Workout of the Week: Adding Drills During Rest Periods Stew Smith, a Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, offers his workout of the week.
Swimming with Fins Swimming with fins during rigorous military training, such as BUD/S and Army Ranger/SF training, is required for open-water...
Friday Swim Workouts of the Week: Military Prep If you are preparing for military swimming, diving, treading and general water-confidence tests, make sure you practice with...
Ask Stew: What Are You Going to Do First? Going back to normal will be nice, but how you do it can make a big difference in training smart or preventing injury.
Moderating the Fitness Gadgets I often get emails and questions from people about certain programs, gadgets, fitness videos, GPS devices, music, heart rate...
More Swimming Options People often email me asking about swimming skills and techniques to get better in the water. Here are many tips that you...
Top Five Workout Questions I have had several emails that require short and sweet answers, so I have compiled a list of the top five questions that were...
A Variety of Cardio Exercises Many people like to mix in a variety of cardio vascular exercise into their routine. I have found if you are trying to lose...
How to Swim the Combat Swimmer Stroke When people first try the combat swimmer stroke, they can often look silly. Even swimmers have issues with this stroke.
Top Reasons Why People Fail Special Ops There are many ways to fail out or quit any of the many Special Ops programs, but the biggest reason someone fails is usually...
Leg Day or Cardio? Here's a Workout That Gives Both The goal of your training cycle is the factor that changes how you arrange the exercises within a cardio and leg day combo.
How Mindfulness and Meditation Are Different and Why Military Members Should Care Have you ever wondered what the difference is between mindfulness and meditation?
Ask Stew: How to Adjust Running Programs to Fit Your Abilities You might not be able to do all the running a training program requires at first. Here's how to build up to it.
Ask Stew: How to Get Started Again After COVID Consider a slow and steady rebuilding phase so you do not potentially overwork the heart or cause more lung-tissue irritation...
What Are the Right Rest Periods During Calisthenics Circuits and Pyramids? How much rest you take can be the difference between a 30-minute workout and a 60-minute workout.
