The Army’s physical fitness test has remained unchanged for some 40 years: two minutes to do as many push-ups as possible, then two minutes for sit-ups, then a two mile run. Recruits need a certain ...

Preparing for a military career involves much more than just passing a physical fitness test. While this initial physical assessment is a crucial entry-point event, it hardly scratches the surface of ...

Air Force basic and technical trainees no longer have any alternative exercises available in the service’s fitness test, as only the three traditional events are now being used in the assessment for ...