5 Military Training Exercises to Help You Do More Pull-ups The pull-up is one of the most challenging exercises. If you are 10 to 20 pounds overweight, it can affect your ability to do...
What Tapering Before Your Military Physical Fitness Test Looks Like A piece of advice: Do not try anything you have not done before the week of or the day of the test that you have not done...
How to Train for the Transition During a Physical Fitness Test After you perform max reps with your upper body, running can be difficult, so you must train for the transition in a military...
Why Your Fitness Workouts Should Mimic a Military PT Test For best military PT test results, arrange exercises in your fitness workouts in the order on which you will be tested.
The Keys to Achieving a Good Sit-up Score on Your Military PT Test The sit-up, or curl-up, is the easiest exercise on which to score maximum points on a military physical fitness test, but you...
How the PT Fitness Pyramid Can Build a Stronger Military The military PT fitness pyramid includes a warmup, max-out and cooldown, making it a healthy way to exercise, former Navy...
When to Use a Heart-Rate Monitor in Your Military Fitness Training Training with a heart-rate monitor can offer immediate feedback and give you an indication of effort, Military.com's tactical...
How to Get the Most Out of Weightlifting and Military PT Workouts Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith suggests a 20- to 30-minute upper-body weight and military PT workout.
Tactical Fitness: How to Progress in BUD/S Warning Order Workouts A Marine in the BUD/S Warning Order reaches out to Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith after struggling to...
Unlocking the Keys to Scoring Well on the World's Most Common Fitness Test The standard military and law enforcement physical fitness test (PFT) consists of push-ups, sit-ups, sit and reach, and a 1.5...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...