Workout of the Week: Running Faster with Sprints, Shuttle Runs and Timed Runs Here is a workout that blends several types of running into a single workout, with the goal of making you faster.
Running Strategies: Timed Runs, Long Runs and Rucking How do you improve your run time, no matter the distance or load? Here's what's required physiologically for each.
Military Running Training: Speed or Distance? It Depends The tactical athlete's training program needs to have short and fast running days, goal pace running days and longer-distance...
Here’s How to Transition into New Fitness Training Cycles Is it time to shift your training focus? Periodization gives you a strategy.
How to Get Ready for Timed Runs: Beginner Guide Starting from near zero preparing for your timed run? Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, tells you how to...
Shifting Training Focus from Calisthenics to Weightlifting The autumn workout cycle is a special mix of the previous summer high-rep calisthenics and cardio workouts and the heavier...
Post-Military Fitness: How to Prepare for the FBI Fitness Test The military is a steppingstone into federal law enforcement for many veterans, and many of those agencies come with their...
Prepping for the ACFT? The Two-Mile Run Is Here to Stay The new Army combat fitness test (ACFT), due to roll out in 2020, is a much better gauge of all the elements of a soldier's...
How to Achieve Washboard Abs Having "washboard abs" is not just accomplished by working out daily. It has to become an all-encompassing lifestyle.
Here's How to Get Over Those Mental Training Blocks It's easy to find reasons to avoid something on your schedule, even a physical activity that you usually enjoy. Here's how to...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...