Swat Fitness

Offers information on how to develop the human body through exercise, proper nutrition, and weight management. This book features information on basic anatomy, muscular function, and nutrition that illustrates how the human body functions. It describes the exercise physiology, utilisation of free-weights, machines, and manual resistance.

Describes the rigorous physical training tactics employed by America's Special Weapons And Tactics teams, outlining a six-week program of calisthenics, weights, and speed drills as well as a twelve-week program designed to keep physical performance at a top level, in a reference that is complemented by demonstrative photographs and nutrition tips.

A military fitness expert and former Navy SEAL presents a high-intensity exercise program that unitizes calisthenics, weights, and speed drills—for fitness enthusiasts in and out of uniform. Preparing to become a member of an elite SWAT squad requires determination, courage, and top physical conditioning. Carrying wounded hostages, breaking down barricades, and rappelling down the sides of skyscrapers are just some of the demanding tasks faced by our SWAT teams, requiring incredible agility, strength, and endurance. Now, in The S.W.A.T. Workout, you too can achieve the levels of fitness required by these elite operators. Its specially designed programs utilize calisthenics, weights, and speed drills to prepare you for the rigorous physical fitness entry exams required for SWAT teams. If you are already a SWAT member, our special programs will keep your physical performance levels at their highest.

Tactical Strength is the best workout program for tactical professionals—workouts based in weight lifting, body weight calisthenics, cardiovascular training, and swimming— and scaled for a variety of levels. Developed by former Navy SEAL Stewart "Stew" Smith and building upon the foundations of Special Ops fitness techniques, Tactical Strength is designed to train you to perform up to the rigorous physical training standards required of tactical professionals: military, spec ops, police, firefighters, and warrior athletes. Combined with the all-purpose tool set of the Tactical Strength Gearbox, Tactical Strength gives you everything you need to push your limits and go beyond. Plus, powerful new drills using weighted vests and sleds make for an intense training regimen that will challenge even the toughest among us. With Tactical Strength, you will: • Reach new levels of physical strength and endurance • Boost speed and performance like never before • Expand your workout regimen with new tools and techniques • Get to it, get through it, and stay with it...whatever life has in store! Tactical Strength sets the standard for physical excellence—while giving you the tools you need to go beyond your current potential and reach a new peak of performance! Guided instructional videos, community, and expert support for this book available at GetFitNow.com and on Facebook at GetFitNowdotcom!

ACHIEVE THE SAME GOLD STANDARD OF FITNESS UPHELD BY THE PROS! Over the past decade, Special Ops fitness has morphed into a new fitness genre along with military, police, and firefighter fitness called tactical fitness. Developed by a former Navy SEAL and building upon Special Ops fitness techniques, Tactical Fitness is designed to train you to perform to the rigorous physical training standards at the same level of excellence required of these Heroes of Tomorrow. At the core of this program is the Tactical Fitness Test which measures 12 standards for your physical capacity, including: cardiovascular conditioning, strength, muscle coordination, and stamina. Tactical fitness means having the skills needed to save lives and extend the limits of your endurance whether you are in the military, police, firefighting professions, or just an everyday hero. Designed for both men and women, Tactical Fitness presents a series of scaled workout plans—programs based in calisthenics, cardio, and swimming—supplemented with weights, full-body exercises, and functional athletic movements. Unique skills presented also include rope climbing, grip strength, carries, wall climbs, and much more. With Tactical Fitness, you will: • Reach your absolute physical peak with the same workout techniques used by Special Forces military, firefighters, and police • Follow a rigorous fitness curriculum designed to help you exceed the limits of your strength, speed, and endurance • Benefit from all the teaching expertise of former Navy SEAL Stew Smith • Be ready for whatever life throws at you Tactical Fitness sets a standard of excellence that does more than meet the minimum requirement—it allows you to reach your full physical potential! From the Trade Paperback edition.

Get fit now with these awesome collections of workouts designed by a Navy SEAL for maximum fitness, strength, endurance and total conditioning. "Pain is weakness leaving the body" say the Navy SEALs and Warrior Workouts, Volume 3 will not disappoint. Developed and tested by best-selling fitness author and expert Stewart Smith, the workouts in Warrior Workouts, Volume 3 will challenge you like no other exercise program available. Whether you are an everyday athlete or aspire to greatness, Warrior Workouts, Volume 3 will leave no man standing! Drawn from essential training and workout plans used for police officers, military spec ops, and firefighters to keep them optimally fit, the book offers more workout collections for result-driven fitness. If the only easy workout was yesterday's then this collection delivers.

"Providing the tools you need to succeed, the two-volume set of Paramedic Practice Today: Above and Beyond offers a solid foundation for paramedic practice and is now updated to reflect the 2010 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines! A conversational, easy-to-read style simplifies topics and helps you master National Standard Curriculum objectives and meet the new National Education Standards. Each volume includes a companion DVD-ROM with step-by-step videos demonstrating the skills in the textbook and more. Because this two-volume set corresponds to the National Registry of EMTs National EMS Practice Analysis, it provides you with the best possible preparation for the National Registry exam."--Publisher's website.

High-threat decision-making is intrinsic to many domains and carries an individual, organizational, and social responsibility. Tactical and incident commanders make decisions in the high-threat law enforcement context of hostage rescue, armed barricaded suspects, and armed suicidal individuals that can result in successful or catastrophic outcomes. This book describes the experiences and methods of making decisions in these types of extreme environments. The presented research addresses learning strategies that could better prepare leaders for information processing in any high-threat domain, while optimizing speed and accuracy in decision-making. This volume emphasizes the role of adaptive expertise in decision-making, and explains how mental models of recurring patterns are created and retrieved, and why they are necessary for effective situational assessments. This book is ideal for police commanders and executives, emergency response managers, first responders, and criminology researchers. It is also well-suited for professionals seeking further information about improved high-threat decision-making strategies.