FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The United States Army wants you to get in better shape. Actually, they want their soldiers to train harder, smarter and more efficiently. “It was time to look at how do we ...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Army is moving forward with a new gender and age neutral fitness test designed to test soldier's combat readiness. The six-event test is called the Army Combat Fitness ...
What sounds like “just the Army Combat Fitness Test” quickly becomes a full-body grind as a 99-pound US Marine takes on the new ACFT events including the three-rep max deadlift at 155 pounds, standing ...
Staff Sgt. Neto Sevilla, assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, performs a deadlift exercise during the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Capt. Sara Berner/Army) Soldiers who score a 465 or better on the ...
Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the wringer for decades, but the way they measure strength and readiness is ...
A newly published clinical trial in Nutrients highlights pork’s role in military nutrition, showing that meals containing lean pork support better recovery, mood and anabolic status in cadets ...