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The Tactical Fitness System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding! Maximum Fitness

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The Tactical Fitness System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding!  Maximum Fitness

- Maximum Fitness - By Stew Smith CSCS A Book That Features A Full Year Of Periodization Training (Only Available on Amazon.com) The Tactical Fitness Periodization System in this Book Saved My Life - No Kidding.  Maximum Fitness is a book that features a full year of tactical fitness periodization training and will help you recover from high mileage running/ rucking phases, rebuild joints after high repetition calisthenics for months, and recover smartly by adding a non-impact cardio and basic lifting cycle in four 12-13 week cycles.  Here is what you get - An entire year - 52 weeks of training: - The first 12 weeks...

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Navy SEAL Weight Training Program (Is Your Strength a Weakness?)

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Navy SEAL Weight Training Program (Is Your Strength a Weakness?)

s Strength a Weakness for You? If you can run and swim for days, but have been skipping too many training days in the weight room, this book if for you!  You need to work on those weaknesses that will be exposed in your first few weeks at SEAL Training - When MOST People Quit! This program helps you add in weight training specifically designed for the heavier elements of SEAL Training preparation - load bearing - rucking, log pt, carrying boats on land, buddy and equipment carries, etc...No kidding! For years, many thought I did not lift weights because I...

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How Good is Good Enough in Spec Ops?

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How Good is Good Enough in Spec Ops?

(Part 2 of this article - What is Good Enough - Strength Numbers) Throughout your journey into the military and perhaps as you move into a special ops selection, you will hear people describing their PT scores as “good”, “great”, “optimal”, or even the occasional “PT animal”. But what is “Good Enough”? Of course, all of these scores are relative to the person, programming, branch of service, and the person evaluating these scores and abilities of candidates.  As a tactical fitness trainer with decades of this type of training, this article is going to try to add some objectivity to...

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Motivation Can Grow into Mental Toughness

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Motivation Can Grow into Mental Toughness

Over the past several years of writing about high level Special Ops Fitness, there is always a question concerning Mental Toughness.  I get asked if I have any tips on getting more mentally tough.  And I hate to sound like a grumpy, old coach, but to answer that – THERE ARE NO TIPS!  There is no secret sauce that makes mental toughness magically appear in your life.  Mental Toughness is built slowly – sometimes years – over several stages.  Here is how I see mental toughness and resilience develop over time in the following stages: Motivation – There is a...

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Taking the Initiative - Preparing for the Military

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Taking the Initiative - Preparing for the Military

I am a fitness writer that specializes in military, police, and fire fighter fitness.  I have well over 800 articles on the internet on various sites and several published books / ebooks.  I ENJOY answering questions from readers - especially the younger generation who seeks out information and finds me as a resource for tactical fitness training / general preparation information.  In fact, I answer my emails each day easily seeing 100-200 emails a day.  These give me ideas to write about and very often (more than 50%) of the time I reply to someone with an article link that...

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