A Closer Look at the Coast Guard's Specialized Force Units These six units create an organized quick reaction force that can be deployed to handle natural disasters, environmental...
Law Enforcement Running Test The problem with many younger (and older) Americans is that the current fitness/health conditions they maintain are not good...
What You Should Know About the USAF Fitness Program The Air Force Fitness Program assesses your fitness in four areas: aerobic (running), body composition, push-ups and crunches...
A Logical Way to Build Up to Running Longer Distances and Preparing for Timed Runs Training for a fitness test is just a different way to train. It is not any harder, just different.
Breathing Is Natural, but Here's How You Could Be Doing It All Wrong Did you know that you can speed up and slow down your central nervous system by learning some breathing techniques?
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.
Ask Stew: Calculating How Many More Calories You Burn While Rucking A reader asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, how to calculate calories burned during a weighted walk.
Ask Stew: What Is a Ruck? Defining "ruck" is difficult to someone who has never moved out with 50+ lbs in a backpack for many, many miles.
How to Deal with Burnout During Your Military Fitness Training Even with a solid recovery plan, if your workouts are the same routine each week, you may want to mix it up.
5 Metabolic Health Factors that Can Determine Your Future A 2018 study found that only one in eight Americans are considered metabolically healthy, with more recent studies showing...
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...
