What's Included on a Service Academy or ROTC Fitness Test Each branch of military service has similar requirements in its fitness testing, but there are some differences.
Ask Stew: How to Adapt to Swimming with Fins Swimming with fins during rigorous military training, such as BUD/S and Army Ranger/Special Forces training, is required for...
How Assessing Your Fitness Can Save Your Life or Those You Love Assessing your abilities regularly can help you one day, when needed, to save yourself, your family, your teammates or other...
How to Build Speed and Power for PT Tests Depending upon the branch of service, the PT tests vary in exercises, timed events and run distances.
Looking for a Challenge? Give This Advanced Workout a Try. Here is a workout that incorporates some of the challenging events advanced-level military members will see during their...
Ask Stew: Examining the Pros and Cons of Wearing a Weight Belt Here is a question concerning the use of weight belts, using some of my personal workouts designed for the tactical athlete.
What You Should Know About Five Common Fitness Injuries Nagging injuries and small aches or pains can occur at any time. Here's some suggestions about how to prevent them or recover...
Start off the Year Strong with This TRX Workout If you are looking for something more challenging to try out in 2017, try this TRX or suspension training program.
Why You Should Focus on Form, Not Weight, in This TRX Workout Here is a challenging variety of exercises and “rest exercises” mixed with a few cardio options as well.
Ask Stew: After Lapse, National Guardsman Seeks Fitness Help It can be difficult to work a few days a month in the actual job and still maintain your fitness. Here's how to make it work.
The Great Pull-Up Grip Debate: Thumbs on Top or Around the Bar? A wide variety of grips can make your pull-up workouts more enjoyable and diversify the strain on wrists, elbows, shoulders...
The Best Fitness Exercises to Target Your Entire Upper Body This workout combination will feature useful combinations of upper-body pushing and pulling exercises for an effective...
How to Equalize Pressure to Relieve Head Pain While Swimming Underwater Many people learn to clear their ears (and sinuses) when swimming or diving underwater out of necessity.
The Best Core Training Methods: Focus on Stability, Rotation and Movement Coordination, or Just Lift Weights? Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and...
How Increasing Muscle Stamina Leads to Doing More Push-Ups I recently advised a reader with several options to help improve their push-up regimen. One of those options was to decrease...