Ask Stew: How to Prepare for Dive School, Including Swim, Tread and Pool Skills Preparing for any military diving training will involve significant time in the pool and open water as well as land-based...
These Are the Current DoD Fitness Tests for 2026 Over the past 20 years, to say that all branches of the military have changed their fitness testing and standards is an...
Warmup Ideas for Your Cardio Workouts Here is a list of warmups you can try out before your next cardio day, along with a sample workout of the week that requires...
Ask Stew: Endurance Athlete Prepares for Army Ranger Selection Endurance athletes typically need to focus more on resistance training, including both calisthenics and weight lifting, when...
Drill and Workout to Help with Diver, Rescue Swimmer and Special Ops Pool Skills Here is a workout to help with both underwater swimming and the lifesaving, or buddy tow, test.
Ask Stew: Running Out of Gas on the Navy PST Have you ever noticed that when you take a fitness test, your individual scores are much better than your scores when tested...
Train for Life: Functional Fitness for Enduring Strength, Cardio and Mobility Training for life means embracing a holistic approach that values longevity as much as performance.
Pull-Leg Combo Workout Adds a Fun Component to Fitness Routines Whether you are looking to switch up your training or target your posterior muscle chain more effectively, this approach is...
How to Make Your ‘Spring Forward’ Workout Week Productive and High-Energy Avoid the post-daylight saving time, end-of-the-week, beatdown feeling. This week does not have to be a slog. Proactively...
Ask Stew: What’s Better? Working Out Once vs. Multiple Times Per Day Use spread-out exercise sets to build capacity (total daily reps), and use single-session workouts to test that capacity.
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...