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Stew Smith Tactical Fitness

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The Power of Pushups: Free Health Improvements Across the Board
Did you know that 11% of the population can do 50 pushups (according to a nationwide survey)? The pushup is more than a military exercise used for group training and punishment; the pushup is an objective measure of physical fitness and cardiovascular health. A 10-year study of male firefighters (average age of 39) found that those able to perform 40 or more push-ups had a 96% lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than those who could do fewer than 10. Interestingly, push-up ability was more strongly linked to reduced CVD risk than aerobic capacity, as assessed by treadmill testing, also in the study. The True Power of the Pushup For many, the military introduced us to push-ups, or someone in the military did. I remember when my granddad (Army Veteran WWII) dropped to the floor and cranked out 20 pushups at the age of 80 and then hopped back up to his feet. I was in my teens at the time, but I understood at a young age how valuable push-ups were. Not only is it the perfect flex on the living room floor amongst friends and family, but it is the gateway to longevity and health in our later years. My grandfather remained active and independent until his last breath, nearly ten years later. Keep up this skill after serving. The Perfect Exercise - The pushup is a no-cost, highly effective way to build the chest, shoulders, arms, and the entire core system. This simple exercise measures and develops upper body strength and muscle stamina, improves bone density, and provides the functional ability to lift yourself from the floor. Easily Modified – A regular pushup involves about 65% of your bodyweight supported by your upper body and nearly your entire weight supported by your core. If you cannot do a regular pushup, try a knee pushup and reduce the effort by less than 50% of your body weight. You can also do wall or couch pushups by leaning on either to create a more diagonal angle, further reducing the weight on the arms and core. On the flip side, you can add a weight vest to make them more difficult if you are capable.
@Stew Smith smart 5x5 plus reps. Very interesting to see what could be fully accomplished in a well laid out year long plan👍 if you haven't checked it out yet the guiness record guy for bench one hour hit 1800 plus reps and supposed one rep max is 500 plus and interesting that's with a form of kickboxing at high level.
@Jonny McCrea nice tux and feline sir!👊
Survey - What is YOUR Go-To Breakfast?
When asked about breakfast, I realized I have changed my breakfast habits over each decade. I was wondering what your go-to breakfast is? Seems like most people I talk to do one of the following: 1) Skip breakfast, grab the coffee, and go. 2) Do oatmeal with fruit (add boiled egg or yogurt for protein) - my favorite since 40yrs old 3) Go with eggs (bacon or sausage) Where are you on this spectrum of choice? I asked the same question of @nickbarringer.phd.rdn who was helpful with data as well as adding depends on goals, age, health condition, weight management issue...etc. Maybe you have a different breakfast choice? What is yours? Read full article: https://www.military.com/military-fitness/oatmeal-vs-eggs-or-should-you-skip-breakfast
Survey - What is YOUR Go-To Breakfast?
Hello Mr. Smith and friends, darren here from vancouver british columbia, canada (intuitively writing this to be in the smartest like minded company). I personally have tested the greek theory that you do not need to eat everyday and you do not need to eat until full and what happened was interesting indeed. I woke up day one big pot of green tea plus same amount of water spring or filtered fresh mountain water, repeated throughout the day then without any food consumption as explained to me by whatever reference the Alexander Movies writers had as reference (colin farrel/christopher plummer), I woke the next day to repeat a meager but yet % of population above the curve ten k run and not until mid or post mid day did I consume eggs bread and milk in two helpings because it was so delicious to me then after almost 48 hours fasting; and as a result the mental thought processes seemed better enhanced and I find myself in the music store advancing my goal with enthusiasm like there was not any deficiency at all from one and a half days without food, two ten k runs at threshold, and all my other day to day chores caretaking or "hanging out" with my precious now passed on best friend and birth mother r.i.p. Conclusion; sometimes depending, intuition over forced protocol, may be more on point and proper studies to show person(s) in physical camp vs intellectual camp (i. e. More greek military and or philosophy) have food requirement differentials that need intelligent understanding. Further in matters of where to be, who to be with, type rational thinking for spec. covert operations this enhanced faster processing ability is critical when operators decisions are so important as to if they are going to make it to home base safe or not. One things for sure, tests done in every single possible scenario with tactical operators of all levels may need more thorough evaluation to shed light on who should or shouldnt do what at what time to "ace the day". Please comment if you please and I totally get it when people are shooting officers out their windows on traffic stops etc. etc. etc.👊♥️
@Stew Smith sir recently read george foremans auto biography by george he said he went three weeks his pastor went the full forty days and if you are game the foreman knock out the fat grill book he claims to go for a month at a time on 85%+- veggies to keep up his strength. He won the title made 100 million with salton and it stands to reason that for tactical advanced recovery measures for all operatives beat, banged up, or wounded, that we (as seriously smart best country in the world) have the most stylin va's and restoration protocols let alone the serious life or death type what to do and when. Also look at Herschel Walker one meal a day plus water juice and coffee for how long! Still doing pushups, got the bench press one hour under way with guiness records, peace.
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