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 ...

practical and strategically sound direction — one already embraced by elite military units and backed by sports science literature. While visually dramatic, the medicine ball throw demands a ...

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.

1st Sgt. Brad Reigel prepares to throw a 10-pound medicine ball for the standing power throw event Oct. 17 while testing the Army Combat Readiness Test at Fort Leonard Wood.U.S. Army / Mike Curtis.

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) ...

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 ...