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TRX Workout: How to Replace a Weight System with Device

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Stew's Top Ten TRX Exercises Video(click) An email from a Fire Fighter instructor looking for advice on creating a fitness maintenance plan and fitness building program for his major city fire fighters prompted an answer that was diverse in its ability yet cost effective.  He writes, “I think your recent publications of Fire Fighter Workout and Public Safety Diver training cross over very well. The problem on our job is the level of fitness varies dramatically from 22 year old probationary fire fighters just out of the military to 60+ year old guys that don’t exercise and are in terrible...

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From Body Builder to Special Ops Fit

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Like many people who are into fitness and exercising, you were likely to have started due to either improving your body image or athletics, OR a combination of both.  My personal story was a combination of both.  I started lifting weights at 13 years of age and mainly cut my teeth on the widely popular Joe Weider weight lifting books mixed with a healthy dose of calisthenics.  Calisthenics has been a constant in my life ever since being introduced to them back in grade school.  YES - Back when you had Physical Education everyday in school, that President's Fitness Test...

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Stew Smith's Online PT Club - Twelve Weeks of Personalized Training

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The Online PT Club at StewSmith.com has been training people to achieve their goals since the year 1998.  This program has grown to become the premiere training program at StewSmith.com which has enabled Stew to develop many of the downloadable eBooks from the hundreds of people he has trained over the years. The Online PT Club allows Stew to consult with you personally on at least a weekly basis by phone and email for twelve weeks or until you complete the twelve week program .  Receiving feedback from you on your workouts sent weekly by Stew, gives Stew the ability to improve...

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It is 10% Physical / 90% Mental?

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  Have you ever heard of this statement?  Often it refers to challenging military / law enforcement training programs. The first time I heard the saying was at SEAL training and I never quite understood what it meant at the time because it felt like 100% physical at the time. I promise you this. It does not refer to 90% mental being academic studies at SEAL Training.  There is academic studying you must do, but typically it refers to how well you mentally push yourself through pain.  But, today, a former college football player said his coach taught him that...

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