How to Work on Your Running Weaknesses Here is a workout I like to do to check progress, or lack thereof, in a variety of running styles and benchmark distances.
MREs and Ranger School: The Lifeblood of the Student Ranger School is a classic story of expending too many calories per day and not consuming enough.
Here Are Some Exercises that Work Well for Disabled Vets This article is probably one of the most important articles I have done. I hope to help this disabled veteran and others with...
Here Is a Big PT/Weight/TRX Combination Workout Push yourself with hundreds of reps involving burpees, pull-ups, squats, swimming and more in this intense workout.
TRX Move #1: Spiderman Push-up Hand plank position with knees on deck, right foot in foot cradles. Left leg extend, toes on deck.
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.
7 Tips to Fight Gaining Weight During the Holidays A study by the National Institutes of Health shows that most Americans only gain 2 pounds at the most between Thanksgiving...
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.
Can the Army's New Fitness Test Survive Critics and Become Official in April? Creating the new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, has been a monumental undertaking for the service.
Veterans Could Get Free Gun Safes Under Suicide Prevention Proposal Introduced in House Any veteran who wants a lockbox to store their firearm would be able to get one for free from the Department of Veterans...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
The Air Force Unveiled an Ambitious Reorganization Plan. Can It Survive a Presidential Election? The Department of the Air Force's ambitious reorganization plan designed to keep the Air Force and Space Force competitive...
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester, N.H., has been released on conditions he wear...
Keesler Command Chief Sacked After Investigation Ordered by Training Wing Colonel The command chief of the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was removed from his leadership role...