Try Out These Killer Combo of Pyramids and Five-Minute Sets Finding a workout that pushes the mind and body but allows for rest when needed requires a fine line between pushing your...
How Navy SEALs Grow During Times of Adversity There's a silver lining to adversity that is critical to know. It's the confidence you gain from overcoming it that can't be...
How to Transition from a Football and Powerlifting Background to Become a Navy SEAL People often ask me how I trained for SEAL training before there were movies, books and websites helping people prepare. This...
6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Decide Whether SEAL Training Might Be Right for You A young man about to go to college emailed me with some specific questions about preparing for SEAL training as well as other...
Delving into the Many Ways to Define Mental Toughness Mental toughness has many definitions and is not limited to athletic performance and pain tolerance.
Mentally Tough? Why the Power of the Mind Is Crucial in Spec Ops Training Preparing for any Special Operations training program can be challenging and often lead to questioning yourself if you are...
Revisiting What Navy SEAL Hell Week Is Like After reviewing my article archives -- and, more specifically, my Navy SEAL-related articles, I realized I never wrote about...
How Best to Approach the Navy SEAL Grinder PT Workout The definition of "grinder" is the concrete-asphalt area at BUD/S where the students do their calisthenics workouts.
Assessing the Validity of 9 Rumors About Navy SEALS During my training to become a SEAL, I heard many rumors that made SEAL training seem like this impossible mountain to climb...
Ask Stew: How Did You Recover from BUD/S Training? A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, what he did to handle the soreness from Basic Underwater...
The Critical Importance of the Connection Between Sleep and Weight Loss The No. 1 recovery tool for humans could also be the No. 1 tool to fight weight gain and assist with weight loss -- getting...
Space Force Rolls Out Fitness Trackers to Guardians in Lieu of Traditional Testing The Space Force announced it will conduct a two-year testing period on wearable fitness trackers as part of its newly...
Old and New Studies Prove Exercise Really Is Medicine. Here's How to Get Started Exercise can help you maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases, and even boost your mood.
How You Can Boost Tactical Fitness Before Preparing for Military Service For the student who is working to get good at all of the elements of fitness, the midweek Mobility Day produces better...
Ask Stew: 3 Tips to Help Avoid 'Losing Your Gains' When Changing Training Cycles Changing your training cycles periodically is a common way to diversify the elements of fitness you want to improve, as well...
