Why Weights Are Not Necessary to Prepare for Military Boot Camp Nothing prepares you for push-up and pull-up military fitness tests quite like doing push-ups and pull-ups to failure during...
How to Avoid the Most Common Mistake in Military Fitness Testing Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith offers four suggestions for how to prepare with only one month to go before a...
Tactical Fitness: Critiquing the Combat Swimmer Stroke A reader asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith how he can improve his sidestroke through the combat swimmer...
Tactical Fitness: How to Squeeze in Your Military Fitness Training A Marine poolee asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith how to schedule his military fitness training despite a...
What Are Some Goals That Can Motivate You to Get Fit? These goals can help monitor progress in the gym and build habits from your initial motivation as you turn those habits into...
Supplemental Workouts that Can Blend in with Your Unit PT Developing and maintaining a personal routine while serving in the military can be a challenge.
How a Stone-Age Weapon Evolved into a Useful Piece of Fitness Equipment A steel mace is a weighted globe welded onto a long, somewhat-hollowed lever.
A PT Program for the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar Every year, I have the honor to fill a guest physical training instructor spot at the Naval Academy Summer Seminar Program.
Cardio Workouts of the Week: Run, Swim, Run (or Ruck) When it comes to cardio workouts, you either love them, hate them or tolerate them. Adding variety can help those workouts.
Why You Should Make 'Exceeding the Standard' the Norm It's a mindset common in highly competitive programs where it's hard to get accepted and even harder to complete.
USS George Washington Heads to Japan, Ending Troubled Shipyard Stay That Included String of Suicides The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is finally underway to its new homeport in Japan, following six arduous years in a...
New Marine One Helicopters Aren't Allowed to Carry the President Because They Could Scorch the Lawn The VH-92's lawn-scorching problems were first discovered in 2018 during the Trump administration.
Navy Investigating More Than 100 'Secretly Shot' Sexual Videos of US Troops Uploaded to Adult Website The documents say the Naval Criminal Investigative Service became aware of the videos, some of which contained names and...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
VA Opens Door for More Vets with Other Than Honorable Discharges to Receive Health Care and Benefits Under the new regulation, the VA plans to remove a bar against benefits for those dismissed for homosexual acts, as well as...