Our Tactical Fitness Expert Answers Three Common Fitness Questions Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, addresses three common questions about fitness.
Ask Stew: How Have You Adjusted Your Workouts as You Age? Years of hard work in the military or law enforcement can take its toll on your joints, lower back, strength and speed.
How Much Water You Should Drink and Other Minimum Standards for Health Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, often get asked, "How much of this or that should I do or eat?" Here are...
A Priest's Weight-Loss Journey to Losing 80-Plus Pounds and Becoming a Navy Chaplain Changing your life and doing something different because you yearn to do it is something many people simply read about.
How a Soldier Dropped 40-Plus Pounds, Changed Her Life Through Fitness This soldier's life clearly defines why we do what we do -- to change lives through fitness.
Four Elements to Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals People young and old confide in me with their fitness goals, but too many of these goals are extremely broad and lack focus.
Top 15 Tips to Start Down the Road Toward a Healthier You Set goals that are realistic and specific. Have a set time period as your goal to help you stick to a new fitness regime.
Ask Stew: Can I Die from Drinking Too Much Water? This week, a concerned Army reservist asks, "I have heard about people dying of drinking too much water. Is this possible?"
What You Should Put on Your Plate to Eat Healthy A few emails prompted me to look into the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Pyramid. Has it worked for us...
Supplements 101 Every day, the gym fills with those fighting a different type of war than Marines usually are trained for -- a war with the...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...