Stew Smith

Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL and fitness author certified as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. If you are interested in starting a workout program to create a healthy lifestyle - check out the Military.com Fitness eBook store and the Stew Smith article archive at Military.com. Contact Stew with your comments and questions.

Email: stew@stewsmith.com

Latest Articles

Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, jump rope during the circuit course event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Photo By: Angelica I. Annastas).

Ask Stew: Indoor Workout Ideas

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert answers a question from a reader about how to change...

Workout of the Week: 5 Quick Workout Options When Time Is Short

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and Military.com's tactical fitness expert give 5 ways you can workout when you have very little time.

7 Ways You're Exercising Wrong and Causing Injury

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert explains how to prevent injuries when you workout.

Workout of the Week: Super Set and Swim PT

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how to break tough workouts into smaller set...

How Meditation Can Revolutionize Your Workouts

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how meditation can benefit your workout goal...

Lance Cpl. Rigoberto Rodriguez carries Lance Cpl. Davey Villalobos toward the finish line during the fireman carry event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. (Photo By: J. R. Heins).

Workout of the Week: Build Your Own Devil's Mile

Sterw Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how to take on his version of the Devil's M...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Roman Fernandez, right, instructs a Marine on punching techniques in the hangar bay of the USS Essex (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released).

How to Build Mental Toughness

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how you can improve your mental toughness to achieve...

Capt. Bush, participant of "The Murph Challenge 2016" is performing pull ups. (Photo Credit: Jin Sang Woo)

Workout of the Week: New Pyramid Workouts/Goal-Pace Run Challenge

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert freshens up the classic PT Pyramid.

Captain Danielle Pozun, a runner on the U.S. Marine Corps Running Team, is deployed with Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response - Central Command in the U.S. Central Command area of operations (photo courtesy of Marines.TV).

Ask Stew: Getting Faster with Goal-Pace Running

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and MIlitary.com's tactical fitness expert details how Goal-paced Running can help you run fast...

(U.S. Air Force illustration/John Linzmeier)

Humility is Essential When Training for Fitness Goals

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert's advice on the essential ingredient to success in t...

A firefighter from the Albuquerque Fire Department’s Wildland Task Force is shown here. DLA Troop Support took over management of 296 wildland fire items from the General Services Administration (photo by Joseph C. Stone, Albuquerque Fire Department).

How to Train to Join the Military, Police or Firefighter

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how to best train for joining law enforcemen...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Goins, 633rd Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical services technician, flips a tire during a Memorial Day Murph and Pararescue Workout event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., May 29, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/Areca T. Bell)

How to Prepare for the Murph Workout

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details the best way to prepare for the challenging Murph Me...

A Navy SEAL instructor watches as BUD/S students participate in surf drill training at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric S. Logsdon

Ask Stew: All Prepared – Now What Should My Focus Be?

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and MIlitary.com's tactical fitness expert answers a question from a young recruit about to head off to...

U.S. Army Sergeants Major and enlisted Soldiers from across the country pilot in the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT) during the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Training Symposium, Fort Jackson, S.C. The ACRT is a six-event assessment designed to reduce injuries and replace the current Army Physical Fitness Test. (Photo by Spc. Tynisha Daniel)

How to Prepare for Fitness Test Day

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, details how to prepare for your fitness test and op...

Army Basic Training PFT

The Army's Basic Training Physical Fitness Test is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance.

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The guided missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) pulls into the Bay of Naples, March 4, 2011. (U.S. Navy photo/Daniel Viramontes)

Sailors Created 'Rape List' Aboard Navy's 2nd Sub to Integrate Women

The Florida, homeported in Kings Bay, Georgia, was the second submarine to integrate enlisted women.

Sgt. Kelvin Ansari a Savannah, Georgia, police officer who served 21 years in the Army, was killed May 12, 2019, while responding to a robbery. He left behind a wife and four children ranging in ages from 5 to 25. Savannah Police Department

Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty Was Father of 4 and Army Veteran

Kelvin Ansari left behind a wife and four children ranging in ages from 5 to 25. He had served 21 years in the Army.

The Cadet Chapel and F-16 reflect on the tiles of The Terrazzo at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Oct. 31, 2018 after a few inches of snowfall blanketed the region overnight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley)

Special Operations Pilot Faces Charges of Raping a Child Under 12 Years Old

The alleged crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 in Colorado Springs.

Rct. Stetson G. Sap, Platoon 2040, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, writes a letter during his free time April 19, 2016, on Parris Island, South Carolina. (Aaron Bolser/U.S. Marine Corps)

Boot Camp Revives the Lost Art of Letter Writing

During a three-month blackout, recruits are prohibited from contact with the outside world via phone or email.

U.S. Marine Corps name tapes, rank insignias, badges, dog tags, belts and hats hang from a memorial to the fallen Marines of the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945 at the top of Mount Suribachi on the island July 26, 2012. Mount Suribachi is the site of where the iconic photo “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” was taken after the battle. (Maeson Elleman/Air Force)

National Guard NCO Banned From National Archives Over Taking of WWII Dog Tags

The accused National Guard sergeant says he believes it is a family's right to take ownership of a service member's dog tags.

