How to Master the Most Common Fitness Test in the World Most military and law enforcement physical fitness tests (PFT) include push-ups, sit-ups, sit and reach, and a 1.5-mile run.
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...
The PFT Is Coming Up, and You're Not Ready. Here's What You Can Do You cannot do it by diet alone, but if you mix in the following, this month of physical fitness test training could work for...
5 Military Training Exercises to Help You Do More Pull-ups The pull-up is one of the most challenging exercises. If you are 10 to 20 pounds overweight, it can affect your ability to do...
What Tapering Before Your Military Physical Fitness Test Looks Like A piece of advice: Do not try anything you have not done before the week of or the day of the test that you have not done...
How to Train for the Transition During a Physical Fitness Test After you perform max reps with your upper body, running can be difficult, so you must train for the transition in a military...
Determining What Special-Ops Training Program Is Right for You People have been graduating tough military special-ops programs long before there were books, DVDs, websites and pre-spec-ops...
A Military Fitness Blueprint if Given One Month Before a PT Test Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith offers suggestions to those who must take a military PT test on relatively...
Why Your Fitness Workouts Should Mimic a Military PT Test For best military PT test results, arrange exercises in your fitness workouts in the order on which you will be tested.
The Keys to Achieving a Good Sit-up Score on Your Military PT Test The sit-up, or curl-up, is the easiest exercise on which to score maximum points on a military physical fitness test, but you...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.