Ask Stew: Finding Peak Performance Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives tips about how to perform your best consistently when training for...
How to Prepare Yourself for Boot Camp Why show up at your boot camp or a service academy unprepared for the physical fitness test?
Army Physical Fitness Program The Army physical fitness program has two factors: the weigh-in and the physical fitness test, or PFT.
TRADOC Revises Army Physical Fitness Test TRADOC collaborated with a team headed by the director of the U.S. Army Physical Fitness School, resulting in a...
Boot-Camp Mentality and Tips for Success A majority of young Americans have treated boot camp as a weight-loss clinic and suffered needlessly for several weeks.
How Good Is Good Enough for Special Ops? Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives the lowdown on how to perfect your PT...
How to Prepare for Fitness Test Day Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, details how to prepare for your fitness test and...
Ask Stew: How to Pace to Ace Your Fitness Test Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, responds to a reader about how to set your pace...
Pull-up Push Workout Getting better at pull-ups concerns many people. As with the Push-up/Pull Workout, this idea makes little sense...
The Best Running Workouts to Improve Your Time on Military Fitness Tests If you want to ace a timed run over the 1.5- to three-mile distances used in most military running tests, the pacing strategy...
Why the Time of Day You Work Out Matters Recent insights, including from a Nature Portfolio study, reveal essential strategies to enhance recovery through effective...
9 Self-Care Tips to Take Care of Yourself in 10 Minutes Here is a list of self-care tips that take only minutes a day and can make a difference between truly taking care of yourself...
The Best Workouts to Prepare for the New Army Fitness Test The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and...
Can Service Members Develop Mental Toughness? Mental toughness has been a long-standing topic for generations, both within and outside the military.
