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The Pyramid Mindset Fix #2 (Never Quit Again...)

• Stew smith

A Foundation of Fitness Needs to Grow
Into MUCH More...

 The Mindset Fix Series:  #1 Ten Second Fix

The pyramid above is explained in detail below: 

From the bottom up the pyramid, here is how the process of accomplishing tough goals happens. In the case of tactical fitness and jobs in the military, police, fire fighter a foundation of fitness is required:

This Foundation is built with strength/power, muscle stamina / endurance,
speed / agility, flexibility / mobility, and grip – Created through persistent training / competing.  Being good at all of them will take time - Learn how to use time efficiently with Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization Training. 

The Next Level is discipline. By being persistent and creating good habits, you have made yourself more disciplined. If you reach your physical goals, you did that by making good decisions, training even when motivation was low, and building solid habits and a disciplined life. You did the right thing even when no one is watching! 

Grit and Resilience is developed.  There will be plenty of things that occur to hamper progress, how do you get through those hurdles? How well do you recover from negative feedback, failures, stresses, and obstacles? Do you come back stronger than before or quit? This step is an absolute must if you want to succeed in ANYTHING. But most people do not have this ability if they have not had previous experiences in similarly challenging events.  
Is This Goal a Calling? Is this a Passion? In your Heart? - How do you measure what is in someone’s heart or if this is a passion or just a whim?  If you feel what you are training for and attempting to accomplish is a calling, not just a job or cool accomplishment, you may have the right stuff.

Ask Yourself: Why are you doing this? You need a good answer when you are tested. When things get tough, quitting cannot even be in your thought process. Keep moving forward and getting stronger from every challenge and growing to be able to UP YOUR GAME is what passion and heart enable you to do.
Finally, the mystery of success when completing something that is difficult - How bad do you really want this?  When things get hard, do you get tougher? You will have a moment of truth at some point.  Do you have an answer to the question above - Why are you doing this? Wouldn't you like to take an easier route? 
You are not truly tested until you hit this final marker:  There is a moment that occurs when you are tired, over-stressed, body aching, heart pounding, gasping to catch your breath, muscles failing that a voice talks to you. The tone of what is said by that voice depends on only one thing - HOW BAD YOU WANT IT. That moment that a decision has to be made. That decision is - do I stay or do I go? Do I suck it up or do I stop this pain and misery? Do I fight through this long ass day and start fresh tomorrow? 

Who Is The Tactical Fitness Coach / Author Stew Smith?

 I'm the former Navy SEAL that military recruits and special ops candidates go to for books, ebooks and online coaching to prepare themselves to get to and through intense tactical assessment and selection programs and qualify for service in their chosen tactical profession.  See More at StewSmithFitness.com


Check out the Complete List of Training Programs (Spec Ops, Military, Police, Fire)

We Have Answers For Beginners to Advanced Spec Ops Level Training Programs (see below)

    

       

DO NOT RELY ON THE MILITARY TO GET YOU INTO SHAPE AT BASIC TRAINING.  You will get into better shape for sure during your training if you arrive in lower fitness form, but you need to arrive with a foundation of physical fitness that is specific to your future job in the military / fitness tests / training. If you show up out of shape, you could end up failing standards or injuring yourself causing longer delays or removal from training altogether. 

For You Special Candidates (Get in Shape LONG Before You Join) 

High Intermediate Military / Advanced Spec Ops
Building Programming:

Which Program is Right For Me?
It Depends...Special Ops Candidates  

  
The Pipeline of Training Options: 
 
    

EBOOKS (Special Ops) – Most of my programs tend to focus on getting TO and THROUGH a specific tactical training program.  So you may see a mix of all the seasons in some of these books, but if you are training long term, you can take advantage of Seasonal Periodization and save yourself some of the over-use, long term pains that tend to follow many of the tactical preparations - especially on the spec ops level of training. 

Start training today with workouts that focus on the specifics of getting to and through tactical profession training from firefighter, police, swat, military to special ops. We have programs to help you get TO and THROUGH training. We also have training programs to help you with training as you age in these professions (Tactical Fitness 40+ series).

     

Lifting Cycle Programs For Those Who Need a Strength Focus

You may have seen my Winter Lift Cycle that I discuss in the Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization article as well as have our actual lift programs we have done over the years in the following books.

      

It is not all just calisthenics and cardio at Stew Smith Fitness

Tactical Fitness, Tactical Strength, Navy SEAL Weight Training Workout, Weight Vest Workout,  Stew Smith's Fall Winter Cycle, Warrior Workout #2, Maximum Fitness

These programs as well as my online coaching programs have Winter Lift Cycles in them as part of our Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization System. But, do not get these lift cycles confused with ACTUAL strength / power lifting programs, these are strength / power programs that also have a focus on cardio fitness maintenance BECAUSE you need to be good at all the elements of fitness and develop into an all-round Tactical Athlete.  

Most Recent Spring / Summer & Fall Winter Programs:
   
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Or Do You Want my REAL TIME Seasonal Periodization Training - Delivered Weekly?

 

Get Weekly Unpublished Workouts Tested and Evaluated by local Stew Smith Training programs. 

Stew Smith Fitness Membership – You have access to years of workouts for both beginner / intermediate and advanced / special ops levels of fitness. Each week you will receive new and unpublished workouts being tested by Navy SEAL veteran / Stew Smith CSCS and his local group of future tactical professionals in both basic training and advanced spec ops training programming. The latest videos, articles, and other programming will be part of the weekly data feed to members as well. We go through the Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization program one week at a time.

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If You Need a More Personalized Approach to Fit Your Needs, Goals, Time per Day, Days per week, Facilities, Abilities, etc...Try Online Coaching

Questions?  Just email me at Stew@StewSmith.com

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