So You Want to Become a Marine? Here's How to Build Your Fitness Level. Too many times, young people start to prepare too late for professions that require fitness tests. Lives may depend on their...
Here's How You Should Train for Boot Camp What do I need to do to prepare for boot camp? This article will be a one-stop shop for people to find links on boot-camp...
Woman or Man, Here's the Common Denominator to Passing a Pull-up Test Women and men can do pull-ups. Women and men can fail to do pull-ups. But the common denominator to passing a pull-up test is...
The Importance of Training Before You Enter the Military Here is a list of just a few of the many former military officers and enlisted who train civilians to lose weight and prepare...
Tactical Fitness and Special Ops Training Learn which training methods would be most useful for passing Special Ops fitness tests.
Tactical Fitness: What Type of Rucksack Should You Get for Training? A future service member asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about the best rucksacks with which to train...
Ask Stew: How to Train Properly for Tactical Professions Where some special-ops candidates fail is that they don't drop the heavy weights and switch to higher-rep calisthenics to...
How to Improve Your Confidence in Basic Water Skills To give Marines a basic understanding of how to survive the watery forces of nature, they must qualify in Combat Water...
Pull-ups Part Three: Going from 10 to 20 Pull-ups This article is the last of a three-part series on how to do pull-ups. This article will show you how to get up to 20 reps or...
Pull-ups Part One: How to Get Your First Pull-up This article, the first of a three-part series, will show you how to condition your body so you can perform your first pull...
What Air Force Bomb Techs Should Know About Their New Fitness Test Beginning in August, those in EOD roles will no longer be required to complete the standard 1.5-mile run, push-ups and sit...
The Essential Workout for Service Members Performing Load-Bearing Military Activities The combination of leg and core strength, along with cardio conditioning through weight movement, makes you better at rucking...
The Best At-Home Fitness Exercises Without a Lot of Equipment To achieve any health, wellness or fitness goal, consider incorporating movement throughout the day to break up prolonged...
What Service Members Should Do to Prepare for Casualty Evacuations CASEVAC tests every facet of physical strength and endurance, as well as team cohesiveness, leadership and communications.
The Best Workouts to Improve Your Swimming Times on Military Fitness Tests When you are a non-swimming athlete and your time in the pool is basically limited to backyard games such as Marco Polo and...
