The U.S. Army is making changes to their physical fitness requirements for all soldiers, introducing new gender-neutral standards while eliminating one of its most criticized events. On Monday, the ...

The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards for women in combat roles. By Jonathan Wolfe Women in U.S. Army combat ...

President George H.W. Bush, assisted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and weightlifter Fairfax Hackley, lifts a barbell in 1991 on the South Lawn of the White House during the second annual Great American ...

President Trump announced the return of the Presidential Fitness Test to public schools. The test, discontinued in 2012, previously measured fitness levels of students ages 6-17. The challenge ...

If you are preparing for a fitness test and feeling overwhelmed, don't worry: You are not alone. This week's question is from someone struggling with the U.S. Marine Corps fitness test, working hard ...

President Donald Trump is resurrecting what he’s calling the “wonderful tradition” of the Presidential Fitness Test, through which a new generation of students will—if the new test resembles the ...

I was on my fourth and final lap around the track during the mile run for my fifth-grade Presidential Fitness Test when it happened. My stomach gurgled, I stopped abruptly, and I bent over and heaved.

Illustrations from 1997’s ‘Get Fit! ... How To Get in Shape To Meet the President’s Challenge and Earn the Presidential Fitness Award’ It was born out of Cold War fears of an overweight, sluggish ...