Drawing on his decades of experience with mixed martial arts and weight training, former professional MMA fighter and MMA coach Joey Alvarado discusses his top 7 kettlebell exercises for MMA.

By Joey Alvarado

Preparation is of the utmost importance for the brave men and women in our armed forces. However, what about the young men and women who make the decision to defend our freedoms, but have yet to raise their hand, swear, and take the oath to defend our freedoms?

By Sincere Hogan

No, this isn’t some attempt to attach an incendiary term like Spartan to a workout in order to appear hardcore. This challenge acts as much as an opportunity and offer to our warriors, as it does act as a correction to the combative conditioning inaccuracies of the original “300 Challenge” inspired by the motion picture, “300.”

By Scott Sonnon

From the early days of military history to modern war settings an army’s mobilization ability has been paramount to its success or demise. For thousands of years this mobilization was done on foot. Full armies marched from one location to the other before they could complete a mission objective or engage the enemy. A Roman Legion, for example, had a standard pace of just over 18 miles in 5 hours (20 Roman miles) and a fast pace of 22 miles in the same time (24 Roman miles) while carrying 70 pounds. After a day’s march fortifications would be built to spend the night. Our modern soldiers, however better equipped they may appear to be by comparison, haven’t got a better lot. Despite of today’s availability of motorized transportation foot marching is still the inevitable best choice in many cases.

By Nico Rithner

 Prior to joining the Navy, my approach to fitness was much like the average gym rat; I modeled it after what I read in the various bodybuilding periodicals. My workouts mostly consisted of 4-6 sets of a bunch of exercises followed by some time on the treadmill or exercise bike. If I was feeling really adventurous, I’d even jog through my neighborhood! I did a lot of work on machines and a lot of isolation movements. When I enlisted in the Navy, I knew that I had to find a new approach to training. After doing a bit of research and talking with other people who were already in the military, I decided to ditch the bodybuilding mentality, quit training in the gym, and totally change the way I trained.

By Aaron Wolf