Stew Smith Fitness News

Saturday, Nov 3rd! - From 12-5pm: Mark the date on your calendar. The Heroes of Tomorrow will be conducting the Monster Mash for Cash in the Severna Park Community Center Pool and B/A Trail. Mission Complete - Event took 4:30 to complete and more than 50 future / current / past Spec Ops Candidates and others enjoyed a marathon of swimming, running, and calisthenics! Winter Monster Mash 2013 - Date TBDWhat is a Monster Mash? For years tough military training contests have been referred to as Monster Mashes. Not sure why - we just call them that? Usually Monster Mashes...

Multi-Joint Dumbbell Exercises (complexes / good starter program for olympic lifting) Many people like to go to the weight room and start performing the standard isolation exercises either using a machine weight system or even free weights. Afterwards, they do a 20-30 minute cycle of cardio vascular exercise. Then, after a normal day of picking up groceries in/out of the car and into the house and some moderate yard work, they find themselves injured. Usually, this injury involves the lower back.I have found after a few decades of training that the body really performs best when it is accustomed to...

Many people like to do calisthenics based workouts using pyramids and super set routines. In fact, with the right mix of exercises you can create a perfect workout that balances the entire body. Here is a question that prompted the following article:Stew,Do you have any lower body workouts in the pyramid form? I would like to put together a program using your "The Best Twenty-Minute Workout" and the pyramid program from the "USMC - Basic School Six Week OCS/TBS Program". Four days a week, 20 min workout on odd days and the USMC workout on even days. I love to...

No matter what your situation is, some days you just cannot get outside or to the gym to exercise. Here is a great routine that you can do in your bedroom, hotel room, or whatever keeps you inside.Hey Stew, I need some help with a quick indoor routine as I am currently stuck inside due to baby, weather, and monetary reasons. I have no equipment and I am looking for a quick calisthenics and/or isometric upper body and lower body workout. If you have any great stomach / lower back workouts, that would be a great addition as well.There are...

Any person or team who exercises in the heat needs to hydrate during workouts to stay cool and avoid over-heating and even potential death from heat stroke. Fatigue is part exertion and part body heat so your hydration plays a huge part in your athletic and tactical performance. Dehydration can occur during excessively sweaty workouts no matter how well you hydrate prior to your workout. But you also need to add electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium as well.) Foods rich in many of these elements are essential to your recovery from significant water / electrolyte loss. If you are not...