The Navy SEAL Weight Training Workout: The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness - Phase 2 Program

I've been a customer/ follower of Stew for years and as a PT instructor in some police academies I have used Stew's PT test workout plans as suggested workouts for the cadets. No cadet that I had who followed these plans ever failed the PT test you have to pass to graduate. I myself have used his free plans to dramatically increase my run and pull ups. That being said I never thought of Stew as a weight guy and my workouts have always been weight lifting and conditioning as two separate concurrent programs. But with Stew's new book he has shown how he integrates conditioning and weight lifting so that they work together instead of competing with each other for your energy and time. This IMO is for the tactical athlete who is basically looking for GPP, general physical preparedness, instead of a looking to train for a specific goal or test. This is done in template form where you can add, subtract or combine any exercise that you want. Stew uses his favorite exercises that while I wouldn't call them "functional" (b/c I hate that trite moniker) but instead task specific. Tasks such as the swat/cop that has to climb through a window wearing his heavy rig or a fireman that has to squat down to the ground to pick up a heavy hose or person and then carry them for short distance. The strength of this program is it's template type layout that you can add subtract or combine you favorite exercises that work for you. For instance I can no longer dead lift with significant weight because of my injury history so I instead do the back squat. Stew donates a lot of his time for free to answer personal inquires and as a SEAL mentor helping aspiring BUD/S candidates be physically and mentally prepared for one of the hardest challenges a person can voluntarily put themselves through in life. He does this all for free and it is invaluable for so many. Lets support him and get the book. If anything it's a new perspective with tools you can put in your PT tool box.

Looks like some tough workouts. I'll use it to train for a tough mudder. Anything Stew Smith makes has some good stuff in it. Buy it if you want some good ways to incorporate cardio and interval training into your weight training so you can build muscular strength and endurance and still be able to run from here to there without feeling like your gonna die.

Great info, very focused upon General Physical Prepardness and Functional Fitness. As I am an older guy, the volume is/can be a little intimidating, but when you scale some of the workouts back any trainee can obtain a greater level of fitness.

I'd recommend this book to not only people that are going or want to go to BUDS. But to anyone who is wanting to get in shape but, just don't know how to. He does a great job illustrating the different type of technique you should be using while you do the lifts, and what kind of lifts you should be doing.

Great Book, Followed many of Stew Smith workouts that include a lot of running and calisthenics. The added weight training program is a great addition.

As a lifter I tend to buy too many books thinking there is something new; I was disappointed by this one, it has very little about lifting but if you want good info. on a program that includes different stuff not just weight lifting, this is good. Not a book for lifters!

I purchased this for my grandson & he loved it

Great book and good reference guide