Coast Guard Fitness

Coast Guard Fitness Spotlight

Passing Military Swimming Tests

Passing Military Swimming Tests

Marines practice proper swim techniques at Camp Lejeune.

Tactical Fitness: Can Improving Stroke Technique Increase Swim Speed?

Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord undergo swim test.

Dangers of Underwater Swimming

Executing a proper sidestroke in swimming

Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: Combat Swimmer Stroke Critique

The "Common PFT"

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer prepares to enter the water as part of a search-and-rescue exercise.

Here Are the Fitness Standards to Become a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer

Preparing for the PFT

Preparing for the PFT

Recon Marine swims with fins at Camp Lejeune.

Swimming with Fins

Kickoff in pool.

Ask Stew: Replacement for Swimming

Coast Guard Fitness Categories

Get Coast Guard Fit

A member of the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team complete a physical fitness test.

Coast Guard Basic PFT

The Coast Guard physical fitness program is designed to ensure that all members have the strength and stamina to perform...

A Coastie goes through her exercise routine.

Coast Guard Fitness Requirements

Coast Guard recruits run around a track.

USCG Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA)

An Army reservist gets done with a workout.

Body Composition Tests

Spc. Davell D. Collier, Headquarters Company, 66th Troop Command, performs push-ups during an Army Physical Fitness Test Oct. 14, 2017, at the Northwest Rankin Athletic Association Soccer Complex in Brandon, Mississippi. (Sgt. Connie Jones/Mississippi National Guard 102d Public Affairs Detachment)

Are You Fit to Serve?

Get Coast Guard Special Training Fit

Coast Guard holds law enforcement training exercise

Special Missions and Law Enforcement PFT

Coast Guard men and women who serve on law enforcement, port security or maritime safety and security teams must meet specific physical standards.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer prepares to enter the water as part of a search-and-rescue exercise.

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 30 minutes in heavy seas.

Service members from a Coast Guard Port Security Unit enforce a security zone.

A Closer Look at the Coast Guard's Specialized Force Units

These six units create an organized quick reaction force that can be deployed to handle natural disasters, environmental catastrophes and more.

Running and Cardio

Compartment Syndrome or Shin Splints?

Compartment Syndrome or Shin Splints?

Air Pollution and Running

Air Pollution and Running

Build Up Your Running Program with the Sun

Build Up Your Running Program with the Sun

The Twelve-Mile Run Plan

The Twelve-Mile Run Plan

Triathlon Training

Triathlon Training

First male finisher crosses finish line at 2017 Marine Corps Marathon.

Marathon Running Plan

Airmen run an 800-meter relay race.

Quarter-Mile and 100-Repetition Challenge

Ask Stew: New Runners Study

Kickoff in pool.

Ask Stew: Replacement for Swimming

Friday Workout Challenge: Sand Baby Devil Murph

A soldier performs a hand-release push-up during the army combat fitness test.

Upper-Body Workout with Cardio and Skills Options

Ask Stew: Running Issues (Changes, Injuries, and PT Tests)

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