transition that optimize the value of movement with external resistance.
2. Our hardware system is the most mobile and versatile there is, made from nearly the densest and most durable material in the world, “fluid” steel, and Steelhose stacks up super small. Therefore, we can teach hundreds of students or members at one time, anywhere they are.
3. We created a complete teaching protocol for movement skills & strength development using only Steelhose apparatus, starting at age 8. Peruse the Protocol at the bottom of Shop page and in the Letter from Sarah.
How do I clean my Steelhose?
You can use a damp cloth and any standard fabric cleaner or soapy water to wipe down your Steelhose after use or clean it off. The exterior is nylon/polyester fabric so it will capture limited grime and also won't absorb it as a cotton material would. Give it a scrub anytime it needs and hang dry. Avoid stacking Steelhose tight when soaking wet so it has a chance to dry out. It's firehose, so it's friends with water.
