Physical fitness is a cornerstone of military readiness. Historically, this quality has helped American servicemembers fight and win over numerically superior enemies. Nevertheless, Congress has ...

The Army physical fitness program has two factors: the weigh-in and the physical fitness test, or PFT. The APFT is a three-event physical performance test used to assess endurance. It is a simple ...

The Army has approved a series of revisions to its physical fitness test, ... For example, the minimum number of hand-release push-ups required for women will increase slightly, ...

The Army announced in July that the ACFT will become the physical fitness test of record no later than October 2020. The test complies with the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act without ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. - The cadre of "Rock Force" mixed it up again June 25 at their quarterly CSM Physical Fitness Challenge, this time bringing the battle to Main Post.

For the current Army Physical Fitness Test, male soldiers between 17 and 21 years old must complete 71 pushups within two minutes, run two miles in 13 minutes, and complete 78 situps to get ...

It’s been a decade in the making, but the Fort Eustis-based Center for Initial Military Training’s rethink of soldiers’ physical fitness and the test it developed has won a green … ...

Peer reviewed research has found scant evidence that traditional military physical training — aimed at improving performance on the physical fitness test — improves combat readiness.

The six events are deadlift, standing power throw, hand release pushup, sprint-drag-carry, planks and the 2-mile run. “Learning to train for and take new physical fitness assessments should be ...

The defense secretary’s decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora’s box of widely differing rules among the services. And it will ...

The new test comes three weeks after Mr. Hegseth ordered the elimination of lower physical fitness standards for women in combat positions. In 2022, the Army had eased the standards for women and ...