It is wise to practice taking military fitness tests, long before the real ones count toward your record or your chances of getting accepted into special programs. Otherwise, you are just guessing.

Troops will now be required to take at least two fitness tests per year. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that there would be new, strict fitness standards enforced on the U.S.

WASHINGTON, September 30 - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in the military and told a rare gathering of ...

EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Trump Administration announced the reinstatement of The Presidential Physical Fitness Test, the long-running program that assessed youth health and fitness from 1966 to 2013.

Staff Sgt. Neto Sevilla, assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, performs a deadlift exercise during the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Capt. Sara Berner/Army) Soldiers who score a 465 or better on the ...

WASHINGTON — Soldiers who score at least 465 points on the Army Fitness Test are eligible to be exempt from the service’s body fat standards, the Army announced Wednesday. “This is a welcome ...

When it comes to the selection and hiring of our next generation of firefighters, physical fitness should never be left to chance. The fireground doesn’t care how you look in uniform or what you bench ...

Recently, President Trump announced that he wants to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test to encourage Americans to get in shape. Anyone who has been to a county fair recently and watched folks ...

In this video, we put the World War II U.S. Army physical fitness test to the challenge. Covering exercises like push-ups, squat jumps, and a timed run, the test reveals just how demanding the ...

I was traumatized by John F. Kennedy’s presidential physical fitness test during sixth grade in 1961. My humiliation occurred in the 600-yard run. Barely more than one-third of a mile, the lap and a ...