Stew Smith
Mental and Physical Toughness and
Endurance
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.
Stew's current activities are detailed in our
NEWS section.