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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandon, a member of the 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, performs an overhead squat during a high-intensity workout (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Thompson)

What Is the Most Important Virtue and Element of Fitness?

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, delves into what virtue is most valuable for achieving fitn...

How Meditation Can Revolutionize Your Workouts

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how meditation can benefit your workout goal...

U.S. Marine Cpl. Roman Fernandez, right, instructs a Marine on punching techniques in the hangar bay of the USS Essex (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released).

How to Build Mental Toughness

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details how you can improve your mental toughness to achieve...

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Humility is Essential When Training for Fitness Goals

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert's advice on the essential ingredient to success in t...

An Air Force pararescue trainee low crawls during an obstacle course event at Medina Annex, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 18, 2011. The initial course for a Pararescuemen trainee is a 9-week extensive physical conditioning indoctrination program at Lackland AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erik Cardenas/Released)

How to Deal with Failure: Reframe and Move Forward

Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness guru's advice for overcoming failure and adversity.

Recruits of Company A, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, sprint around the track during their Combat Fitness Test aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Photo By: Matheus J. Hernandez)

Finding a Why: The Positive Effects of Physical Training

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert details the positive effects of physical training.

Private First Class Leo C. Menge, Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, performs a one handed push up during a physical fitness session at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Photo By: Jericho Crutcher)

5 Steps of a Fitness Goal Mindset

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert gives his advice on how to have a fitness mindset.

Laura Bennett stretches in the grass after a game of soccer at Pine Plains fields. Bennett uses fitness as an outlet to relieve stress and to maintain strength and energy. (Photo Credit: Mrs. Michelle Kennedy (Drum)).

Here's a Foolproof Way to Make Time for Workouts

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his foolproof way that anyone, even with limi...

Senior leaders of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade participated in the Army Combat Fitness Test (Photo Credit: 1st Lt. Verniccia Janet Ford (101st Airborne))

An Easy-to-Remember Goal for the New Year

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his advice on the single most important fitne...

Members of Team Holloman participate in a physical fitness assessment at Holloman Air Force Base (U.S. Air Force photo by Aaron Montoya / Released).

Not Another New Year's Resolution Article

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his advice on how to make and keep your fitne...

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Sgt. Ayrin Hamner-Ripperger, the administration and supply non-commissioned officer for the 831st Engineer Company, Iowa Army National Guard (IANG), runs on the physical training track at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center on May 13, 2019. In September 2018, (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tawny Schmit)

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The Army released a graphic showing its new Expert Soldier Badge. Courtesy of the Army

Army's New Expert Soldier Badge Will Demand Mastery of Warrior Skills

The new skill badge is designed to recognize soldiers who demonstrate a mastery of fitness, marksmanship and critical skills.