Stew Smith Fitness News

What is Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization (STFP)?Why Is It Important?A Training System Developed by Stew Smith CSCS *NEW STFP Year Long Series Available!* Throughout my life from high school athlete in multiple sports, to military fitness, college sports, special ops selection preparation, and then as active special ops member, I recognized the importance of seasonal training.  Creating an off-season in sports was naturally built in with it's own periodization cycles (pre-season, in-season maintenance, post-season) no matter what sport or multiple sports you doing / preparing for.  This was not the case for any tactical profession.  But in any of the...

Lost Training Facilities?- Time to Change Workout Cycles -  How many of you have lost training facilities? No full gym?  No pool?  I'm confident that your overriding aim is to keep training hard, but have lost most of your equipment.  Now what? In a tactical fitness world, our number one goal is to be able to keep training like your buddy's life depended on it. I know you want to continue to be an asset in this crazy world. Seasonal Tactical Fitness Periodization In the big picture, this is really no big deal because for over 20 years, we have been...

Now Is The Perfect Time to Deload? Here's How To Do It... Due to the current changes / disruptions in our daily lives, you may have a lot more time to train, but you maybe you could actually consider a de-loading phase in your training for a few weeks.  As the seasons change (My Seasonal Periodization method), facilities close, sports canceled, allergies, viruses, now is the perfect time to learn about DE-LOADING.  De-loading is NOT de-training.   This topic warranted a podcast discussion with Jeff Nichols.  See below: Believe it or not, if you are doing an advanced Spec Ops Level...

During times of gym closures, deployments, and other situations when have to either replace all your training with calisthenics and cardio or start thinking to get in some weighted resistance training done. If you use some good old fashioned ingenuity, you can create some heavier training options to replace all the classic lifts.  Here are some specifics to help you along the journey to thinking out of the box or just lifting it... Some Easy Options I call this the Trinity of the Home Gym:  TRX, Weight Vest, and Dumbbells. With these three items, you can mix in a wide...

Can't Lift? Can't Swim? What To Do When the Pool and / or Gym is Closed During this time when pools and gym / weight room are closed, there is something you can do - in fact MANY options are available to you.  You just have to get creative and maybe open to new methods of training for a cycle.  Here is a list of options for you to try now that your daily habit of training has been altered: Jeff Nichols and I did a video on the topic recently - The Tactical Fitness Report - Quarantine Edition!  Home...