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How fitness can help you deal with stress

How to Combat Stress with Fitness

Woman drinks water after workout to stay hydrated.

Dehydration Can Cause Lethargy, Dizziness and So Many More Issues

A soldier is checked for lower-back pain at Fort Hood.

How to Address the Seven Possible Causes of Lower-Back Discomfort

Millions of Americans try to quit smoking every day.

5 Reasons to Quit Smoking

Patrons exercise on treadmills at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Ask Stew: Suggestions for Losing Weight When You're on the Other Side of 50

A guardsman warms up before the deadlift portion of the physical fitness event of the 2021 Arizona Best Warrior competition at Camp Navaho, Bellemont, Arizona.

What's the Difference Between Tactical Fitness and Regular Fitness?

A martial arts grand master trains a private first class at Osan Air Base in South Korea.

How You Can Stay Fit at Any Age

Fighting childhood obesity with exercise

Fitness for Kids

A Marine takes a moment to rest during a workout.

Top 15 Tips to Start Down the Road Toward a Healthier You

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Get Fit the Military Way

Losing stubborn fat around your midsection

How to Lose Stubborn Love Handles

The number one item if you will notice is food intake. As with any fitness and health goal - nutrition and exercise are...

Lance Cpl. Katelyn M. Hunter conducts pull-ups during an initial assessment at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Pfc. Kasey Peacock/III Marine Expeditionary Force)

5 Military Training Exercises to Help You Do More Pull-ups

Circuit training is a great way to work out.

20-Minute Circuit Workout

A medic paratrooper participates in an Army combat fitness test.

How You Don't Have to Be Stuck on a Training Plateau

Workouts that can help you do more pull-ups

Pull-up Push Workout

Tactical Fitness: How to Progress in BUD/S Warning Order Workouts

Sergeant competes in leg press during ironman competition.

How You Can Manage Working Out Twice a Day

Running the Military Way

Ask Stew: How Can I Get Rid of My Shin Splints?

A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, what he should do about the shin splints that plague him whenever he runs.

U.S. and coalition forces run the Army's 36th annual Ten-Miler Run virtual edition at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

How Air Pollution Should Factor into Your Running Schedule

It may be best to stay indoors and do another type of workout instead of breathing polluted air during strenuous cardio activity.

Soldiers with the Georgia Army National Guard complete a sunrise run during annual training at Fort Stewart.

Build Up Your Running Program with the Sun

The goal with the Solstice Exercise Plan is to progress with your walking, running, biking or other exercise option as the days get longer.

A runner stretches his legs and discusses strategy before a run at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany

Interested in Building Up Mileage? Here's the Twelve-Mile Run Plan.

The focus is to run shorter and faster runs in the week and a long, slower run at a comfortable pace on the weekend.

Riders with the Combat Center's triathlon team set out on their weekly 25-mile ride.

Here's How You Can Benefit from Training like a Triathlete

Several times a month, I receive emails from people interested in competing in Triathlon events that consist of swimming, biking, and running.

First male finisher crosses finish line at 2017 Marine Corps Marathon.

Marathon Running Plan

The Marine Corps Marathon is at the end of October. Do you have or can recommend any running programs to help those of us running it to max our performance?

Weight Loss Tips

Ask Stew: Losing 40 Pounds Stands Between Future Soldier and the Army

Many (too many) of America's men, women and teenagers are overweight. Recent alarming statistics conclude the following.

A culinary specialist adds a steak to a soldier’s plate at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Calories In and Calories Out: Is It That Simple?

Think weight loss is just about eating less and exercising more? It's only part of the equation.

'You Can Make It Happen': Inside One Military Spouse's Weight-Loss Journey

As a fitness writer, I often get testimonials from people using fitness programs that I have developed, and they all motivate...

An airman instructs members of Osan Air Base on how to do oblique crunches.

Lose the Love Handles You Hate! — Part 1

Clients and gym class participants always ask me, "How do I lose my love handles?" Many think it's just with more crunches...

Why service members should avoid fad diets

Debunking 3 Common Weight-Loss Myths

I have had an alarming number of emails that asked similar questions about quick weight loss through diets, diet pills or...

An airman checks his status with a scale and a tape measure.

Ask Stew: How Do I Lose Those Stubborn Last 5-10 Pounds?

It sounds like you are doing everything right when it comes to burning calories, so you have to take a closer look at what...

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