Meet the MyCustomWorkout.com Team
Your Partners in Fitness!

As a Naval Academy graduate and a former Navy SEAL, Stew Smith has worked professionally in the military fitness arena for over 15 years focusing on a specialty of helping people become Navy SEALs or any other member of a unit that requires a PFT. Of course many of Stew's clients just want to lose weight and keep it off...Stew can do that too. He has trained athletes in College, Olympians, and Professional Sports (Hockey and Baseball.) Stew Smith is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS).

Stewart “Stew” Smith is a former Navy Lieutenant SEAL who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1991. After almost eight years 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.

Fitness has been apart of Stew’s life from grade school, through high school and college, and 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 www.heroesoftomorrow.org. This site is a tribute to fallen heroes and assists future heroes to train for any physical fitness test in the military and law enforcement agencies. Read about the Stew Smith Online PT Club for online personal training.

He 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.

Stew was recently featured on National Geographic's Fight Science show.

David is the President and Co-Founder of StrengthPro Inc. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Miami where he was the former Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach and head of Baseball during their 1999 National Championship season. David has been a strength and conditioning consultant for more than 18 years. He has presented more than 230 international, national and regional lectures with organizations such as the NSCA, ACSM, AAHPERD, IFPA, SWIS, ECA and SCW Fitness. Sandler has authored or co-authored 5 books: Sports Power, Weight Training Fundamentals, The Resistance Band Workout Book, Plyo Power, and Strength Training Everyone. David has published more than 20 scientific abstracts and articles and more than 75 articles in power and strength training for various magazines and literature. David is the Chairman of The Arnold Strength Training Summit at the Arnold Classic. Sandler is a faculty member and recipient of the Faculty of the Year Award in 2005 for the International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA). Additionally he regularly serves in a developmental capacity for other top fitness organizations as well as working closely with equipment manufacturers such as CorMax, ProSpot, and Vortex to help develop better ways to exercise. Sandler has been working with Base Productions, a Washington DC and Los Angeles based production company on the critically acclaimed series Fight Science and Naked Science with National Geographic and Sports Science for Fox Sports. He is a consultant and member of the advisory board for Muscle and Fitness Magazine and the Performance Training Journal of the NSCA. He was a former powerlifter and focuses his research in strength and power development.

James Villepigue is an International best selling author of over 20 books. His flagship book series, entitled, “The Body Sculpting Bibles”, have sold close to 1 Million copies over the last seven years. James brings over 17 years of quality certified experience in the health and fitness industry. He’s a Nationally Certified personal trainer under “National Strength & Conditioning Association” (NSCA-CSCS), “The American Council On Exercise” (ACE), “The International Sports Science Association” (ISSA) & “The National Board of Fitness Examiners” (NBFE). James is a graduate of Hofstra University, with a BS in marketing. He’s a Massage Therapist and received a degree from the New York College of Health Professions. James is also a graduate of the highly acclaimed coach training school, the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching (IPEC). The success of his systems and his extensive training and coaching experience have propelled James to appearances on national television programs and achieved him publication in nationally recognized health and fitness magazines.
 
James’ latest project is a book being published by Rodale, the owners of the prestigious Men’s Health magazine. The title of the new book is, The Alpha Male Challenge”, and it was written by James and his co-author, Rick Collins. The book is due for release in January, 2009. This one is expected to be a massive Block Buster!
 
James and Rick will be featured on the National television show, “Extra”, hosted by Mario Lopez. Look for their premiere this December, 2008!
 
Featured on National Television Shows:
 
“Regis & Kelly Show”
“The Maury Show”
Appearances on CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, the W-B, and many others.
 
 Written for Nationally Recognized Health and Fitness Magazines:
 
Fitness
Self
Women’s First
Women’s World
Oxygen
Marie Claire
Cosmopolitan
Muscle-Mag International
 
 
“Fitness training has afforded me the ability to help hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, of all ages and from all walks if life, to achieve extraordinary results. Besides seeing great changes to their bodies, my reader’s & client’s have additionally received profound changes to all aspects of their lives. This includes being happier, having better relationships, making more money, finding their dream jobs, and achieving all their dreams.”
 

I soon discovered the importance of a clean and healthy lifestyle, comprised of healthy eating, fitness, meditation, and major self-discovery. Fitness gave me the confidence I needed to stand-up for myself and conquer all obstacles in my way. I am so thankful for my discovery of a healthy & fit lifestyle and only wish that everyone could experience it for themselves.”
 
James had to overcome many obstacles in his own life; “I grew up a skinny kid, who suddenly became very overweight around the age of 14. I was bullied and made fun of, all the while dreaming for a slim, muscled physique. Unfortunately, in an attempt to lose weight quickly, I became bulimic – I managed to get very thin, but very sick - One’s not worth the other, trust me!”
 
Most recently, James had to face the most challenging obstacle of his life; the tragic death of his beloved father, James SR. His father’s passing has been the greatest test for him and his family’s ability to persevere and move forward in the wake of such emotional trauma. James attributes a huge part of that coping mechanism to the love for his father and as powerfully, his fitness lifestyle. “Fitness has been a most powerful outlet for my stress coping, coupled with the empowerment factor I receive, that together inspire & motivate me to continue on this wonderful journey of successes, while I continue to help & positively change the lives of millions of more people.”

Ed McNeely received his Masters degree in Exercise physiology from the University of Ottawa in 1994 and has been involved in the strength and conditioning industry for 15 years. He has been a consultant to 17 Canadian National and professional sports teams, including 31 Olympic medalists. Ed is the author of five books, Power Plyometrics, The Resistance Band Workout Book, One Hundred Strength Exercises, Training for Rowing, and Skillful Rowing, and is currently working on a book about integrating strength training into the High School and Middle School PE curriculum. He has published over 100 articles on training and athlete conditioning covering topics such as strength training, plyometrics, making weight, assessing fitness, speed and power development, planning and periodization, and aerobic fitness. He is a frequent resource for other writers, acting as an expert for articles in Muscle & Fitness, Outside Magazine, the Georgia Tech Sports Medicine Newsletter, the Rowing News, the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen and the Discovery Channel. Ed has an extensive background in performance and occupational research having been involved in studies that analyzed the physical demands of and developed fitness test protocols and standards for emergency medical technicians, prison guards, police officers, park wardens, firefighters, and military personnel, and has helped several high profile companies develop fitness screening programs for their emergency response teams.
 
Ed is a frequent speaker at National and international sport and fitness conferences, having done over 75 presentations in the past 10 years at conferences such as the NSCA National Convention, the AAHPERD National Convention, the Society of Weight Training Injury Specialists Conference, ECA Sport and Fitness Conference, Coaching Association of Canada Conferences, Rowing Canada Conferences, Ontario Minor Hockey Association Clinics, Joy of Sculling Conferences, and Olympic Solidarity Conferences.

Christopher Oliver is America's foremost developer of motivational and meditational brainwave technologies. He is the author of Baby Sleepytime (Hatherleigh Press, distributed by Random House). He is also the creator of AV3X Digital Meditation Relaxation Technology, as well as a light and sound machine session designer for Photosonix and Mind Gear mind machines, video and music producer, recording artist, conceptual artist, designer, software architect and leading expert in brainwave entrainment technology. Christopher is also a prolific software developer and creator of the patented RXCOMBOS pharmacy compounding system. Christopher serves as the technical advisor and head of the IT department at MyCustomWorkout.com.