How to Turn Swimming into a Strength for Special Operations Selection Programs Preparing for any military diving or rescue swimmer course requires a significant time investment, not only to get into...
How to Become a Better Swimmer Before Navy Dive School Many fitness and pool competency skills must be acquired before attending special ops programs.
Tactical Fitness with Stew Smith: How to Develop the Proper Push-up Posture Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness expert, addresses proper push-up posture and how to strengthen upper- and lower...
Getting Stronger with the ‘5x5’: A Classic Way to Lift While fitness requirements may vary across different military roles, the need for strength remains constant and grows more...
How Prospective Army Rangers Can Trim Their 5-Mile Run Times You will see running, rucking and high-repetition calisthenics while preparing for Ranger School through the Ranger Fitness...
Try This Fun Pull-Up and Deadlift Workout to Prepare for the ACFT There are many ways to arrange workouts that are fun and still fit into a training plan that will help you not only be a...
These Running and Swimming Workouts Will Prepare You for Special Ops Testing When preparing for fitness tests, such as the Navy Special Warfare/Special Ops Physical Screening Test (PST) or the Air Force...
Why 'Microdosing' 10-Minute Mini-Workouts Can Actually Work Microdosing refers to doing quick workouts to maintain fitness levels when you don't have time to get to a full gym or to do...
How Weight Vests Increase the Intensity of Your Fitness Workouts Weight-vest sales saw more than a 26% increase in the last year, according to recent data from Garage Gym Reviews, indicating...
3 Tips to Help You Push Past the Push-up Plateau The following is a workout adjustment I recommend when you have tried daily push-up regimens and are still stuck at 75 for...
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...
'Band of Brothers' Actors Are Training to Parachute into Normandy for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would...
Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation The case of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel Command, was also referred by the Army to the Defense...
The State Department’s New Armored Vehicle Is on Another Level As if you needed another reason to apply for embassy duty.
The Hardest Part of Special Operations Selection Programs – and How to Handle It Contrary to what one might expect, the most arduous part of a U.S. special operations selection program is not the actual...