Air Force Fitness

Air Force Fitness Spotlight

Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Combat Swimmer Stroke Critique

15 Days From the PFT

7 Tips on Dealing With PFT Anxiety

Tactical Fitness With Stew Smith: 300m Sprint After the PFT

Build Up Your Running Program with the Sun

Preparing for a Marathon Run

Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Developing Strong Core Muscles

Build Muscle With TRX Suspension Training

Workout of the Week: Core and Cardio

Air Force Fitness Categories

Get Air Force Fit

Air Force Pre-Boot Camp Workout

Here is the Air Force's recommended workout schedule. It's designed to prepare you for the rigors of basic training and help...

Air Force BMT Physical Fitness Test

USAF Fitness Program

Air Force Weight Charts

The Harder Line in Training

Get Air Force Special Operations Fit

Air Force Pararescue (PJ) Training

Have you ever thought about getting little more out of your Air Force career?

Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Training

According to the SAR Swimmer course syllabus, rescue swimmers must have flexibility, strength, endurance, and be able to function for 30 minutes in heavy seas.

Air Force Special Tactics Fitness Training

Once again - these are the minimum scores for the PAST - to be accepted into any Special Force it takes a higher score to be competitive.

Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Combat Swimmer Stroke Critique

A young man asks Stew about proper swimming technique with his sidestroke.

US Air Force Pararescue Jumper Fact Sheet

Pararescuemen Overview

Air Force Special Operations Command's pararescuemen, also known as PJs, are the only Department of Defense specialty specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional or unconventional rescue operations.

Tactical Fitness: Can Improving Stroke Technique Improve Swim Speed?

A reader asks how to increase their speed in a 500m swim.

Ask Stew: SARC Training

Here is an email from a young man seeking to join the Navy and become an HM and serve with RECON or MarSOC units.

Which SpecOps is Right for Me?

I am debating where to serve? Firefighting EMT, Police SWAT, or Military Special Ops. I know you write about all of them - do you have any advice on what you'd recommend? I am trying to do a workout that would help prepare me for all of them as I have about a year before I need to make my decision.