Training device and a method of using the same

Abstract

There is provided herein a training device, which can be used to advantage for the physical and professional training of fire fighters, specifically for training them in the chopping of wood with an axe. The device employs a weight sled, such as a common gym sled used in physical training exercises. The device has two elongate members emanating upwardly from the weight sled and a cross beam having an upper side and a lower side, the cross beam connecting by its lower side a set of two upper ends of the elongate members. The device also contains a housing affixed to the upper side of the cross beam, the housing having an open central portion and two opposing open receptacle end caps the open receptacles of the end caps facing each other along a longitudinal length of the cross beam, one of the opposing open receptable end caps having a door and a lock for the door. The method comprises providing a piece of wood inside the housing and engaging in cutting the same with an axe to provide for rigorous physical exercise and realistic training in ax techniques used by firefighters when fighting a fire.

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