Ask Stew: The Importance of Sleep for Growing Teens Sleeping too long can interrupt your normal circadian rhythm, making it difficult to sleep on your normal cycle later that...
Ask Stew: How to Recover from Intensive Military Training After a long day at any special-ops training selection program, learning how to recover and prepare your body for the next...
Stroller Warriors Promote Fitness at Fort Belvoir In 2013, a group of military spouses on Fort Belvoir formed a running club tailor-made for parents that has been growing in...
How to Train After an Injury or Illness After an illness or injury, it is often difficult to regain the same level of fitness you worked so hard to achieve.
Looking for a Challenge? Give This Advanced Workout a Try. Here is a workout that incorporates some of the challenging events advanced-level military members will see during their...
You Asked, and Stew Smith Answers Your Top 10 Fitness Questions Here are the questions that Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, considers his top 10. All are relevant to...
Failures in Nutrition: Why We Easily Stray from Good Habits No matter what your training goal is, you can’t do it without putting the right fuel into your body. What's the solution?
4 Tips to Stay Fit During the Holidays Most Americans gain nearly five pounds from October through December. Here is sound advice on how to keep the weight off...
Army Zeroing In on New Ways to Measure Body Fat that Could Kill the Tape Test The Army is in the midst of totally revamping health and fitness for its soldiers with its new fitness test possibly becoming...
Electrostimulation, Not Steroids, Can Give You a Healthy Edge In dealing with the steroid problem in the U.S., some retired professional athletes and health industry pros have found an...
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...