Stew Smith Fitness News

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...

The Bottom Half of the Tactical Athlete Venn Diagram Explained with BASE - R® Method Recent Tactical Fitness Report on Stress Mitigation Using the BASE-R ® Method created by Stephen Robinson and his team at EvenPulse.com  I have written many articles on the phases of tactical fitness:Phase 1 - Getting TO the Training - The candidate / recruit passing fitness standards.  Could be easy or could be highly competitive requiring top scores to qualify for some special ops selections programs.Phase 2 - Getting THROUGH the Training - The student now has to endure basic training and follow on training in advanced...

Humans Are Experts at Making Mistakes!Learn from Them and Grow We are all human so making mistakes is a part of life - learning from those mistakes you have made as well as those mistakes by others around you is the key to growth. In this podcast, Jeff Nichols of PerformanceFirstUS.com and I discuss some of the training mistakes that are commonly done in the weight room at every level and age.  Depending on your goals, you may have a tendency to want to over train especially if in the special ops level of fitness required to reach goals.  Here...