How to Avoid the 'Easy Button' Fitness Trap Sometimes powering through an obstacle is the only course of action.
How to Prepare for Your Most Important Fitness Test During the Three Days Before Selection The fitness test required to enter a special program or special operations selection course is typically a make-or-break...
Ask Stew: My Progress Has Stalled. Do I Need a New Training Plan? Consistency in a new training program will typically give you the results you want, but pay attention to the other 23 hours...
These Options Could Make You a Faster Swimmer People often email Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, asking about swimming skills and techniques to get...
How to Relieve Pain from Overuse Injuries Tendinitis can flare up quickly if you are running several times a week for several miles.
Try the 8-Count Body Builder Push-up/Pull-up Pyramid This new workout is one we developed with the Naval Academy spec ops team when when we were trying to simulate an obstacle...
Have You Forgotten Your Fitness Goals? Here is an email from a 40-year-old woman who has children, works and is trying to fit fitness into her life this year.
How to Lose Weight and Get Fit for Military Duty Those who are overweight typically are not meeting the minimum physical fitness standards for their chosen branch of service.
Ask Stew: What Type of Workout Is Best for Someone Starting a Fitness Routine? When trying to get back into shape after a layoff, consider starting with a full body/cardio day split so you can avoid...
How to Prepare for Military Service During Your Last Season of Competitive Athletics If you are applying for a job that has a challenging special ops selection, it is critical to take any weakness developed...
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...