How to Do Marines’ Versatile ‘Shamrock’ Workout Here is a classic style of workout that can be changed depending on the equipment available, such as weights and pullup bars...
Ask Stew: How Often Should I Train Treading Water (No Hands)? Stew, do you have any recommendations on how much I should be treading before Navy Dive School?
Here’s the New Navy Combat Fitness Test for SEALs, SWCC and EOD/Divers, Plus What It’s Missing The Navy has a new fitness test for active-duty “combat arms personnel,” including members of Naval Special Warfare and Naval...
How to Gain Strength While Maintaining Cardio and Muscle Stamina Here is a typical leg day routine for athletes do who need a foundation of strength, load-bearing stamina, and to maintain...
Ask Stew: Does ‘Well Rested -- Well Tested’ Apply to Military PT Tests? This short saying should be a mantra for any testing you do in the future to achieve the best results.
Struggling to Start? This ‘ACTION’ Plan Helps Turn Ideas and Goals Into Reality Here is how I like to break down action, with the ACTION acronym helping to solidify those steps into a practical strategy.
Waist-to-Height Ratio Now Central to Military Body-Composition Standards The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness...
Advanced Upper-Body ‘Push’ Workout With Running Here is a favorite “push” day workout with running we do for our special ops candidates.
Ask Stew: Should I Take a Scuba Course Before Military Dive School? Does getting scuba qualified before military dive school training help?
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail—and What Actually Works Every January, millions of Americans set New Year’s resolutions with genuine intent. And every February, most of those...
Two Heroes, Two Medals of Honor: Inside Trump’s State of the Union Tribute Trump awarded two Medals of Honor during his State of the Union — one to a wounded helicopter pilot, another to a 100-year...
Amid Biggest US Military Buildup Since 2003, What Service Members and Families Need to Do Right Now Nobody knows yet whether the current buildup will result in a strike, a deal or a prolonged standoff. What you can control is...
The US Failed to Capture a MiG-15. Then a North Korean Defector Delivered One A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never...
25 Years After 9/11: Former CENTCOM Commander’s Strategic Warning on What America Still Gets Wrong The only U.S. officer to lead PACOM and CENTCOM warns in his memoir that America chases short-term wins over strategy—risking...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...