Tactical Fitness: What Type of Rucksack Should You Get for Training? A future service member asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, about the best rucksacks with which to train...
Ask Stew: How to Train Properly for Tactical Professions Where some special-ops candidates fail is that they don't drop the heavy weights and switch to higher-rep calisthenics to...
How to Improve Your Confidence in Basic Water Skills To give Marines a basic understanding of how to survive the watery forces of nature, they must qualify in Combat Water...
So You Want to Become a Marine? Here's How to Build Your Fitness Level. Too many times, young people start to prepare too late for professions that require fitness tests. Lives may depend on their...
The Importance of Training Before You Enter the Military Here is a list of just a few of the many former military officers and enlisted who train civilians to lose weight and prepare...
Woman or Man, Here's the Common Denominator to Passing a Pull-up Test Women and men can do pull-ups. Women and men can fail to do pull-ups. But the common denominator to passing a pull-up test is...
Pull-ups Part Three: Going from 10 to 20 Pull-ups This article is the last of a three-part series on how to do pull-ups. This article will show you how to get up to 20 reps or...
Pull-ups Part One: How to Get Your First Pull-up This article, the first of a three-part series, will show you how to condition your body so you can perform your first pull...
Pull-ups Part Two: Going from 1 to 10 Pull-ups This article is the second of a three-part series on how to do pull-ups. This article will show you how to get up to 10 reps.
How to Master Obstacle Courses Many pre-military and law enforcement recruits preparing for training programs often don't have an obstacle course available...
Mile Repeats Too Difficult? This Running Progression Workout Can Help You Get There. These workouts are ideal for those who have to take fitness tests involving high-repetition calisthenics -- pull-ups, push...
Ask Stew: 5 Options to Make Running Less Impactful as You Grow Older If you want to continue running, some options will help you continue running or walking and supplement it with less impactful...
The 8 Biggest Killers of Your Fitness Training Goals and Healthy Habits The sooner we learn to forgive ourselves for past decades of unhealthy living, the quicker we can move on and start...
This Track and Calisthenics Workout Can Improve Your Fitness Test Score Competitive tactical programs often require higher-than-average scores on fitness tests in order to meet a standard or set...
Ask Stew: You Have a Lot of Time Before Joining the Military. Here’s How Not to Waste It. The most important part of a long-term training plan is having fun and enjoying the process of working on your strengths and...
