Ask Stew: You Have a Lot of Time Before Joining the Military. Here’s How Not to Waste It. The most important part of a long-term training plan is having fun and enjoying the process of working on your strengths and...
Developing a Workout Program? These 4 Principles of Training Can Help. Each week at Military.com Fitness, a workout of the week is posted; it is usually focused on the military recruit/candidate...
How to Manage Your Fitness Choices When They Become Overwhelming If you break down the fitness world into smaller segments, you may find something that interests you while lessening the...
How You Can Boost Tactical Fitness Before Preparing for Military Service For the student who is working to get good at all of the elements of fitness, the midweek Mobility Day produces better...
Ask Stew: 3 Tips to Help Avoid 'Losing Your Gains' When Changing Training Cycles Changing your training cycles periodically is a common way to diversify the elements of fitness you want to improve, as well...
Nutrition Strategies for the Literal Long Haul: Endurance Events and Spec Ops Selections The time to practice and test out strategies is during your preparation -- not on game day.
These Workout Circuits Are Moderate Intensity. Try Them and See Whether You Agree. If you are looking for a few ways to add in resistance training, consider a full-body, moderate-intensity circuit complete...
This Run and Leg Day Combo Workout Contains Just About Everything Have you ever wondered what is a good warmup for a leg day? Well, it depends on what the leg day entails, but the following...
The Top 10 Reasons Why People Fail at Special Ops There are many ways to fail out or quit any of the many special-ops programs, but the biggest reason someone fails is usually...
Why Building Cardio Endurance Matters Even for Those Who Lift When running at a steady pace for long distances, swimming for more than the length of a pool and even rucking, most strength...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...