5 Military Training Exercises to Help You Do More Pull-ups The pull-up is one of the most challenging exercises. If you are 10 to 20 pounds overweight, it can affect your ability to do...
What Tapering Before Your Military Physical Fitness Test Looks Like A piece of advice: Do not try anything you have not done before the week of or the day of the test that you have not done...
How to Train for the Transition During a Physical Fitness Test After you perform max reps with your upper body, running can be difficult, so you must train for the transition in a military...
Why Your Fitness Workouts Should Mimic a Military PT Test For best military PT test results, arrange exercises in your fitness workouts in the order on which you will be tested.
The Keys to Achieving a Good Sit-up Score on Your Military PT Test The sit-up, or curl-up, is the easiest exercise on which to score maximum points on a military physical fitness test, but you...
How the PT Fitness Pyramid Can Build a Stronger Military The military PT fitness pyramid includes a warmup, max-out and cooldown, making it a healthy way to exercise, former Navy...
When to Use a Heart-Rate Monitor in Your Military Fitness Training Training with a heart-rate monitor can offer immediate feedback and give you an indication of effort, Military.com's tactical...
How to Get the Most Out of Weightlifting and Military PT Workouts Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith suggests a 20- to 30-minute upper-body weight and military PT workout.
Tactical Fitness: How to Progress in BUD/S Warning Order Workouts A Marine in the BUD/S Warning Order reaches out to Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith after struggling to...
Unlocking the Keys to Scoring Well on the World's Most Common Fitness Test The standard military and law enforcement physical fitness test (PFT) consists of push-ups, sit-ups, sit and reach, and a 1.5...
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
Air Force Colonel Heading Maintenance Group at New Mexico Base Is Relieved of Command Col. Danzel Albertsen, commander of the 49th Maintenance Group at Holloman Air Force Base, was removed from his leadership...
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
The Standoff at Gate 36: Texas Sends in the Troops to Block Migrants from Seeking Asylum Immigration enforcement has long been the domain of the federal government. But Texas is challenging that at a time when...
1,100 Army Corps of Engineers Personnel to Help Clear Debris in Baltimore Bridge Collapse The Army Corps of Engineers is set to review the damage and remove and manage debris from the river, with the eventual goal...