Getting Back into the Fitness Habit(One Day at a Time) If you are back on the lower end of the fitness spectrum and looking to reverse how that feels, check out this commonly a...

Your Journey to Special Ops: From Pre-Enlistment to Advanced Training Pipeline - Here's What You Need to Know -  Have you been considering becoming a military special operations...

 Three Steps to Crushing ANY Military Swim Test   Tap the pictures above for a brief video explanation of the different strokes Technique First If you are a non-swimmin...

How to Build Your Durability and Achieve Success in Special Ops Training Attention all special ops recruits!  If you are one of the few, who have already made the bold decision ...

Failure, Injury, or Quitting Are Common...Rebuilding and Attempting Again is Even Harder Unfortunately, humans fail, get injured, and simply quit when things get difficult. Som...

Sink or Swim: It is Up to How You Prepare NOW... Hey there, aspiring special operations candidates, it is time to sink or swim! Are you ready to conquer the military swim test ...

CSS Help: Fix my Pulls (Top arm / Bottom arm) & Recovery If you want to work on your force production and energy efficiency with the CSS, master the arm-pulling motions, as ...

CSS Help: Fix My Glide  (also see updated CSS One Stop Shop Article for More Coaching) In my opinion, the most important piece of swimming fast and efficiently is mastering the ...

Goal Accomplishment is All About One Bite at a Time, Baby Steps, Sub-Goals...Shortening the Tunnel PC - D.McBurnett @mcteams3842 A recent question about Hell Week prompted an an...

To Add the Breaststroke Pullout to the CSS or Take It Out? It Depends...  For many years, I have been learning how to best coach the Combat Swimmer Stroke (CSS) to non-swimmin...

Coaching the CSS The Combat Side Stroke (CSS) has evolved from the side stroke to the modified side stroke. It is still an underwater recovery stroke, which is the Navy Physica...

Trust the Process...But Verify / Assess Regularly  If you plan to challenge yourself by attending any Special Ops program selection course, you likely are training hard just to ...

Ace the PST on the First Time - Earn Your Contract - This is Phase 1 of Tactical Fitness - Getting TO the Training. The biggest mistake is that people only prepare for the PST a...

Effective Training That Won't Break the Bank! Crush Spec Ops Dreams Without Going Broke Besides the need for effective and affordable training programs like mine at StewSmithFi...

Building Neck Durability is as Simple as YES/NO and Side-to-Side Your head weighs, on average, 11 lbs. You have all the weight you need to build a strong foundation of the neck ...

Sleep, Nutrition, and Motion: Some of The Best Weapons for Recovery in Special-Ops Training PC: D.McBurnett @mcteams3842 If you've been through a grueling multi-day special-ops ...

Why Special Ops Use the CSS and Not theMore Common Competitive Swimming Strokes?  This is the most common question asked (usually by lifelong competitive swimmers) about the mi...

Leave No Weakness Undeveloped If you are not willing to do things that you do not like to do (because you suck at them), you are likely doomed to fail. No matter your athletic ...

Summer Training - Time to Up Your Game We have been building up our reps and miles over the Spring and now have a nice foundation to take it to the next level. In this phase of ...

Times May Be Tough Now...But It Gets Much Better Hard work, Patience, and Attitude are everything when you are going through tough times and trying to finish each day that leads...