Stew Smith Fitness News

Ever since I wrote The Grinder PT – Key to Mental Toughness eBook, I have noticed that the majority of people who attempt one of my toughest workouts I have ever created do quite well on pushups tests upon finishing. This eBook is modeled after the first month of SEAL training, where pushups are done five days a week in the magnitude of several hundred a day. Improving surprised me – I assumed the workout would border on over-training and it does but with proper rest / recovery you can increase pullups and pushups in two weeks. This went against...

This week, I sent several emails to people seeking to ace their military physical fitness tests. In my closing, I always remind people not to give up and that they will "succeed by failing." Some people get it and understand that to improve with pushups, pull-ups, situps, and other high-repetition calisthenics testing exercises, you have to push yourself until you can't do any more reps. Then, you can try a few more of the easier versions like knee pushups, assisted pull-ups or negatives, and crunches respectively. Once you get to that burning sensation, you are reaching the peak of the...

At 0530am, Stew Smith, a 1991 USNA graduate and former Navy SEAL, exercised with over 800 motivated High School seniors. Many will likely become Midshipmen at the Naval Academy after they graduate High School. Good luck men and women in your last year of High School. See you around Annapolis in a year or so! Here is the workout we did on Farragut Field Tuesday morning:Warmup - 5:00 with slow runRepeat 10 times Jumping jacks 10Pushups - 10-20 (rotate thru each type) - Regular Pushups - Wide Pushups - Close Tricep Pushups - Dive Bomber Pushups - 8 Count Body...

Every year, I have the honor of working out with more than 2000 high school students seeking acceptance into the Naval Academy during the Summer Seminar program. Hundreds of emails each year concerning all of the Service Academy programs have prompted me to write the most frequently asked questions I receive. These emails are from many of the young men and women seeking to serve their country as an officer in any of the services.Here they are: 1 - Do all of the services have their own academy? If so how do you get into them? This is a monster...

Most people who email me are pretty motivated but need guidance on how to get to a new level of fitness and health. From the unfit seeking to getting healthy and lose weight to the athlete seeking to change from a sport workout routine to a military workout routine to better prepare for the different challenges that the military provides, I am honored to help.However, every now and then I receive emails from those who say they want to be in the military but have been unmotivated for a year or more to physically prepare for a profession in the...