Ask Stew: Do Physical Fitness Tests Really Matter? Here is an email from a distinguished military and law enforcement officer concerning physical fitness testing in military...
Ask Stew: What Is a Fair Way to Judge a Fitness Test? Military and law enforcement personnel often ask about how fair fitness tests are and whether they accurately measure someone...
How to Increase Your Mental Toughness for Physical Tests Stew Smith has solid advice on how to increase your mental toughness in preparation for rigorous selection programs.
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...
Why Military and Law Enforcement Have a Need for Speed More agencies around the United States are adopting the 300-meter run in addition to the 1.5-mile run as part of testing...
Build Muscle with the Perfect Pushup Workout One of the privileges of inventing the Perfect Pushup is hearing directly from users who have changed not only their bodies...
The Strength Builder Puts You in the Right Position to Improve at Push-ups Many people saw 25%-50% increases, with their scores going from 50 to 75 push-ups in many cases.
How to Prepare Physically for a Second Career My expertise in this career change begins here with preparing physically for the different physical fitness tests for a law...
Here Is a Big PT/Weight/TRX Combination Workout Push yourself with hundreds of reps involving burpees, pull-ups, squats, swimming and more in this intense workout.
TRX Move #1: Spiderman Push-up Hand plank position with knees on deck, right foot in foot cradles. Left leg extend, toes on deck.
5 Common Mistakes People Make When Starting a New Fitness Program and How to Avoid Them When jumping into a training program that is not personally designed for your starting abilities, you may end up nursing...
3 Tips for Developing a Tougher Mindset While Working Out By pushing outside of your comfort zone, you can slowly redefine your physical and mental resilience by making things a...
Tweaks to Army's Physical Fitness Test Are Relatively Modest The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, recalibrating performance benchmarks in a modest...
How a Non-Athletic Person Should Prepare to Join the Military Countless people who worked on farms or other manual labor jobs throughout their formative years have a natural toughness...
How Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Can Help Trauma Patients If you have experienced trauma and aren't achieving the desired outcomes with your current treatment, you might consider...