Using Special Ops Testing and Grading Methods for Athletics: Lacrosse Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, creates a special fitness test, based on Special Ops methods, for...
Some Recommended Supersets for Push-ups and Sit-ups Once you get to that burning sensation, you are reaching the peak of the muscle stamina in your body.
Here Are the Fitness Standards to Become a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer According to the Rescue Swimmer course syllabus, rescue swimmers must have flexibility, strength, endurance and function for...
Weekly Fitness Challenge: Fast Interval Cardio Check out a new workout from former SEAL Stew Smith that mixes fast interval cardio via bike, elliptical or running.
Ask Stew: Suggestions on How to Improve Your Balance An email from a physical therapist in the Navy asked me about training people to have better balance.
Workout Challenge: Tackling the Burpee Pyramid Plus Every now and then, you should take on a workout that forces you to go into your "happy place."
Stew Smith's Favorite Fitness Offerings I often get emails, asking about some of the things I like to use, wear and listen to when exercising.
3 Fitness Products Invented by SEALs My former SEAL buddy, Alden Mills, has created awesome fitness products that capture the most beloved and most hated...
Multitask Your Muscles with the Perfect Pushup Here's an interesting question about how to combine two different pieces of exercise equipment, dumbbells and the Perfect...
When Can Teenagers Start Lifting Weights? Will lifting weights stunt a teenager's growth? No, but caution should be taken with beginner lifters, Military.com's...
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...