Stew Smith Fitness News

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? ...

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 needed a lot of help: There is young man who is an aspiring special operations candidate who needs to not only get in shape to pass the PST, but needs to lose weight in order to meet the height weight standards set by the Navy. Understanding flirting with the minimum standards is not a wise move, dropping well below the weight maximums is the goal and means more...

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 don't feel like OR have you mastered skipping that time you had planned to make yourself better? Regardless, you have become a master - the master of your future self.  But, how do you turn off that inner voice that is keeping you comfortable doing nothing?  While guilt is strong motivator, it is not fool-proof as many don't listen to...

It is Not all Just Calisthenics and Cardio at Stew Smith Fitness It is true we have many type of training programs here are StewSmithFItness.com from calisthenics based approach, to TRX, Weight Vests, and Tactical Fitness Weight LIfting programs. Here is a list of many of these titles that include lifting.  Tactical Fitness, Tactical Strength, Navy SEAL Weight Training Workout, Weight Vest Workout,  Stew Smith's Fall Winter Cycle, Warrior Workout #2, Maximum Fitness, Increase Strength - Crush PST /PAST  Also many of the Special Ops programs and military programs that require rucking or other load bearing equipment training will also include weight training to prepare for those...

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 in the Top Ten by Feedspot for Military Fitness Blogs! I have been writing for Military.com Fitness for over 20 years as well as adding tactical fitness articles to my own page for nearly as many years! I have been working out and writing about since the late 1990s after military service and honored to be recognized. So - thank you. I enjoy what I do and if I do not ever receive such...