As the Department of Defense implements new fitness policies, three military services said IG watchdogs can be tasked to ...

Deborah Shatzkes joined a new gym in 2015. Along with her membership, Shatzkes got a free personal training session. She also got what was called a fitness assessment to help inform her personal ...

The Presidential Fitness Test is returning to schools. On July 31, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reviving the physical test that was first formally initiated in 1966 by President ...

Most people assess their fitness with a single number on a bathroom scale, which hides nearly everything that matters. You can be lean but weak, strong but breathless, or fit but unable to touch your ...

As active-duty airmen rush to submit their current waist-to-height ratios by the end of this week, the U.S. Air Force clarified that the ratios will not be scored in their physical fitness assessments ...

The old adage, “What gets measured gets done,” is certainly appropriate when speaking about testing among first responders. As previously stated, most first responders understand the need for fitness ...

Bodyweight exercises after 50 can show how strong you really are. Try this five-move test, no equipment needed.

Last November, I began working with two groups of alpinists training for objectives in Patagonia and the Himalaya. I designed “event-specific” training plans for each, including initial assessments, ...

Are current firefighter fitness recommendations meeting their objectives? Fitness is defined as the condition of being physically fit and healthy and the quality of being suitable to fulfill a ...