Training Hard After 40, 50 and Beyond...You Can Be an Asset Again! I believe I know some things about this situation as it is my current age group (53 this year) and have been...

Burpees - The Exercise Everyone Loves to Hate... Face it,  Burpees are not fun because they are hard.  Think of them as a more dynamic pushup mixed with a squat thrust. The hea...

If You Have to Lose Weight AND Get Into BUD/S Shape, Be Ready for the Long Preparation Journey(But Start to See Results Quickly...) Here is a great story of a recruit who nee...

We Get Good at What We Do / Don't Do  We Get GREAT at it the Longer We Do or Don't Do It... Are you a master at hitting the gym like clockwork and getting it done EVEN when you...

It is Not all Just Calisthenics and Cardio at Stew Smith Fitness It is true we have many types of training programs here at StewSmithFitness.com, from a calisthenics-based appr...

Military.com Fitness #1 and StewSmithFitness.com #3: I woke up to a nice note this morning that my writings on both Military.com - Fitness and StewSmithFitness.com were ranked ...

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 New Winter Lift Cycle with Specialized Block Periodization is the Answer3:1 Strength Weeks to PST/IFT Week Training / Testing Cycles Have you ever thought of doing a stren...

We All Fail at Some Point. It is What We Do Next That is Most Important Have you ever felt like your life is a complete train wreck? I have. Let me tell you about my story and...

The Habit of Persistence is the path to getting you to where you want to be and who you want to become...  Don’t overthink this journey to reach ANY goal you have in front of...

Too Much Thinking - Not Enough Doing: Get to Work! From Only Easy Day @onlyeasyday I had a recent conversation with a potential spec ops candidate who kept asking questions conc...

Follow Your Passion, Discover Your WHY, and Find Your Purpose "Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession." "But your profession is no...

Check Out These To Master the Combat Swimmer Stroke (CSS) Learning the CSS is a technique issue that may take a few days to master or weeks depending on your level of swimming c...

Time is Relative as Proven with the Following Workout Combinations           If you have ever treaded water for 10 minutes or stayed in the plank pose for the same time, you hav...

Comments From People Who Do The Work  At StewSmithFitness.com there are many programs that people use with the goal of reaching a specific physical fitness goal.  But somewhere ...

You Are Either Assessing or Guessing - Don't Leave Anything Up to Chance / Hope When it comes to tactical fitness training as well as preparation as you transition in the profes...

How Many Have Heard the Phrase, "It's a Running-man's Game"When It Comes to Selection Training? Photo by D. McBurnett @mcteams3842 instagram Over the years (since the 80s) I hav...

Who's Ready for a Winter Lift Cycle? There are many options on how to integrate strength training into your tactical fitness training program - see Seasonal Tactical Fitness Per...

Why Tactical Fitness is Built Different,But Similar in Many Ways Too... I recently received a fantastic email from a career firefighter about tactical fitness training.  It w...

This is the workout that I have been having spec ops candidates do 5 times a week to go from 10+ minutes on the 500yd or 500m swim test to the 8 minute zone (some even sub-8 min...