A Closer Look at the Coast Guard's Specialized Force Units These six units create an organized quick reaction force that can be deployed to handle natural disasters, environmental...
Law Enforcement Running Test The problem with many younger (and older) Americans is that the current fitness/health conditions they maintain are not good...
What You Should Know About the USAF Fitness Program The Air Force Fitness Program assesses your fitness in four areas: aerobic (running), body composition, push-ups and crunches...
A Logical Way to Build Up to Running Longer Distances and Preparing for Timed Runs Training for a fitness test is just a different way to train. It is not any harder, just different.
Breathing Is Natural, but Here's How You Could Be Doing It All Wrong Did you know that you can speed up and slow down your central nervous system by learning some breathing techniques?
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...
Pull-ups Part Two: Going from 1 to 10 Pull-ups This article is the second of a three-part series on how to do pull-ups. This article will show you how to get up to 10 reps.
Ask Stew: Calculating How Many More Calories You Burn While Rucking A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, how to calculate calories burned during a weighted walk.
Ask Stew: What Is a Ruck? Defining "ruck" is difficult to someone who has never moved out with 50+ lbs in a backpack for many, many miles.
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.
10 Ways to Make Your Workout the Best You Can Do It has often been said that the best workout you can do is the one you are not doing.
