Whether you’re looking to improve athletic performance, increase skill level, or boost overall fitness, applying the principle of specificity can help you get the results you need in a timely manner. ...

Each week at Military.com Fitness, a workout of the week is posted; it is usually focused on the military recruit/candidate, active-duty and retired members, who can vary widely on the spectrum of ...

In a world filled with ever-evolving fitness trends and high-tech training tools, it’s easy to get lost in the noise of what’s “new and improved.” Yet, some principles of training have stood the test ...

Strategic progression in your workouts is the missing link between training hard and achieving real, long-term muscle growth.

Functional training is a type of exercise that looks like movements you make in your daily life. It can be helpful for athletic performance, injury prevention, and other everyday fitness tasks.

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...

Most often, athletes put all of their efforts into training and excelling in one chosen sport. But some athletes opt to train using a variety of different activities to enhance performance in their ...