Face of Defense: Bodybuilding Helps Airman to Maintain Focus
Air Force Senior Airman Niketa Wilson discovers resiliency in the face of adversity through bodybuilding.
Weight Training
Master Hormones to Build Muscle
If your goal is to build muscle and lose fat, it's absolutely critical to maximize your body's natural production of growth h...
Mixing Weights With Calisthenics
Here is an email I get often from people seeking to improve calisthenics scores in PT tests. Either they ask to do pull-ups,...
Multitask Your Muscles with the Perfect Pushup
Here's an interesting question about how to combine two different pieces of exercise equipment, dumbbells and the Perfect Pus...
Muscle Fitness for Dummies
Muscle fitness and development is important to a healthy and physically fit body, and though the road to such a body is deman...
Raising Your Bench Press Max
Let me tell you: the bench press movement isolates your hands into one position, by doing so it essentially limits the amount...
Should I Use Free Weights or Machines?
As the tough guys duke it out on this one, I prefer to take a practical approach. That is, the answer to this question depend...
When Can Teenagers Start Lifting Weights?
Will lifting weights stunt the growth of a teenager? No, but caution should be taken with beginner weight-lifters.
5 Steps to See if Your Gains are Muscle or Fat
How do you know if your current bodybuilding program is working or not?
Fall Transition from Long Runs to Short Faster Pace
Here is a workout where we transition out of the higher miles and go into shorter but faster intervals.
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Workout of the Week: Running Faster With Sprints, Shuttle Runs and Timed Runs
Here is a workout that blends several types of running into a single workout with the goal of making you faster.
Avoiding Injury During the Fitness Journey
Don't get hurt while getting fit. Avoid these pitfalls.
Ask Stew: Fitness Prep for Army to FBI
From a fitness perspective, the good news is that the tests are similar enough that anyone can prepare for both Army and FBI...
Workout of the Week: PT, Weight Mix Warm-up with Run, PT and Swim
Using the pyramid as a warm-up, mixing in upper body exercises is a good way to prepare for higher volume sections of a worko...
Ask Stew: High Repetition Calisthenics Methods
What is the level of volume required to improve training in calisthenics fitness testing?