Getting Through Deployment with Physical Fitness While deployed, many soldiers pass the time by setting goals. Some complete civilian or military education, play instruments...
Breaking Down the Three Phases of Army Ranger School As with any of the special operations units in the U.S. military, it takes endurance, stamina, intelligence and mental...
Army Basic Training PFT The Army's basic training physical fitness test is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance.
New Army PRT and CRT For decades, the Army has assessed physical fitness through the standard fitness test that many branches of the military and...
How These Workouts Pushed an Army Soldier and Recruit to the Next Level If your goal pace is to complete the two-mile run in 12 minutes, then you need to work on a six-minute mile pace or a 90...
Ask Stew: Calculating How Many More Calories You Burn While Rucking A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, how to calculate calories burned during a weighted walk.
Ask Stew: What Is a Ruck? Defining "ruck" is difficult to someone who has never moved out with 50+ lbs in a backpack for many, many miles.
What You Should Know About the Army Weight Control Program The Army Weight Control Program ensures every soldier is healthy, physically fit and combat ready.
9 Ways to Tell That You Might Be a Runner Here is a series of issues that runners face every year, along with links or advice to help with whatever running goals you...
Guard Launches App to Help Improve APFT Scores Improve Your Army physical fitness test (APFT) score with the new Guard Fit app.
A Leg Day Challenge for Longevity: Working Your Heart and Lungs With Your Legs When developing longevity is your priority over one-rep maxes and timed-run events, consider the three most important “organs...
How to Select the Best Swim Stroke for the Navy Physical Screening Test When taking the Navy Physical Screening Test -- the common fitness test for jobs in the Navy that require swimming and diving...
Plan Goals for Your Workout: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Time in the Gym Having a plan to do everything you want is critical to finding that efficient sweet spot between your efforts and your time.
How to Deal with Burnout During Your Military Fitness Training Even with a solid recovery plan, if your workouts are the same routine each week, you may want to mix it up.