Ask Stew: Should You Really Barf Before, During or After a PT Test? Passing with a competitive score does not create anxiety, require more than 100% effort or that you throw up before, during...
Workout of the Week: Pyramid Warmup, Pyramid Lift If you use a popular method of PT pyramids, you may like this next-step progression as you start to add weights to your...
Military Running Training: Speed or Distance? It Depends The tactical athlete's training program needs to have short and fast running days, goal pace running days and longer-distance...
Ask Stew: Rules for Two-a-Day Workouts Failing to put in the time preparing can lead to failing to meet standards or being susceptible to typical overuse injuries.
The Nuts and Bolts of Training Tactical Athletes What do you need to know about training a tactical athlete? Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, explains.
How to Pass the Service Academy CFA The CFA, or candidate fitness assessment, not only evaluates strength and endurance, but also measures potential for...
How Non-Swimmers Can Get Ready for BUD/S or Aquatic Special Ops For the non-swimming athlete, preparing for jobs that are aquatic in nature is a progression of learning and conditioning.
Build Your Own Military Workout: 5 Minutes Cardio, 5 Minutes Resistance Looking for a way to create an unlimited supply of workouts, but need some organization in which to do it?
Does Physiological Training Matter for Special Ops? Getting good at all the elements of fitness that apply specifically to your selection program is critical to success.
Here’s How to Transition into New Fitness Training Cycles Is it time to shift your training focus? Periodization gives you a strategy.
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...