Getting Through Deployment with Physical Fitness While deployed, many soldiers pass the time by setting goals. Some complete civilian or military education, play instruments...
Breaking Down the Three Phases of Army Ranger School As with any of the special operations units in the U.S. military, it takes endurance, stamina, intelligence and mental...
Army Basic Training PFT The Army's basic training physical fitness test is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance.
New Army PRT and CRT For decades, the Army has assessed physical fitness through the standard fitness test that many branches of the military and...
How These Workouts Pushed an Army Soldier and Recruit to the Next Level If your goal pace is to complete the two-mile run in 12 minutes, then you need to work on a six-minute mile pace or a 90...
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.
What You Should Know About the Army Weight Control Program The Army Weight Control Program ensures every soldier is healthy, physically fit and combat ready.
9 Ways to Tell That You Might Be a Runner Here is a series of issues that runners face every year, along with links or advice to help with whatever running goals you...
Guard Launches App to Help Improve APFT Scores Improve Your Army physical fitness test (APFT) score with the new Guard Fit app.
5 Tips to Recommit to a Healthier Lifestyle Start by embracing simple beginner routines that act as steppingstones, providing guidance without the initial intimidation.
This 2-Part Swimming Workout Will Help Anyone with Water Confidence You must swim, tread and place your face in the water to overcome any water fears. Here is a workout that will progressively...
How Improving Your Tactical Fitness Can Make You a Better Service Member The development of the elements of fitness, ensuring a military member is proficient in all of them, is a journey that adapts...
5 Reasons Why Service Members Need Physical Training for Job Performance Beyond Fitness Tests While the initial physical assessment is a crucial entry-point event, it hardly scratches the surface of what is necessary...
This Full-Body Exercise Circuit Will Take Your Fitness Training Up Another Level If you like full-body workouts that focus on pull-push-legs-core, this circuit of these fitness components will challenge you...