Synopses & Reviews
Developed to help Navy SEAL trainees meet the rigorous demands of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community, this comprehensive guide covers all the basics of physical well-being as well as advice for the specific challenges encountered in extreme conditions and mission-related activities. With a special emphasis on physical fitness, everyone will benefit from these tried and true methods of honing your body for peak physical condition.
Topics covered include:
- Conditioning and deconditioning
- Basics of cardiorespiratory exercise
- Open water training
- Weight and strength training gear
- Flexibility stretches
- Training for specific environments and their problems
- Dozens of workouts
- Dealing with training and sports injuries
Compiled by physicians and physiologists chosen for their knowledge of the NSW and SEAL community, this manual is a unique resource for anyone who wants to improve his or her health, strength, and endurance.
Synopsis
Train like a U.S. Navy SEAL.
About the Author
Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH; Anita Singh, PhD; and Pierre A. Pelletier, ENS, MC, USNR worked together to produce this book in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
Pierre A. Pelletier, ENS, MC, USNR; Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH; and Anita Singh, PhD worked together to produce this book in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
Anita Singh, PhD; Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH; and Pierre A. Pelletier, ENS, MC, USNR worked together to produce this book in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.Stew Smith is a former Navy SEAL lieutenant and the author of several fitness and self-defense books.Don Mann’s impressive military biography includes being a decorated combat veteran; corpsman; SEAL special operations technician; jungle survival, desert survival, and arctic survival instructor; and Survival, Evade, Resistance, and Escape instructor; in addition to other credentials.