Stew Smith Fitness News

How Bad Do You Want to Achieve Your Goal?   You May Not Want It Bad Enough IF... Do you have a goal in front of you? How badly do you want to achieve that dream? Are you willing to take on the challenge to get there?  There will always be obstacles, sticking points and eventually a moment of truth when you must answer the question, “How bad do you really want to do this?” Here is a list of ways that will test how much you really want to achieve your goal. You may not want it bad enough IF…. ...

40 Years of Fitness Training! Maybe I am an OG... It struck me today that I started working out (besides doing normal kid things like bike, Marco-Polo / swim, skateboard, Little League, and seasonal pick up game sports with neighborhood kids) 40 years ago - at the age of 12. It started out similar to the way I have most young people or beginners starting out with the basics of calisthenics and dumbbells.  I started training for no real reason other than the personal challenge to do more pullups and pushups than anyone at the playground or in PE class....

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 using the Tactical Fitness Over 40 approach to training since I was in my early 40s. I cannot express how much the techniques taught in this four part series has changed my life (seriously). If you want to read more about how important this program is to me (and others) check out this article - or go right into the store and pick up this life changing...

The Most Needed PT Test Taking Strategy:  PACE When taking fitness tests often people who do not have a strategy will push 100% effort and burn out in the time limit or distance of running or swimming.  Where you see this the most is in the swim (USN 500yds / AF 500m), the timed run (1.5 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile), and situps. Yes even situps. Though situps are slowly going away and being replaced with plank pose for the regular military fitness test, many of the spec ops communities still use the situps for 2 minutes as part of...

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 heart rate sky rockets and you start to feel the fatigue or failure of both the arms and the legs. That is the beauty of this sadistic exercise.  I have found some uses for this exercise over the years, but still prefer the older school 8 count body builder pushup over the burpee.  But first, how many of you have had toe pain when it comes to burpees? ...