The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and ...

Soldiers will have to run faster and do more push-ups in order to stay in their combat jobs under the Army’s new fitness ...

The Army will replace recently cut athletic trainers with unit medics to treat soldier injuries in its holistic fitness ...

If you want to ace a timed run over the 1.5- to three-mile distances used in most military running tests, the pacing strategy ...

Servicemen from the former category of "limited fitness" from May 1 will undergo an updated basic training program that takes ...

Peer reviewed research has found scant evidence that traditional military physical training — aimed at improving performance ...

Have you seen those videos or classes that promise to transform you with the discipline and intensity of a military workout?

Teams will now have 11 strength and conditioning coaches, with a requirement nixed for instructors overseen by the Defense ...

The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards ...

IN a quiet corner of Scholemoor Cemetery stands a grave, barely visible beneath knotted ivy, with a distinctive engraving of ...

A new study found more than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, prompting a scathing rebuke of lax ...

The U.S. Army formalized equal fitness standards between men and women in combat roles in new guidelines released Monday. The ...