Every 5 or 10 episodes we will focus on reader / viewer questions and answer them for the podcast. Eventually, we will also have a live version and be able to interact with viewer / special guests etc.

Questions are about: Building Strength and Endurance and Developing a Grading System for Mental Toughness. And some additional related digressions we discussed as well are featured in this 30 minute podcast.

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training. See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

Podcast #9: Adding Thinking Games to Workouts

There are ways to enhance your thinking under stress abilities by simply adding a few thinking type games to your workouts. Whether you rest in between sets by tying knots, answering flash cards, or focusing on your situational awareness, there are many ways to practice thinking while tired and stressed.

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training. See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

Check out new books Tactical Fitness and Tactical Strength for the latest workout / training programs by Stew Smith.

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Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith - Fitness Challenge / Assessments to prove your abilities.

When it comes to WHY you work out the reasons are varied. From health reasons, to perform better in sports, and save lives in tactical professions, we all have a WHY we train hard near daily. But WHAT workout or event is it that you use to measure your training and abilities? What workout or level of fitness must you maintain for you to feel acceptable with your personal fitness goals? Here is a list of many standards that hard charging military, police, fire fighters, and equally tough civilians use as their bench mark of fitness.

What is YOUR Standard?

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training on the Youtube/stew50smith page. See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

The Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith: Building Mental Toughness.

After recent conversations with a few different Special Ops friends (Army SF, SEAL, Delta, UK Army Commando), we all agreed that to really be one of the few who graduate Special Ops training, you eventually have to do one thing without care:

"Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable"

I think this term applies to so much; not just in military and other special ops areas, but in life as well.

This really is the key to building Mental Toughness. You do not get mentally tough overnight, nor do you get inspired one day and magically become mentally tough. You build it every day. Here are some examples of little ways you can start building mental toughness for anything you do in life using the mantra "getting comfortable being uncomfortable."

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training at Youtube.com/stew50smith page.

Also see www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith #5 - The Warmup.

Warming up prior to a workout or very physical event is smart to learn how to do and figure out exactly what your body needs to move more efficiently and without pain. Stew Smith discusses many ways to pre-train (warmup) before training hard and many other aspects of fitness relating to the tactical professions - military, police, fire fighter, and special ops.

The Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith #6 - Exploring the Operator Grip. How to improve your grip with workouts and why it is important.

Check out article - Operator Grip at Military.com

http://www.military.com/military-fitness/ask-stew/operator-grip

More information of Tactical Fitness at StewSmith.com and StewSmithFitness.com

Podcast #2: Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith features a focus on the THREE phases of Tactical Fitness:

Phase 1 - Getting TO the training

Phase 2 - Getting THROUGH the training

Phase 3 - Active Duty Maintenance / Recovery / Longevity

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training.

See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

Tactical Strength Book Release - see http://store.stewsmithptclub.com for links to books, ebooks that will specifically help you get TO and THROUGH your future training.

Podcast #3: The Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith - Periodization for the Tactical Athlete.

For 20 years, I have been using a form of periodization to train athletes and myself to be a well rounded high performance tactical athlete. Check out more information on "periodization" by searching "stew smith periodization" as I have written articles, books, and ebooks on the topic with specific training programs for military, special ops, police, and fire fighting services.

More assistance can be found at www.stewsmith.com or check out the Beginner / Weight Loss Section of the Stew Smith Fitness store at store.stewsmithptclub.com

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training. See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

Tactical Fitness Report with Stew Smith #4: The 1000 Calorie Podcast.

This podcast is all about eating less and moving more. As a country we eat more than 1000 calories than required and do 1000 calories less than we should each day to be active.

Here are some ideas on ways to improve your energy levels, lose weight, get or stay fit with ideas on how to arrange workouts in your day.

More assistance can be found at www.stewsmith.com or check out the Beginner / Weight Loss Section of the Stew Smith Fitness store at store.stewsmithptclub.com

Check out other videos of combat swimmer stroke, workouts, and other spec ops related training. See www.stewsmith.com for more information about military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.

This is the Tactical Fitness Report #1 with Stew Smith podcast.

We will post these each week and discuss a variety of topics focused on Tactical Fitness Training for Military, Special Ops, Police, and Fire Fighting Training.

We will also review videos on swimming, give quick power point presentations and discuss all things Tactical Fitness related.

See www.stewsmith.com or www.stewsmithfitness.com for more information, training programs, books, ebooks, and online coaching for military, law enforcement, special ops, fire fighting training programs.