Stew Smith Fitness News

Warrior Workout Book SeriesFind Creative Ideas For Advanced Physical Training  How Every Advanced Athlete or Special Ops Candidate Can Access a Massive Collection of Workouts As a fellow advanced exercise enthusiast, I'm confident that one of your training issues is access to creative and effective workouts.  Ultimately, what you want is a large variety of training options to choose from as you create your own training plans. In the past, you have maybe not gotten the results you wanted by trying something new that did not quite fit your training model.  If you are an advanced tactical athlete or preparing...

New Book Now Available!  Stew Smith's Spring and Summer PT / Cardio Cycle ebook (or book) holds the secret to build muscle stamina and cardio endurance (run / ruck / swim modes) in the upper body, legs, and lungs. The program emphasizes cardiovascular activity and high repetition resistance training to crush military / police / spec ops fitness tests. The supplemental weight training workouts will be quick and fast, focusing more engaging muscle groups that balance the high repetition calisthenics. Stew Smith's Spring and Summer PT / Cardio Cycle, has been creating Tactical Fitness programming for over 20 years. Stew Smith...

Advanced But Progressive Running Programs For Spec Ops Preparation  Progressive running programs are the smart way to build up your mileage in both running and rucking.  Too often, people jump back into running with a 5-6 mile run after minimal or no running for several months.  Overuse injuries can occur even with a smart progression, but they are a near 100% chance of happening when bumping up miles per week from zero to 20 miles out of nowhere.  People do this all the time when they start programs that are not personally developed for them.  If you are starting at...

Learning the CSS and Treading are two important skills for getting TO and THROUGH many training programs.  It is pure technique, effort, and repetition to master a skill. Get in the pool, master the technique and then get in shape to do it for the required time or distances.  Because most likely - Dude You are Not in Swimming Shape.Here is a Breakdown of the Combat Swimmer Stroke (aka modified side stroke) The CSS Broken Down Top Arm, Bottom Arm/Breathe, Kick/Arm Recovery, and Glide.  Top arm pull - FREE STYLE CATCH - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1OY_yQBiXM Bottom Arm pull - BREAST STROKE SCULL (not...

Tactical Fitness - What You Don't Know Can Crush Your Dreams of Serving What you ignore or don't fully understand about tactical fitness can crush you and your dreams of serving, especially in an elite spec ops unit. Sure, you played sports in high school and "know" you are in shape.  You look at the fitness test and say, " I can do that" and that is the end of your PT Test preparation. Then you show up to take the test for the first time and get CRUSHED!  It happens all the time - happened to me - and...