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Stew Smith
Associate
VECKER Level-1 Certified
Mental and Physical Toughness

Stew Smith's primary role at VECKER is to help CEOs develop mental and physical toughness and endurance while improving their overall health and fitness. He is a recognized expert in this field.

Stew is a United States Naval Academy graduate and former Navy SEAL. He has worked professionally in the military fitness arena for over 15 years, with a specialty of helping people become Navy SEALs or members of any unit that requires a PFT (Personal Fitness Test). He has trained athletes at the college, Olympic and professional sports level. After eight years as an officer in the SEAL Teams and an instructor at the Naval Academy Physical Education Department, Stew resigned his commission in 1999 to start his own fitness and freelance writing business. Stew joined VECKER in 2001.

Stew was recently featured on National Geographic Channel's Fight Science Special Ops television program in an episode dealing with mental and physical toughness.

Fitness has been a part of Stew’s life from grade school through today. Currently he trains young men and women for any profession that requires a physical fitness test - from law enforcement to military special-forces. Stew has been labeled the “Personal Trainer to the Heroes of Tomorrow” and recently launched the website www.heroesoftomorrow.org. This site is a tribute to our fallen heroes and assists future heroes to train for any physical fitness test in military or law enforcement agencies.

Mr. Smith is actively involved with the Naval Academy Admissions recruiting programs and performs a military-style workout with over 1,800 midshipmen candidates annually at the Naval Academy Summer Seminar program.

As a writer, Stew has been published in Sports Illustrated and contributes a weekly fitness column to www.Military.com. His personal website www.StewSmith.com is a window into just about every type of training there is in physical fitness and has been replicated on several major internet sites including Military.com and NavySEALs.com. Stew lives near Annapolis Maryland.