How You Can Improve Quickly and Test Well on Sit-ups If you are seeking a military or law enforcement job, you likely will see an entrance exam that requires you to score well in...
PT Progression Series: Combining Hardcore Full-Body Movements with PT/Run The PT Progression Series focuses on how to develop skills for fitness testing. Part 5 advances to full-body movements and...
PT Progression Series: How Max-Rep Sets Can Jump-Start Your Workouts The PT Progression Series is a series of answers about how to develop skills for fitness testing. Part 3 focuses on building...
PT Progression Series: How Mixing Running and PT Can Improve Your Times The PT Progression Series is a series of answers about how to develop skills for fitness testing. Part 4 adds running to the...
PT Progression Series: Why Pyramids Are a Foundation Workout The PT Progression Series is a series of answers about how to develop skills for fitness testing. The PT pyramid is the...
PT Progression Series: Building a Better Workout with Supersets The PT Progression Series is a series of answers about how to develop skills for fitness testing. The superset is another...
How These Workouts Pushed an Army Soldier and Recruit to the Next Level If your goal pace is to complete the two-mile run in 12 minutes, then you need to work on a six-minute mile pace or a 90...
You Asked, and Stew Smith Answers Your Top 10 Fitness Questions Here are the questions that Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, considers his top 10. All are relevant to...
Tactical Fitness: Advice for Young Teens Considering Military Service If you're just entering your teen years and want to join the military in the future, Military.com's tactical fitness expert...
Tactical Fitness: How to Become Comfortable Running Three Miles for the PFT A future Marine asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, how to train for a solid three-mile run on his...
The Best Circuit Workout to Help You Do More Pull-Ups Of any calisthenics exercise, pull-ups are the most difficult to perform and see improvements without significant time and...
Why Experimenting with Your Fitness Routine Could Be the Key to Success in 2025 As 2025 rolls in, we all get the urge to start the new year on a better footing.
Should You Snack During Your Fitness Workout? Some workout programs require an above-average time investment. Usually, these will include longer distances of running...
5 Tips to Stick to Your Fitness Commitment in the New Year Imagine looking back after one year and witnessing the profound changes consistently working toward a simple goal can unleash...
7 Ways to Maintain Your Fitness Level as You Age Most people focus on fitness to begin a new habit or seek improvements in health and wellness. This largely requires...
