For OGs Like Me, 80% is the New 100% There will be a time for all you OGs still getting after it with high levels of fitness to check the ego at the door and consider a new sayi...

CSS Help: The Sequence "Pull - Breathe - Kick - Glide(1 Mississippi - 2 Mississippi - Pull) Repeat..." If you have ever watched my Instagram or Youtube CSS Critique videos and ...

"You Never Think About QuittingWhen You Think About Winning" ~ Stew Smith I came up with this quote during a recent Tactical Fitness Report I did with Jeff Nichols when discussi...

Tired of Swimming Long Distances with Fins? Try These Challenging Swim Workouts... Getting your lungs and legs in shape to handle a fast 2 mile ocean swim (and longer) takes tim...

Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer and Navy SAR Swimmer Training All over the world, these rescue specialists save lives every day.  From saving fellow military members to h...

"You Have To Do It Yourself, But You Can’t Do It Alone"- old African proverb  from instagram @mcteams3842 This old saying has been stuck in my head since I read it recently ...

The Need for Speed & Endurance for Fitness Standards Program (Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Police)         This program is ideal for those who need to crush the standard m...

Portable Squat Rack and Homemade Sandbags and Much, Much More (if you are creative) When it comes to inexpensive ideas to add to your training, the new portable squat rack I jus...

Your Weaknesses Will Be Exposed Quickly Running, Swimming, Load Bearing, Lifting, and Mental Toughness When You Are Tired, Alone With Your Thoughts (a few of many typical weakn...

New Podcast - Every Sunday! The CSS Swim Stroke and Turn Critiques from Stew and Arik Former Navy SEALs and Teammates Stew Smith (instagram / @stewsmith50) and Master Chief Ari...

Get a Head Start on the New Year and Make Today DAY ONE - Not One Day       TF 40+ Beginner Guide   |     90 Day Beginner Plan - Time to Get to Work The title was a Dad Joke pos...

Don't Shatter Your Spec Ops Dream -Prepare Well and Pass Selection On The First Try Photo by D McBurnett (@mcteams3842) Uncommon Grit - Common Mistakes People Make And Fail ...

The Best Swimming Workout for Non-Swimmers (PST Related) Get Your Contract On the FIRST TRY With This Killer Workout From Spec Ops Candidates  Stew, I went from 10:20 to 8:1...

A Hard Day's Work and Adding Workouts Before or After Times have changed. Some for the better, but also somethings that our kids do today expose a weakness in the system of prep...

Several Types of Running Plans - From Start to Finish - Running!  There are many types of running workouts from sprints, long slow distance, intervals, as well as many types of ...

Part Two - The Secret Move to Fix Two Common Errors in Swimming Head Out of Water During Inhale Phase and Kick Errors There are two things that crush your swim portion of the Na...

The New Air Force Special Warfare Program Changes(*Prep Before Prep) Over the years, depending on the "job" (Air Force Specialty Code), people have been using a few combinations...

Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome) By Seth Donelson (Doctor of Physical Therapy) It never fails, emails and DMs blow up every Spring (well about a month into Spring) ...

Tactical Fitness Training Cycles When you hear advice like "get on a program" you have to understand that it means a system of training that will yield the results you need for ...

Join the Online PT CLUB:One-on-One Coaching with Stew Smith Overweight? Out of Shape? Not meeting personal and professional standards of fitness and health? Try some one-on-on...