Stew Smith Fitness News

Get Ready to Serve in the US Military: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes That Keep You Out of Special Operations Buy Now or If you purchase any item AND the Get Ready EBOOK, use the coupon code "FREE999" and get the EBOOK for free.Don't Let the Mistakes That Keep Others Out of Special Ops Stop You From Serving! Are you ready to join the US Military and serve in special operations? It’s an exciting yet anxiety-filled prospect – enlisting in the military and striving to reach the special operations community.  There are many common mistakes that can trip up many...

Ten Days of Daily Situps - 3 Days Rest (no core)& Day 14 TestThe Situp-Push Program  Learn From This Mistake (PACE) But You Should Practice and Build Strong Hips too... Where most people go wrong on two-minute timed situps tests is that they start off too fast in the first 30 seconds and usually cannot match their reps in the next 1:30. So if your goal is 80–100 situps in 2 minutes, you need a pace of 20–25 in 30 seconds, 40–50 situps in 1 minute and 60–75 situps in 1:30, and 80–100 in 2 minutes. This takes practice at not...

Learning How to Tread as a Non-Swimming Athlete (Start with Mobility) A big coaching moment for me this year was realizing that a group of land athletes were unable to tread because of the lack of mobility in their hips, knees, and ankles. Once we started practicing treading with mobility / flexibility drills on the pool deck (as a treading rest period) the group started being able to tread.  Here is how we taught the egg-beater kick to non-swimming / land athletes: Egg-beater Kick Misnomer - Personally the term "egg-beater" is an inaccurate name for the kick you are trying...

Hello from Stew Smith,Are you ready to crush your Spec Ops Fitness Training? You can get ready to get through the training, prepare for specific events like swim / tread, running/ rucking, log PT and more, and build physical and mental toughness - it's all here inside my newly revised series of Navy Special Warfare / Special Ops fitness programming books. Prepare for Specific Events and Build Physical and Mental Toughness My 3-Part Series "Getting To and Through Spec Ops Training" will give you the tools and knowledge you need to pass the fitness test, and reach your peak physical...

The new trilogy is updated to reflect recent changes to PST prep as well as BUD/S itself and all three have increasing intensity of training to help you get TO your Spec Ops Selection (SEAL / SWCC / EOD/Diver, SAR, SARC) and THROUGH that selection (BUD/S specifically).  Here is more about the programs (in book and ebook format) Navy PST Phase 1 - Crush the PST and Get TO Selection - This program is focused on teaching you about PHASE 1 of tactical fitness training – getting TO the training. You will not get accepted to attend training without crushing this fitness...