Three Reasons Why You're Struggling with Fitness Tests There are a few things that could be contributing to your fatigue or lack of muscle endurance during the push-up and sit-up...
Here Are the Guidelines for the Navy Body Composition Assessment Conducted twice a year, the Navy physical fitness assessment includes a body composition assessment and physical readiness...
What You Should Know About Navy EOD/Diver Training Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy diver are two separate professions within the Navy Special Operations...
Here's How to Create a Circuit Training Routine People often like to use the circuit workout as a form to get through a workout routine quickly, yet still work out...
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...
What You Should Know About the Navy Physical Readiness Program The Navy's physical readiness tests are designed to measure core stability, muscular strength-endurance and aerobic capacity.
Navy Physical Readiness Test (PRT) Overview The Navy physical readiness test consists of push-ups, curl-ups (sit-ups), and either running or swimming.
The Great Pull-Up Grip Debate: Thumbs on Top or Around the Bar? A wide variety of grips can make your pull-up workouts more enjoyable and diversify the strain on wrists, elbows, shoulders...
The Best Fitness Exercises to Target Your Entire Upper Body This workout combination will feature useful combinations of upper-body pushing and pulling exercises for an effective...
How to Equalize Pressure to Relieve Head Pain While Swimming Underwater Many people learn to clear their ears (and sinuses) when swimming or diving underwater out of necessity.
The Best Core Training Methods: Focus on Stability, Rotation and Movement Coordination, or Just Lift Weights? Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and...
How Increasing Muscle Stamina Leads to Doing More Push-Ups I recently advised a reader with several options to help improve their push-up regimen. One of those options was to decrease...