How to Get Ready for Timed Runs: Beginner Guide Starting from near zero preparing for your timed run? Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, tells you how to...
Shifting Training Focus from Calisthenics to Weightlifting The autumn workout cycle is a special mix of the previous summer high-rep calisthenics and cardio workouts and the heavier...
Ask Stew: Is the Pyramid Workout Structure Optimal for Training? The pyramid is a perfect workout, complete with a warmup, a max-out and a cooldown all rolled into one. But is it optimal?
Military Workout of the Week: Chest and Push Day Most split routines are seen in hypertrophy or bodybuilding programs, but it is wise to split them into upper body one day...
Coming Back into Fitness After Time in the Field Recovering from deployments and trainings so you can do it again is why we train as tactical athletes. What's the optimal way...
From Sedentary to Basic Training: Here's How to Get Ready When setting goals for a new and challenging military profession, going from sedentary to fully prepared and ready to serve...
Post-Military Fitness: How to Prepare for the FBI Fitness Test The military is a steppingstone into federal law enforcement for many veterans, and many of those agencies come with their...
Workout Plan: Balance Strength Growth and Maintenance How do you balance calisthenics, weights and cardiovascular conditioning? Here's a plan.
This Is the First Army Trainee to Max the New Army Combat Fitness Test On Oct. 21 Spc. Benjamin Ritchie became the first Basic Combat Training trainee to record a perfect score on the Army's new...
Prepping for the ACFT? The Two-Mile Run Is Here to Stay The new Army combat fitness test (ACFT), due to roll out in 2020, is a much better gauge of all the elements of a soldier'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...
