The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and ...

The Army has reconfigured its fitness test, dropping the ball throw, making the test sex-neutral for combat arms and raising ...

Opinion: The standing power throw captured the essence of what made the Army Combat Fitness Test revolutionary, the author of ...

The U.S. Army announced a new physical fitness test, including gender-neutral standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs and no ...

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as ...

From a push-up position with a kettlebell, dumbbell or some other weight in one hand, reach under the opposite arm and hold ...

The test will be rebranded as the Army Fitness Test, replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test, the Army announced Monday, aiming to “enhance soldier fitness, improve warfighting readiness, and increase ...

The AFT will be made up of five physical challenges, including a three-repetition maximum deadlift, hand-release push-up army extension, sprint-drag carry, plank and a two-mile run. The test will ...

Among the most notable adjustments, which will likely be met with glee across the ranks, is the removal of the Standing Power ...

The AFT also includes tests administered in the outgoing evaluation, including deadlifts, pushups, holding a plank position ... to throw a 10-pound medicine ball over their heads and backward.