Stew Smith Fitness News

To, Through, and After Podcast Series The To, Through, and After Podcasts have been growing in popularity over the past year.  These are interviews that Stew Smith does with various people who have a story to tell about their journey before they decided to serve their country or communities in one of the tactical professions (military, special ops, police, fire / rescue).  See the videos below for the shows or go to iTunes / GooglePlay podcasts and search To, Through, After with Stew Smith within the Tactical Fitness Podcast with Stew Smith programs. Enjoy To, Through and After with former...

Whether you are training to join the military, currently active duty, or just want to run faster for competitive events, there are more ways to getting better at running than “just running”.  Sure, you should be running, but you will find that if you try the following suggestions, you can pick up the speed for timed runs and races in a short cycle of training. Technique and Efficiency – No matter how you run, improving the style in which in run is critical to both improving speed and reducing injury.  In fact, in the Evolution of Running article, there are...

 Prepare Well and Never Even Think About Quitting No matter what goal or challenge we take on in life, there tends to be that moment that occurs along the journey where you make a decision because you are forced with a choice of quitting or not quitting. The goals, the timelines, the processes are different for each of us, but we typically have to rely on pure will, guts, determination, and remember “our why” in order to be successful with the personal or team mission you are trying to accomplish. The process that we have to consider is how do...

If you are considering joining the Marine Corps, you may ask yourself, Am I ready? If this is you, the new GOOD ENOUGH series is designed to answer those questions for you as you journey through the process of getting TO and THROUGH challenging selection programs.  To get TO the training - Ace the PFT plus other related events:Scoring well on the PFT and other related / common exercises seen in training is a must.  The following scores are borderline maximum or close to the maximum scores.  If you want to know what GOOD ENOUGH is - it is that -...

In a recent article, Special Ops – How Good is Good Enough? focused on explaining the process of training as we strive to get good at all the elements of fitness that make us successful in challenging spec ops selection programs.  Understanding your strengths and weaknesses should drive how you create training programs and invest your time training. These elements include but not limited to strength, power, speed, agility, endurance (run, swim, ruck), muscle stamina, grip, flexibility and mobility.  Depending upon the branch of service, you may need to be good at other elements that include load bearing (carrying logs,...