Stew Smith Fitness News

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...

This week an Army Reservist of 20 plus years emailed me for some help. This question, and the need for a basic program, is universal throughout the military ranks -- active and reserve. There is a growing trend in remedial fitness.Stew,I have corresponded with you in the past and a while back you sent me an intermediate level fitness program that I was using to augment my fitness training program to some of the reserve unit individuals. I am in need of a basic level training program and I will explain why...A fitness program ONLY during the battle assembly weekend...

Often, I receive emails from young men and women in their teens who ask about military or law enforcement careers when they get old enough to serve their country by doing such honorable professions. I wish however, most emails were like this future Marine. Too many times, young men and women start to prepare way too late for professions that require fitness tests. But more importantly, their lives or their buddies’ lives may depend on their strength and fitness level. Here is an email from a young man who wants to become a Marine one day: I'm 16-years old and...