The Mind and Body Connection There is very little doubt that our mind and body are connected. The super highway of nerves and a variety of hormones in the...
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...
Here’s How Not to Bail on Your Workout When the Air Quality Outside Is Poor With wind patterns blowing smoke from Canadian wildfires over the East Coast of the United States recently, millions of...
Why You Should Add Resistance Training to Your Life (And Never Stop Doing It) Consider this the natural progression of resistance training that is a broad spectrum that anyone can do.
Preparing for a Fitness Test? These Drop Set Workouts Can Help. Drop sets are relatively advanced types of workouts where the goal is to perform an exercise (on the same muscle group) while...
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...
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...
4 Workout Routines Inspired by Selfless Service and Sacrifice Many veterans and fitness enthusiasts have probably heard of the "Hero WOD," or Workout of the Day.
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...