Motivational Tip of the Week

 

 

 

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore,
is not an act but a habit".

Aristotle

 


   

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Weekly Fitness Report from StewSmith.com: 
 

This is a weekly email of actual workouts that the group in Maryland are testing out


The following workout is what Stew Smith's  local group of candidates training for SEALs, Special Forces, Maryland SWAT Team, AF PJ, and Fire Fighters did this week:

(SAMPLE) Weekly Spec Ops Fitness Workout

Day 1
Warmup run 10:00 / stretch

Pyramid PT:

Pullups 2,4,6,8,10,12,14
Pushups, 5,10,15,20,25,30...
Abs of choice - 10,20,30,40...and repeat in reverse order - stop just before muscle failure
(alternate each exercise and build up each cycle until near failure at any one exercise...)


3 x 500m Swims (hypoxic style)

500m at 4 strokes / breath
500m at 6 strokes / breath
500m at 8 strokes / breath

stretch

Light weight Shoulders
Lowerback Plan

 

Day 2
Run / Leg PT

Run 1 mile stretch

Repeat 4 times
run 1/4 mile fast
squats - 20
lunges - 10/leg

Run 2 mile easy


Swim

Swim 2000m of:
500m warmup
5 x 100m sprints
rest 30 seconds
2 x 250m CSS
rest 1:00
500m cooldown

 

 

Day 3
5:00 warmup jog stretch

Superset:

Repeat 10 times
Pullups - 5-10 (sub max effort - do not fail)
Pushups - 20
Reverse Pushups - 20
Plank Pose 1:00
(or leaning rest 1:00)


Multi-Joint exercise -
Deadlift, squat, bicep curl, military press - 10 reps with dumbbells

Light weight Shoulders
Lowerback Plan

 

 

5:00 warmup
stretch 

Swim 3 x 500m

using hypoxic of

4 strokes per breath

6 strokes per breath

8 strokes per breath

for each 500m

5 x 25m unders
rest with 25m any stroke on 1:30 intervals.  Goal is to finish 5 x 25m underwater swims + 25m any strokes in 7:30

 

Day 5
5:00 warmup
stretch 


Leg / Run Day 

4 miles 

Repeat 3 times
squats – 20
½ squats - 20
lunges 20/leg
situps - 50
 

1 mile cool down 


Lowerback Plan

Day 6

Upperbody PT Pullups:   100 pullups in as few sets as possible  - Rest with any abs of choice 1:00

Swim PT
repeat 10 times
swim 100m free  hypoxics each set

20 pushups
___abs below )pick one each set)

Abs:
max situps in 2:00
situps - 50
crunches - 4 x 50
(reg,rev,L/R)
leg levers - 50
Flutterkicks - 50
½ situps - 50


 

Light weight Shoulders
Lowerback Plan

 

Remember - do these workouts at your own risk, build a group of like minded exercisers and soon you will have built in motivating workouts.  We do these workouts for FREE in Maryland and are working at finding more trainers to do the same in their area.  These Heroes of Tomorrow Workouts are great ways to prepare for any military, law enforcement, fire fighter profession.  They make an even better summer workout program for high school athletes seeking to get into shape for various Fall Sports.

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