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Title: The Complete Guide to Navy Seal Fitness by Stewart Smith, Stuart Smith ISBN: 1-57826-014-0 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (61 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read For Those Who Are Serious About Fitness.
Comment: Lt. Smith's book is informative, motivating, and easy to follow. I'm a 23 yr old male planning on pursuing a career in the SEAL Teams. I knew I needed to get moving with my physical fitness regimen but I lacked direction and motivation. The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness was exactly what I was looking for. It provides insight into what is arguably the most intense and demanding military training anywhere in the world. Pictures showing calisthenic exercises, as well as stretching, make it great for beginners and seasoned athletes. The "12 weeks to BUD/S Workout" is well organized and leaves nothing to the imagination. Its detailed diagrams and charts on running, swimming, and calisthenics will challenge you and certainly improve your overall physical fitness....there's no doubt about it. Bottom line, it's a great book, and if you complete the workouts inside, you'll be in the best shape of your life.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great For What It Is
Comment: This books is intended to be a preparation for those who wish to attend Navy SEAL selection. It contains workouts that are specifically intended to prepare the reader for SEAL selection. However, these workouts are equally beneficial to the general public as demonstrated by the physical fitness of Navy SEALS. The workouts contain running and swimming, as well as high intensity/volume callisthenic workouts which cover the entire body. The workouts will not likely build large mass, but instead will build practical strength, and definition
In short though, this book is a general layout of tried and tested workouts used in preparing for Navy SEAL selection. However, it will not provide the personalized tailoring and scientific backing that many modern workout books do provide. An excellent selection though if you want a tough pre-designed workout, that will develop strength, tone, and cardiovascular fitness, without needing any weights.
What this book has:
- INTENSE! Pre-designed 12 week workout, which is intended (if it can be completed exactly as written) to prepare the reader for SEAL selection
- A 4 week workout plan designed to build the reader up to the more intense 12 week plan
- Workouts made up of calisthenics, running, and swimming
- Variation on standard callisthenic drills of pushups, pull-ups, sit-ups, and dips
- Excellent photographs, accompanied by descriptions , explaining how to perform each exercise
- Stretching techniques for the exercises
- Information on how to apply to become a SEAL
- Information on the physical fitness standards applicants need to apply to SEAL school
Example: number of pushups/ sit-ups in 2 minutes, times for running a mile, maximum pull-ups etc.
What the book is missing:
- Scientific backing of how the workouts develop the body
- Descriptions of muscles used in each exercise
Sometimes just says a description of an exercise may say "uses the back muscles"
- Personal tailoring
This book does not give any description on how to personally tailor the workout plan. Instead this books is only a standardized layout of exercises and workouts that have worked for SEAL candidates in the past.
**NOTE: The author points out the danger of performing some of the sit-up exercises. Listen to him. However, he does not mention the danger of the neck exercises, watch for these as well. You will need pull-up bars for the exercises in this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A good book for remedial fitness
Comment: This book is pretty good. It provides a structured, periodized workout with a built in taper (rest period) at the end. Its oriented for someone who is already in good shape and is very motivated, probably a SEAL hopeful or triathlete or Masters swimmer wanting an aggressive workout. Its not a beginners workout.
This book I would still categorize as being for remedial fitness. For Army Ranger/Special Forces candidates, this book is probably not the best one to follow as it contains absolutely no rucksack marching. Which in my opinion is a major lapse for a supposedly gung ho SOF type workout. Heavy long distance rucksack training builds a different kind of fitness that is functional, real world and military oriented.
This book will help you do better on your formal military PT test. Such as the SEAL PT test, the USMC PFT or the Army PFT. It will probably help you get thru BUD/S training if you are a SEAL hopeful, as BUD/S contains little heavy rucksack training like Ranger and Special Forces training.
For Army SOF aspirees, I would not recommend this book due to the total lack of rucksack training.
If you are a beginner or out of shape this book will be too tough for you, Id recommend the other "getfitnow" book titled "The Navy SEAL workout" or just get a copy of the BUD/S warning order and follow that for six months to get in shape. Then do this book.
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