Stew Smith Fitness News

This is the workout that I have been having spec ops candidates do 5 times a week to go from 10+ minutes on the 500yd or 500m swim test to the 8 minute zone (some even sub-8 min) IN ONE MONTH... AND IT IS FREE! Technique First - It helps to get the stroke down first obviously and then this workout will help you get in shape to maintain your set  goal pace for the full 500yds / 500m.  Learn how to do the CSS - Pull, Breathe, Kick, Glide (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi PULL)  If you can do a...

Every Spec Ops Candidate is Different - The Journey Depends on Your Current Scores, Strengths, Weaknesses, and Athletic & Work History Recently, I had three similar emails from people preparing for Special Ops programs - specifically the Navy. As a coach, you look for bits of information and data to help drive discussions and decisions on how to progress further with training programming. The journey in special ops is riddled with under prepared candidates who wind up failing to meet the long list of standards to get TO and THROUGH training, or quit, or get injured. Most simply overlook training with...

Check out this video of the weekly mobility I write, post, and talk about all the time. It is really life changing!  Don't Skip Mobility Day.  These are so important that all my latest books / programs have them incorporated into them each week and I am revising older programs to include them as well.   Just because it is the easiest workout of the week, doesn't mean it is not the most important workout of the week!  I have found these mobility days to be truly life changing. They are that important to me anyway.  About 7 years ago (at...

Tactical Athletes and the Goldilocks Zone: Diversify Your Training and Find a Foolproof Method To Building A Durable Tactical Athlete with Work Capacity With Healthy Longevity Everyone knows the fairy tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and you may have heard of the “Goldilocks Zone” as it refers to astronomy looking for the perfect distance a planet from a star needs to be for life to exist. Well, we can also apply that zone of abilities to tactical fitness training and the athletes in the tactical professions (military, / special ops, police, fire fighter / EMT, first responders). The...

There are Two Types of Mental Toughness: One We Are Born With and One We Have to Grow Mental Toughness is one of those topics that is overdone in my opinion but we all still try to discover what is really is all the time.  There are books on the topic, countless articles (several I have written), as well as catchy phrases on just how to “get tougher”. Why is this article any different? Well, many people debate whether we humans are born with mental toughness or do we have to develop it. Instead of saying one or the other side...