Training Center
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Fitness Gear: Stew Smith's Recommendations
I often get emails from beginners starting to exercise or officers who are avid trainers asking about what are some of the things I like to use, wear, and even listen ...
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Fitness for Cops
Another great article by Stew on Fitness. I think this will help out alot of the new guys who are wanting to get into shape for the academy and some of ...
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Build Up Your Running Program with the Sun
For the past few years, I have started an outdoor running program as the weather breaks from Winter to Spring. This running plan works as the sun rises in the morning ...
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Police Fitness: Adding Balance to Your Life
This week, an email from a physical therapist in the Navy asked me about training people to have better balance. He states, “One of the biggest culprits to injury as we ...
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Police Fitness: Winter Running on the "Dreadmill"
An email from a law enforcement recruit in Wisconsin requested information on how to spice up running on the "dreadmill." He states, _"During the winter time it is nearly impossible to ...
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Train Better with TRX
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 ...
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Mental Toughness – Do You Have It?
After the National Geographic Channel’s Fight Science television show on Special Ops, a majority of the emails received this week discussed mental toughness, as if I had some magic solution for ...
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Think You're Tough? Train Like a Cop
Law enforcement is a physically demanding job that requires officers to always be in peak physical condition. Former Navy Seal and fitness expert, Stew Smith, CSCS, has joined forces with PoliceLink ...
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The Need for Speed and Endurance
With battles in an urban environment becoming a part of daily life for both overseas troops and our own police officers here in America, the need to speed programs have never ...
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Avoiding Deadly Fitness Conditions: Hypothermia and Hyperthermia
Later this month, January 27th on the National Geographic Channel _Fight Science – Special Ops Episode_, you will see the effects of body core temperature in both extremes (high and low ...