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...
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Tactical Fitness and Special Ops Training
Learn which training methods would be most useful for passing Special Ops fitness tests.
Ask Stew: 'I Need a PFT Starter Kit!'
Preparing for a fitness test to get selected into a training program as well as training for the selection course is an incre...
Combat Conditioning and Fitness Testing
There are two different types of training you must be prepared for in order to become a member of special operations of any b...
Military Fitness Archive
This is a one-stop article to better help people find information on specific fitness topics in the Military.com Fitness Cent...
Stew Smith's Fitness Training Pipeline
In the military, training pipelines refer to a student's training cycle as they attend school after school to become certifie...
Preparing Physically for a Second Career
My expertise in this career change begins here with preparing physically for different physical fitness tests of a law enforc...
Ace Any Law Enforcement Fitness Test
Prior to basic, boot camp or police academy, personnel line up to take their physical fitness tests (PFT).
Achieve Muscle Definition Without Overdoing It
Hi Stew, I am a 35 year old, 212 lbs Police officer and Army NG, and I run and lift weights for exercise. My goal is to find...
Law Enforcement PFT
More than half of the United States Military and law enforcement Agencies use what I call the "Common PFT."
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