Health & Fitness

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Is this the dek? Where do I put the dek? How do I make an H2? Ah using the WYSIWYG....

8 pieces of fitness equipment you need in your gym bag

So, you want to get strong. What are you doing about it?

Lawmakers are mad about the Army’s new fitness test and think the leg tuck is useless

They said they have "considerable concerns regarding the negative impact it may already be having on so many careers"

Soldiers won’t have to pass the Army Combat Fitness Test to graduate initial training

The Army has suspended a rule requiring new enlisted soldiers and officers to pass the Army Combat Fitness Test to...

How the VA is failing to track veterans burn pit claims

Just 10,588 burn-pit claims have been filed since Sept. 11, 2001, Veterans Affairs said in response to a Freedom of...

From overweight veteran to pandemic athlete

I promised myself that I would never become the “overweight veteran” when I left the Marine Corps in 2011. Since...

How to crush your two-mile run like an Olympian

Of all the events that make up the Army Combat Fitness Test, the two-mile run generally causes soldiers the most...

Army Reserve leaders try out the new ACFT

The Navy is looking to pro sports to turn EOD techs and divers into a ‘human weapon system’

The Navy wants to pump you up

Staying fit in quarantine means it’s time to get creative

U.S. service members improvise in order to stay fit during restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than half of veteran military pilots in recent survey reported at least one cancer diagnosis

Of the 500 respondents who disclosed at least one cancer, “13% of them disclosed multiple cancers"

US troops completed this brutal workout and shared fake beer in honor of this Navy SEAL

Members of the U.S. Special Operations Joint Task Force stationed in Kuwait conducted a training session dubbed "Chuck Heavy" in...

Marines are getting a reprieve from the dreaded tape test during the COVID-19 pandemic

Marines who fall outside the Corps' height and weight standards won't immediately face the hated tape test, due to special...

‘We want to run’ — Fort Bragg soldier puts on a COVID-19 version of the cherished All American Marathon

When the 2020 edition of the event was axed on March 12, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Beofra Butler began to...

Bravo Sierra – A New Approach To Hygiene

Traumatic brain injury is often called an ‘invisible’ wound. It’s anything but

Editor's Note: This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author. I glanced in the rearview...

Training for the ACFT? There’s now an app for that

"It delivers on all fronts of physical training"

Forget ‘athleisure,’ this 91-year-old Air Force vet works out in overalls

"I don't have any hips, and I can't keep my pants up!"

Two Army Ranger medics saved lives by taking fresh blood from uninjured soldiers in the middle of a firefight

""Rangers train casualty care every day, leaders train to handle casualties, and our medics take pride in being the world...

The unknown legacy of military mental health programs

In 2013, the Department of Defense began an approximately six-year review of 159 mental health programs, many of which were...

The first Army unit has received its ACFT equipment

Soldiers will start being scored on the ACFT in October 2020.

Marines’ obsession with pull-ups may be hurting the Corps, according to a new study

Marines are putting an "extreme emphasis" on the number of pull-ups leathernecks can do, a recently published internal study found....

A 9-year-old kid just challenged the President to go vegan for a month. The reward: $1 million donated to veterans

"Our veterans get one million dollars, and you get to eat great plant-based food. Mr. President, do we have a...

Florida man loses more than 180 pounds to join the Army

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The Army is facing a major performance divide in its new combat fitness test

It may take up to five years to finalize the standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test as the service...