Army Fitness

Whether you're thinking about joining or you've been a soldier for years, staying in fighting condition is vital to your succ...

Also known as "forced marches" or "humps", these events are basically walking at a fast pace over rough terrain with a backpa...

Army Ranger PFT

As with any of the Special Operations units in the U.S. military, it takes endurance, stamina, intelligence and mental toughn...

This 15 day plan was written for a military member who had two weeks to pass his fitness test of 1.5 mile run, pushups, and s...

Soldiers will be better prepared if they train how they would fight.

Any soldier has in his vocabulary these four important words: Army Physical Fitness Test (or APFT). This test is mandatory in...

Usually after writing about military physical fitness tests (PFT), I receive several emails about the specific standards of e...

Why show up at your boot camp or a service academy unprepared for the physical fitness test?

I received an email asking if interval training was a good way to improve speed in your military PFT run.

If you are a beginner, you should always ramp up distance, pace, and intensity over a six to eight week period.

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