Give yourself an angle. Hold the medicine ball against your chest. Go into a squat, then come up and explosively throw the ball at the target. Put some force into it so it will bounce back to you.

The Army has reconfigured its fitness test ... noted the steep technique learning curve of the 10-pound medicine ball throw as not benefiting the intent of the test, which is to build explosive ...

A soldier performs a practice overhead throw with a medicine ball. (1st Lt. Connor Coombes/Army) The new Army Combat Fitness Test is still in its pilot program, but some feedback has been sent out ...

Check out the new Army CFT PT pyramid workout ... drag and carry test as well as the medicine ball throw and deadlift. If you are used to doing leg days, deadlifts likely will not be new to ...

The Army announced two major changes to its ... power throw event in which they had two chances to throw a 10-pound medicine ball backwards over their head for the greatest distance.

One of the US Army’s first female infantry officers ... push-ups, a shuttle run, a medicine ball throw and leg tucks. The newest version replaced leg tucks with a plank. A leg tuck requires ...

The removal of the standing power throw from the ACFT represents a smarter, more combat-relevant assessment of soldiers, the authors of this op-ed argue. (SSgt. Armando R. Limon/U.S. Army) ...

which required soldiers to throw a 10-pound medicine ball over their heads and backward. The standard AFT, which all troops must pass, will still be sex and age-based, according to the Army.

Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at Strickler Field at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. (1st Lt. Kate Kramer ...