If you need to build strength as you prepare for military training, you should add weightlifting, load-bearing exercises, weight-vest calisthenics and other resistance workouts to your routine. Maintaining or improving muscle stamina and endurance is difficult when you are focused primarily on gaining strength, but it can be done. One way is to set up training blocks that incorporate calisthenics, cardio and lifting to get stronger or gain weight. It requires balance, innovative programming, adequate sleep and good nutrition to achieve proper recovery and see the benefits in this work. Think of this type of tactical fitness training as putting…

Banks are closing branches at an astonishing rate. Banks in the United States have shuttered 439 branches in the third quarter alone, the S&P Global data show. That was up from 199 in the prior quarter. Accoridng to a report by American Banker, this also marked the highest quarterly level of net closings since the first quarter of 2022, when banks turned out the lights on 960 locations. The latest quarterly decline extended a 15-year trend. In 2009, there were nearly 100,000 branches in the U.S. But this trend isn’t necessarily an indication of anything being wrong. Some analysts say…

There’s no doubt about it: Many skiers and snowboarders and not happy with the soaring prices of even a daily lift ticket at most resorts. Viral videos like this one about $300 lift tickets reflect a growing frustration with the state of the ski industry. The video ends with the skier giving up and going home rather than paying an exorbitant price tag for a single day on the slopes. That’s the kind of dissatisfaction among non-wealthy skiers that Vail Resorts is evidently trying to target with a new initiative. The ski industry behemoth now says it will offer a…

The House Judiciary Committee in Florida recently approved a measure that would repeal the state’s ban on commercial gun sales to adults under the age of 21, and the full House could vote on the measure as early as January, when the 2026 session begins. Passage in the lower chamber is a near certainty, since the House has approved similar language in each of the past three sessions.  The hang up has been the Florida Senate, where Republican leadership has refused to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. To the best of…

The fight over the Second Amendment usually lives on talk shows and social media. Now, almost a million federal dollars are heading somewhere very different: a law school firearms research center in Wyoming that wants to help high school teachers teach the 2A with actual history and primary sources instead of noise. The Firearms Research Center (FRC) at the University of Wyoming College of Law just landed a $908,991 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s American History and Civics Education Program. The money will fund a national project called “Armed with Knowledge: A Nonpartisan Second Amendment Initiative.” The goal…

The Official 2025 White House Christmas Ornament is built around a milestone that shaped American diplomacy: the 150th anniversary of White House State Dinners. For collectors — including many military families — the annual release doubles as a tradition with purpose, helping the White House Historical Association fund preservation and history education.This annual tradition isn’t just a decorative holiday release. It’s one of the most visible ways the White House Historical Association (WHHA) raises money to preserve White House history and teach it to the public.At a Glance:Theme: 150 years of White House State DinnersFirst modern State Dinner: 1875 (Ulysses…