Stew Smith Fitness News

My Love - Hate Relationship with Running and Lessons Learned Along the Way Coming from a strength / power / speed / agility athletic history, anything over 100m of running was considered long distance. I thought - why run 3-4 miles for a workout when all I had to do was run a 100 yd field fast and some bases that were 90ft apart from each other? So I did not do long distance running in my early teens. One of the things that did get me to start running "long distance" of 1-2 miles was joining the military. Yes...

Preparing to Serve in the Military, Police, Fire Fighter Services as a Teenager Many of us knew we wanted to serve our country in the military or our community in the police or fire services when we were young.  For many, this desire starts early and keep growing each year. One of my favorite emails to receive is from an early teenage boy or girl asking for advice on what to training to get ready to prepare for service.  Here is a list of my advice from training, activities to do, and general adolescent growth guidance to get through your...

 For All You Spec Ops Candidates Out There –Do You Have Doubts About Your Preparation?Read About Freddy! Like many of you, Freddy is an aspiring special operations candidate who dreams of becoming a special forces operator on an elite team. He has been active all his life with sports and workouts, but now needs to focus on the PST as he is good shape, but not able to meet the standards to get a contract.  Currently, Freddy realizes he has to crush the fitness test as well as prepare for spec ops selection. However, right now, he is still in...

 Prepare to Become a Member of an Elite Team Proven Training System With Proven Results  Do you want to make it TO and THROUGH tactical training and become a member of a special ops team and serve your country proudly? Maybe you have fallen short of your goal previously because you did not know how to prepare properly in the past?  Now you are really apprehensive about wasting time and failing on your special ops journey like a majority of applicants do each year. Well, here is some information you need to know! First, you're not alone! Second, not many...