No More Tape Test, But Only for Soldiers That Crush the Fitness Test Soldiers who score at least a 540 on the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, will be exempt from having their body fat...
The Army's New Fitness Test Is Here. For Real This Time. No, Seriously. But Its Future Is Uncertain. A staple of military service, the fitness test has effectively been sidelined as officials tuned it and soldiers got familiar...
How to Lose Weight and Get Fit for Military Duty Those who are overweight typically are not meeting the minimum physical fitness standards for their chosen branch of service.
How to Mix Powerlifting with Military Tactical Fitness Training With a year left before enlisting, a powerlifter asks Military.com tactical fitness expert Stew Smith how to mix his sport...
Army's New Fitness Test Might Change Again as Congress Looks to Switch Standards An amendment in the NDAA would direct the Army to establish fitness standards for troops in combat roles that would be higher...
Passing the New ACFT Can Lift Flags from Failing the Army's Old Fitness Test The service has been beta-testing the Army Combat Fitness Test since June 2020, moving away from the three-event Army...
Preparing for a Marathon Run There usually are one or two things that give out on you when running. It is either your lungs or your legs.
The Best 20-Minute Workouts Do you want to jump-start your new year with some great ideas that you can incorporate into your fitness routine?
Interested in Building Up Mileage? Here's the Twelve-Mile Run Plan. The focus is to run shorter and faster runs in the week and a long, slower run at a comfortable pace on the weekend.
How to Lose Stubborn Love Handles The number one item if you will notice is food intake. As with any fitness and health goal - nutrition and exercise are...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
