Over the past 20 years, to say that all branches of the military have changed their fitness testing and standards is an ...

Endurance athletes typically need to focus more on resistance training, including both calisthenics and weight lifting, when transitioning into military-style training programs. Strength athletes may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soldiers who score at least 465 points on the Army Fitness Test can be exempt from body fat standards. Soldiers have a new ...

The Army will kick off its new retention bonus system next month, using physical fitness scores, technical expertise and commander evaluations to determine a soldier’s payout to reenlist. “We were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff Sgt. Neto Sevilla, assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, performs a deadlift exercise during the Army Combat Fitness ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that's gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced ...