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Top 5 Ways to De-Stress Your Way to a Healthier Life

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his top ten ways you can de-stress your life....

Senior Airman Terrence Ruffin, 16th Electronic Warfare Squadron, lifts 25-pound dumbbells at the fitness center on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. In November, the Airman became the youngest professional bodybuilder on the circuit at age 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Ask Stew: How to Build Rest into Your Workouts

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his advice on how to properly incorporate res...

Ask Stew: How to Train When Missing Sleep

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, details how to train when you work long hours and h...

Sleep is an important factor in health. In addition to aiding in the healing of the body after injury, studies suggest that sleep can help boost the immune system, prevent disease, and ease depression. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. John Hall)

The Importance of Sleep to Workout Recovery

Self Motivation - The Wanna-Be and Gonna-Be

Every now and then I receive emails from those who say they want to be in the military but have been unmotivated for a year o...

How to Combat Stress with Fitness

Learn techniques and workouts that help combat stress from Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness...

How to Train After an Injury or Illness

After an illness or injury, it is often difficult to regain the same level of fitness you worked so hard to achieve. You may...

The U.S. Military is Growing . . . Around the Waist

In this article, we will discuss the recommended courses of action to obtain healthy screening numbers.

Nausea During Workout

Often, I receive an email concerning that nauseated feeling you can get when exercising. There are a few issues that can caus...

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If you are looking for answers to questions concerning military fitness, it is probably in the article archive.

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How to Achieve Restorative Sleep

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, advises how to get the best sleep possible for opti...

Tony Horton, creator of workout program P90X, demonstrates an exercise during a calisthenics routine at the southside gym, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (U.S. Air Force photo/Brea Miller).

Workout of the Week: Weights and Calisthenics Mix

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives us a new twist on combining weights with cali...

Laura Bennett stretches in the grass after a game of soccer at Pine Plains fields. Bennett uses fitness as an outlet to relieve stress and to maintain strength and energy. (Photo Credit: Mrs. Michelle Kennedy (Drum)).

Here's a Foolproof Way to Make Time for Workouts

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, gives his foolproof way that anyone, even with limi...

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Chase Lawrence runs his final lap during an APFT (Photo By: Jermaine Jackson).

Are Landmark Workouts Fun Challenges or a Bad Idea?

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, discusses the pros and cons of landmark workouts.

Sgt. Guadalupe Campos, the marketing and public affairs representative for Recruiting Station San Antonio, performs push-ups during a physical training session as part of the inaugural Battles Won Academy (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryan Nygaard/Released).

Ask Stew: How to Improve Pushup Performance

Stew Smith, Navy SEAL veteran and Military.com's tactical fitness expert, advises a reader how to improve their pushup perfor...