Training to Fatigue? Rethinking Limits for Muscle Growth and Strength Throughout my years of coaching and training on my own, the subject of pushing to failure (or beyond) with heavier weights or...
The Mobility 20/20 Is the One Workout You Need in 2026: 20 Minutes a Day for 20 Days (or Forever?) After over a decade of adding this specific mobility and flexibility routine to my life, to say it has been life-changing is...
Ask Stew: A Step-by-Step Plan to Get Started on Your New Year Fitness Goal Here is a three-step blueprint to help you transition from the "resolution" phase of fitness to a lifelong habit and the...
From Lifespan to ‘Health-span’: Use the New Year to Focus on Both Health and Fitness Instead of thinking simply about living longer, let’s use the start of a new year to focus on getting healthier, so we live...
Run, Ruck or Swim: 3 Cardio-Enhancing Workouts If you are preparing for military service that involves intense physical training, you will want to be a cardio machine. Here...
Applying the Stoic Cardinal Virtues for Both Optimal Performance and Longevity The philosophy of Stoicism, originating in Greece and refined in Rome, offers a timeless framework for living well.
Ask Stew: How to Make Time to Work Out By rethinking how you approach physical activity and embracing creative ways to fit fitness into your routine, you can build...
Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test (CFT) The Marines' combat fitness test, taken every six months, is intended to keep Marines ready for the physical rigors of...
A New Way to Make the Murph Workout More Difficult If you want to succeed with the Murph, you may want to start your preparation several months before Memorial Day. Typically...
Ask Stew: Is Rucking with a Weight Vest the Same as with a Backpack? Weight vest rucking will help you develop strength in your upper back, core and legs for when you start training with a...
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...