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The Push-up System Over the years, I have developed several methods to increase push-ups and have written articles on ways to implement them...
Push-up Push Workout The program is a 10-day plan that requires push-ups daily, but it still has some sound physiological rules that incorporate...
Navy Follows Army in Offering Prep Courses to Recruits Who Don't Meet Fitness, Academic Standards The Navy is now offering recruits who do not meet fitness standards a chance to get in shape before boot camp in an effort to...
Tips for Better Pull-ups One thing I have learned is that women and men cannot do pull-ups if they do not practice pull-ups.
Navy to Forgive Past Fitness Test Failures in Move to Keep Up to 1,500 Sailors from Getting Kicked Out The move is one of several that the Navy's leaders have made to help stem the challenges the service is facing in an...
Only One Fitness Test for Sailors Next Year The Navy has announced that it will conduct only one physical fitness test in 2023 instead of the more typical two...
These Options Could Make You a Faster Swimmer People often email Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, asking about swimming skills and techniques to get...
Try the 8-Count Body Builder Push-up/Pull-up Pyramid This new workout is one we developed with the Naval Academy spec ops team when when we were trying to simulate an obstacle...
How to Lose Weight and Get Fit for Military Duty Those who are overweight typically are not meeting the minimum physical fitness standards for their chosen branch of service.
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
![U.S. Navy recruits physical training onboard Recruit Training Command.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-03/mil-navy-recruits-physical-training-1800.jpg?itok=QDinh23C "U.S. Navy recruits demonstrate how to signal a "training timeout" prior to their warm-up run for physical training at Freedom Hall fitness center onboard Recruit Training Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Seth Schaeffer)")
