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Aug 21, 2022

Fighter pilots are lifting heavy. Why don’t you?

Breathe and brace, lift, exhale. That’s it, pretty freakin’ simple. Why do so many people literally forget how to breathe when lifting heavy?

BYMichael Gregory

Aug 21, 2022

BYAlex Hollings

Jul 30, 2022

3 hiking tips you hadn’t thought of from a US Marine

One of the most arduous parts of Marine Corps life and training has to be the long-distance rucks. Covering a lot of miles with a lot of weight on your back may seem like a simple enough proposition, but as time goes by, you start to pick up on a fe…

BYAlex Hollings

Jul 30, 2022

BYSean Dodds

Jan 28, 2023

6 stupid simple steps to achieving stronger pull-ups

For Marines, doing twenty solid pull-ups is literally good for your career. Each time your chin crosses the bar’s threshold is five more points added to your physical fitness test score. That’s huge for any jarhead looking to get promoted…

BYSean Dodds

Jan 28, 2023

BYBusiness Insider

Dec 12, 2021

How Navy SEALs swim for miles without getting tired

With the beginning of summer, pools all over the US are opening for recreational swimming — but in the Navy, recruits are getting ready for the brutal Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, or BUD/S, that will turn some of them into Navy SEALs…

BYBusiness Insider

Dec 12, 2021

BYZackry Colston

Oct 25, 2022

The best servicemen who were also NBA players

The NBA playoffs are heating up, and you know what that means… Every on-base basketball court in the country now has some dude who: screams for the ball, dives at your knees, and calls a foul whenever anyone gets near him. He wears brand new…

BYZackry Colston

Oct 25, 2022

BYAlex Hollings

Oct 23, 2021

Three ways playing football for the military is nothing like playing in college

There’s something about football that just lends itself to the melodramatic emotions of our youth. It’s the closest socially acceptable approximation to gladiatorial combat young men in our modern civilized world can pursue, and as such, it tends …

BYAlex Hollings

Oct 23, 2021

BYInsider

Jul 19, 2020

Here’s what happened when these bodybuilders went vegan for a month

Following the debut of the documentary “The Game Changers” on Netflix, which aims to debunk the myth that vegan athletes struggle …

BYInsider

Jul 19, 2020

BYMichael Gregory

Jul 15, 2020

Why you should be training, not exercising

Though the distinction between training and exercising might seem unimportant — it isn’t. How you label your physical activity says more about you, your mindset, and your probable rate of success than any PFT score ever could. I first saw …

BYMichael Gregory

Jul 15, 2020

BYMichael Gregory

Jul 9, 2020

3 “No-duh!” things you can do to manage hunger that actually work

I’m about to tell you how to manage your hunger pangs. These tactics are useless unless you understand one fact about life and your body. A hunger pang will not kill you and isn’t actually negative at all. By chiseling this fact on yo…

BYMichael Gregory

Jul 9, 2020

BYMichael Gregory

Nov 22, 2022

How to actually use that back extension machine

It’s in a dark and wet corner of the gym. Half the gym-goers ignore it altogether. The other half use it to torture their spine as if it owes them money. The back extension machine can be a valuable tool for your training progression. It coul…

BYMichael Gregory

Nov 22, 2022

BYMichael Gregory

May 1, 2020

5 simple tips to help you avoid the ‘Quarantine 15’

If you’ve been sitting at home bingeing on Doritos and MRE lemon pound cake and think you’re not going to gain weight, you’re sorely mistaken. Now, the time to establish a new routine is upon you, at least, if you want to avoid excessive w…

BYMichael Gregory

May 1, 2020

BYFatherly

Apr 29, 2020

This smart scale whipped me into shape faster than a personal trainer

If December is the season for consumerist gluttony, and full-fat eggnog, then January is the time for carrot sticks, running on the treadmill, and starin…

BYFatherly

Apr 29, 2020

BYCoffee Or Die

Apr 29, 2020

Former Army Ranger crushes world record for pullups in a day

When one pushes their body to its most extreme limit, they find that they are simultaneously pushing their mind and spirit. Few are more familiar with this feeling than Brandon Tucker — a U.S. Army Ranger veteran who climbed his way to be…

BYCoffee Or Die

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

Why former NFL player decided to join the Army

A former NFL Arizona Cardinals cornerback is training for his new team — the Army. Spc. Jimmy Legree is in his second week of Basic Combat Training; after he graduates he’ll continue training at Fort Gordon, Georgia, to become a communicati…

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

Army hopes to complete 4-year sweep of Navy in rivalry game

Since his fellow cadets stormed Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium three years ago after Army ended Navy’s 14-game winning streak, Ryan Velez had waited for his chance to play in the storied Army-Navy game. Velez, now a senior safety from Foun…

BYUnited States Army

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s how to register for the 2020 Air Force Marathon

If you plan to ring in the new year with resolutions of becoming a healthier you, what a better way to stick to that commitment than to sign up for the 24th Annual Air Force Marathon. Registration opens Jan. 1, 2020, at midnight, offering the lowest…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020