Pushups and Pullups

Sgt. Guadalupe Campos, the marketing and public affairs representative for Recruiting Station San Antonio, performs push-ups during a physical training session as part of the inaugural Battles Won Academy (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryan Nygaard/Released).

Ask Stew: How to Improve Pushup Performance

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, advises a reader how to improve their pushup perfor...

Perfect Practice for Perfect Push-ups

Need to improve on your push-ups? All it takes is practice -- and these simple tips and workouts to help you get above-averag...

Push-up Push Workout

Basically, do 200 push-ups in as few sets as possible in addition to your regularly scheduled workout of cardio exercises.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Desmond Burgess, a U.S. Army Reserve IT professional for the 200th Military Police Command's headquarters, completes a set of push-ups during the Army Physical Fitness Test. (U.S. Army photo by Michel Sauret)

Ask Stew: Methods to Improve PT Tests

Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's fitness guru answers an email from a reader about how to increase pullup and pushup repe...

Ask Stew: Supplemental Training For Pullups, Pushups, Situps

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert answers a question from a reader about how to increa...

Combat Conditioning and Fitness Testing

There are two different types of training you must be prepared for in order to become a member of special operations of any b...

Extreme Body-Core Temperatures

On the National Geographic Channel Fight Science - Special Ops Episode, you will see the effects of body core temperature in...

One Soldier, Two Workouts

Here is a great question from soldier who wants to add in some extra PT with his command group PT and does not want to overdo...

The Perfect Workout

Many people like to do calisthenics based workouts using pyramids and super set routines. In fact, with the right mix of exer...

The Push-up System

Over the years, I have developed several methods to increase pushups and have written articles on ways to implement them into...

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