Working Out While Underway Poses Challenges, but They're Surmountable Even when you have just minutes in your day to exercise, you always should do a quick walk around the ship, up a few ladders...
Using Special Ops Testing and Grading Methods for Athletics: Lacrosse Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, creates a special fitness test, based on Special Ops methods, for...
Some Recommended Supersets for Push-ups and Sit-ups Once you get to that burning sensation, you are reaching the peak of the muscle stamina in your body.
Here Are the Fitness Standards to Become a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer According to the Rescue Swimmer course syllabus, rescue swimmers must have flexibility, strength, endurance and function for...
Weekly Fitness Challenge: Fast Interval Cardio Check out a new workout from former SEAL Stew Smith that mixes fast interval cardio via bike, elliptical or running.
Ask Stew: Suggestions on How to Improve Your Balance An email from a physical therapist in the Navy asked me about training people to have better balance.
Workout Challenge: Tackling the Burpee Pyramid Plus Every now and then, you should take on a workout that forces you to go into your "happy place."
Stew Smith's Favorite Fitness Offerings I often get emails, asking about some of the things I like to use, wear and listen to when exercising.
3 Fitness Products Invented by SEALs My former SEAL buddy, Alden Mills, has created awesome fitness products that capture the most beloved and most hated...
Multitask Your Muscles with the Perfect Pushup Here's an interesting question about how to combine two different pieces of exercise equipment, dumbbells and the Perfect...
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
Air Force Investigating After Security Forces Kill Civilian Who Crashed into Arizona Base Gate An airman from the base's Security Forces Squadron "shot and fatally injured" the civilian after several of the troops used...
Broken Altimeter, Ignored Warnings: Hearings Reveal What Went Wrong in DC Crash that Killed 67 Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal...
Senators Seek Answers on Hawaii Veteran Ordered to Self-Deport U.S. Sens. Mazie Hirono and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Rock On: ‘Our Military Upbringing Helped Us in Many Ways’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have never served in any branch of the military. But the...