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The Reunion

A heart warming surprise reunion between a long-deployed military mother and her graduating daughter.

T-33 Acemaker Puts on a Beautiful Display at the Twilight Show

Gregory “Wired” Colyer flies his T-33 Acemaker during the Twilight Show at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., May 17,.

F-35A Lightning II and P-51 Mustang Tag Up at Barksdale AFB

An F-35A Lightning II and a P-51 Mustang fly during the Defenders of Liberty Air & Space Show at.

Jet-Engine Firetruck Lights up Defenders of Liberty Air & Space Show

Aftershock performs during the Twilight Show of Defenders of Liberty Air & Space Show.

The Demolition of a Terrorist's House

The Israeli military says its forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed two Israelis in a.

Army News

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point shows West Point Cadet Peter Zhu who died on Feb. 28, 2019 of injuries he sustained while skiing on Feb. 23 at Victor Constant Ski Area on the academy grounds. (U.S. Military Academy at West Point via AP)

Judge: Parents of Dead West Point Cadet Can Use His Sperm

Supreme Court Justice John Colangelo's ruling gives Peter Zhu's parents the ability to attempt conception with a surrogate.

A soldier with the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team peers around a corner during a May 8 urban training battle at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. The opposing force (OPFOR) armored vehicle has a flashing amber light indicating that it has been knocked out during the battle. Matthew Cox/Military.com

NTC in Pictures: A Look at an Army Brigade's Decisive Action Rotation

"The National Training Center shows a unit what it's like to fight a formidable enemy on its own turf."

The Army recently issued a directive to reduce the financial burden for spouses who wish to continue their professional careers after they move to a new duty station. (U.S. Army/Courtesy Photo)

Army, Air Force Announce Professional Licensing Fee Reimbursement for Spouses

The benefit was included in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Reimbursements will be backdated to Dec. 12, 2017.

Navy News

Courtland Savage from early in his training. (Courtesy Courtland Savage)

Navy to Change Pilot Call Sign Protocol After Minority Aviators Report Bias

The head of naval aviation has directed the creation of a new process for approving and reviewing pilots' call signs.

Walter Daniel and Rebekah "Moani" Daniel. (Courtesy Photo)

Supreme Court Denies Military Medical Malpractice Case Petition

But while the court rejected Daniel v. the United States, Justices Ginsburg and Thomas came together to press the issue.

Retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven. (Flickr/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff/Sean K. Harp)

McRaven: Anyone Calling Millennials 'Soft' Has Never Seen Them in a Firefight

Retired Navy Adm. William H. McRaven is here to tell you that millennial haters have no idea what they're talking about.

Air Force News

Army, Air Force Announce Professional Licensing Fee Reimbursement for Spouses

The benefit was included in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Reimbursements will be backdated to Dec. 12, 2017.

Artist’s concept for Boeing's planned F-15EX fighter aircraft. (Image: Boeing)

Air Force Wants Both F-35 and F-15EX. But if Forced to Choose, It's No Contest: SecAF

The only factor that would stifle the F-15EX fleet would be another bad budget situation, said Air Force Secretary Wilson.

Special Operations Pilot Faces Charges of Raping a Child Under 12 Years Old

The alleged crimes happened in 2017 and 2018 in Colorado Springs.

Marine Corps News

An AV-8B Harrier takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 21, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson)

Marine Harrier Crashes in North Carolina, Pilot Ejects

A Harrier jump jet crashed on Monday near Havelock, North Carolina, near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.

President Donald Trump arrives at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas, April 10, 2019. (Texas Air National Guard photo/Siarah Rodriguez)

Trump Reportedly Preparing Pardons for SEAL, Green Beret Accused of Crimes

President Donald Trump could issue the pardons on Memorial Day, the New York Times is reporting.

Boot Camp Revives the Lost Art of Letter Writing

During a three-month blackout, recruits are prohibited from contact with the outside world via phone or email.

Coast Guard News

Cadets take the Oath of Office during commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Graduating Coast Guard Academy Cadets' Leadership Led to Changes Big and Small

The Class of 2019 graduates from the academy Wednesday. National Security Adviser John Bolton is the keynote speaker.

This Nov. 7, 1941 image provided by the U.S. Coast guard shows the British oil tanker Coimbra. The Coimbra was torpedoed by a German U-boat in January 1942 off the coast of New York, killing 36 officers and crew members aboard. The Coast Guard said in a news release that a team has pumped more than 62,000 gallons of oil from its tanks since May 11, 2019. (U. S. Coast Guard via AP)

Work Underway on British Tanker Sunk by U-Boat off NY in WWII

A team has been at the site of the tanker since April 29 and has pumped more than 62,000 gallons of oil since May 11.

In this Saturday, May 18, 2019, photo, Rear Adm. Matthew Bell, right, presents a Silver Lifesaving Medal to George "Radar" Lambert, middle, at the Atwood Building courtyard in Anchorage, Alaska. Lambert was awarded the medal by the U.S. Coast Guard for saving Smith from drowning in Kotzebue in 1998, when he was 10 and she was 12. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Alaska Man Given Coast Guard Medal Years After Girl's Rescue

An Alaska man has received the U.S. Coast Guard's second-highest civilian honor for saving a girl from drowning.