Weekly Workout: Quarter-Mile Intervals for Pushing Speed and VO2 Max Here is a way to challenge yourself by pushing your limits on running 400 meters, which is one lap around a track.
Simulating Log PT with the Sandbaby Murph If you need to prep for log PT, here's a tough workout called the Sandbaby Murph that should help you out.
A Weekly Workout with a Weight Vest and Harness Here is a workout I like to do with the Raptor vest and a sled.
This Weekly Workout Involves Some Motivation and Lots of Running Here is a challenging running workout that will help you with building leg stamina and lung endurance for timed runs.
Circuit Training Insanity: 3 Hardcore Workouts to Burn Body Fat If you want to shave points off your body-fat percentage, circuit training workouts are about to become your new best friend.
How Periodization Training Can Reinvigorate Your Fall Workouts Fall is approaching, and Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, shares his plans for staying on top of his...
A Weekly Workout that Involves Your Upper Body and Running Here is an upper-body and running workout that works best if you have a pull-up bar and a place to run nearby.
Law Enforcement Running Test The problem with many younger (and older) Americans is that the current fitness/health conditions they maintain are not good...
A Healthy Mix of Weights, PT and Cardio It's easy to create imbalances if you do the same old workout each week, missing out on muscle groups that oppose muscles on...
Suggesting Some Other Options Besides Cardio People who only run get injured three times as often as people who cross-train with swimming, biking or other cardio options.
Ask Stew: The Secret to Sticking with a Fitness Goal Isn’t About Motivation When you take a small step toward your goal, your brain releases dopamine, giving you a little boost and making it easier to...
Fitness on the Cheap: Smart Ways to Keep Moving and Save Money Maintaining your health can seem expensive, but fitness doesn’t have to break the bank or eat up all your free time.
Get Faster with These Built-for-Speed Workouts Many fitness tests include speed and agility in addition to endurance runs. You need a good workout to take to the track to...
Ask Stew: How to Train for Air Force Special Warfare with Limited Pool Time Here's what I would do with two days a week of swimming to get ready for the challenges of the Air Force pararescue (PJ)...
8 Ways Military PT Has Shaped the Wider World of Fitness Military fitness training has infiltrated our country’s fitness world for decades.