Ask Stew: Training Cycle Length When working out to reach a tactical fitness goal, you may find that you start the process with a few strengths from your own...
Friday Favorite: Leg Day and Cardio Here is one of our classic warmups that includes short jogs, dynamic stretches and calisthenics squats.
How to Heal from Military Running Injuries: Prevention, Treatment and Back to Running There are many avenues you can take when trying to avoid a military running injury, work through nagging aches and pains, or...
Ask Stew: Getting Ready to Move from Infantry to Special Ops A young man in the Marine infantry is considering transferring into Navy SEAL training after his initial four-year contract.
Can't Run Due to Injury? What Next? Most people in the military probably would not run if they did not have to pass a fitness test every six months while serving...
Ask Stew: Going into Winter Lift Cycle but Already Strong If you have played contact sports, there is a good chance that you already have a certain amount of strength, power, speed...
Why Let a PT Test Ruin a Good Workout Day? Do This Instead The week of a PT test can be a mix of reduced volume and intensity in order to be fully prepared to score your best.
Here's What Being 'Mentally Ready' Means for Special Ops Selection While training, working even when you do not feel like it and pushing toward your goal, you’ll develop a mental readiness...
Ask Stew: Recommendations for Building a Home Gym Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, home gyms are going to be a common approach to training at least for the near future.
Take This Easy Day if You Need a Break from High Reps and High Miles of Training Taking an "easy day" during training is relative to your current abilities and will differ from person to person.
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...