When you hear military fitness workouts, you might envision an intense exercise session with agility drills, buckets of sweat, and officers barking orders. The military resembles strength and ...

Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the ...

Staying in shape can seem like a tall order when faced with the stressors military members and families face daily, and it’s no secret that many military families face financial hardship. Because of ...

Borrowed from the Army’s fitness test, these moves build the kind of strength and conditioning that carries over to real life ...

When training to improve muscle stamina on calisthenics fitness tests, many speak of progressing to higher volume (reps, sets, time) each week. However, the improvements are made by stressing the ...

Sometimes, the best plans get uprooted through no fault of your own. Today, it was the weather. On a planned outdoor run mixed with calisthenics (pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups/planks and dips), it ...

During a speech earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the implementation of new fitness standards for the military. In addition to the newly proposed annual fitness exam, ...

Weight stigma pervades every branch of the military, where the idealized image of a lean, muscular physique reigns supreme. This narrow standard not only marginalizes those who don't fit the mold but ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has requested a review of military standards on combat and physical fitness. The review is seen as a broadside against women serving on the frontlines. WASHINGTON — The ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is ordering an evaluation of the fitness and grooming standards of the U.S. military. The departmentwide review will analyze all “U.S. military branches pertaining to ...

In 1978, the 21-day exercise, dubbed “Nifty Nugget,” brought two dozen military commands to bear to support a notional ...