Military training strategies for shaping physical and mental toughness can be modified to meet anyone’s lifestyle, whether you’re trying to boost fitness or develop personal discipline. So take a cue from the cadets by deploying these tactics on your home turf:

• Strength. Boot camp workouts, which are gaining popularity among civilians, incorporate traditional body-weight exercises — like push-ups, sit-ups, and squats — into their arsenal. While free weights and other objects are used for lifts and lunges, you can drop and do 20 needing nothing more than floor space.

• Endurance. While you can seek out an indoor or outdoor course with military-style run-throughs, many parks and trails have their own stations along walking paths — such as pull-up bars, climbers, and raised platforms. But you can just use ramps or hills to amp up intensity, and park benches for tricep dips or incline push-ups.

• Camaraderie. Nothing motivates like team spirit. Survivors of “beast” training at military academies often credit peer solidarity as a driving factor in completion. Find fellowship in classes where upbeat music and troop dynamics help push you to your next level. For a more intense approach, join a local group fitness boot camp.