The first test a soldier has to take to earn a Ranger tab just got harder — unless you really hate sit-ups. The Army announced Thursday a completely revamped physical fitness test for Ranger School, ...

President Trump is trying to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back. For many, the mere mention raises bad memories. (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images, ...

The Army’s latest fitness test could lead to an eventual reduction in injuries, according to a recent study that found soldiers become less prone to getting hurt as they gain experience with the ...

Over the last five years, the Army has been testing and developing new fitness tests and standards, updating the APFT with the ACFT. In recent years, other tests have been added or modified to include ...

Army Reserve Soldiers from the 451st and 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Commands, participate in an ACFT at Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 25, 2024. (Spc. Jonathan Clutter/Army) The Army Combat Fitness Test ...

The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out a new physical fitness assessment designed to better measure the endurance ...

The Navy will allow sailors who score high on their annual fitness test but might be carrying a few extra pounds to forgo extra physical training requirements as the services change their ...

On July 31, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would bring the set of physical exercises back Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered ...

Person fit assessment is an integral aspect of Item Response Theory (IRT), serving to evaluate the coherence between an individual’s response pattern and the predictions of an IRT model. This ...

Remember the Presidential Fitness Test? You likely had to take one of these physical assessments in elementary, middle or high school — think running laps while your gym teacher holds a stopwatch and ...