Ask Stew: Why to Include Pull-ups in Your Military Fitness Program With nearly 100% of your body weight pulled off the ground, the pull-up is considered the heavy weightlifting exercise of the...
Why Weights Are Not Necessary to Prepare for Military Boot Camp Nothing prepares you for push-up and pull-up military fitness tests quite like doing push-ups and pull-ups to failure during...
How to Avoid the Most Common Mistake in Military Fitness Testing Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith offers four suggestions for how to prepare with only one month to go before a...
Tactical Fitness: Critiquing the Combat Swimmer Stroke A reader asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith how he can improve his sidestroke through the combat swimmer...
Tactical Fitness: How to Squeeze in Your Military Fitness Training A Marine poolee asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith how to schedule his military fitness training despite a...
What Are Some Goals That Can Motivate You to Get Fit? These goals can help monitor progress in the gym and build habits from your initial motivation as you turn those habits into...
Supplemental Workouts that Can Blend in with Your Unit PT Developing and maintaining a personal routine while serving in the military can be a challenge.
How a Stone-Age Weapon Evolved into a Useful Piece of Fitness Equipment A steel mace is a weighted globe welded onto a long, somewhat-hollowed lever.
A PT Program for the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar Every year, I have the honor to fill a guest physical training instructor spot at the Naval Academy Summer Seminar Program.
Cardio Workouts of the Week: Run, Swim, Run (or Ruck) When it comes to cardio workouts, you either love them, hate them or tolerate them. Adding variety can help those workouts.
Michael Grinston's Quiet War to Help Make the Army More Lethal, Wokeness Hysterics Be Damned Barracks and quality-of-life issues for soldiers are a top concern for Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, the Army...
Veterans Can Start Filing New Claims Now for 23 Illnesses Covered Under New Law The bill expands health care and disability compensation for veterans affected by burn pits and other toxic exposures.
Number of Monkeypox Cases in the Military Climbs Tenfold in Less than 4 Weeks The Defense Department has had 40 members diagnosed with monkeypox, including 26 active-duty personnel.
Did an Airman Offer a Bribe to Pass Fitness Test? Ramstein Officials Investigating Bribery is punishable under Article 124 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
More than 1,000 Fort Bragg Soldiers Displaced After Surprise Decision to Evacuate Old, Moldy Barracks A dozen 1970s-era barracks are set to be demolished at the Smoke Bomb Hill area, impacting a wide roster of units, including...
