Changes to the exercises used for the military fitness testing are here to stay. It will take some time and practice to get used to replacing sit-ups and crunches with more static exercises like plank ...

A major change to fitness tests throughout the military has been the substitution of plank poses for sit-ups or crunches. This can be a challenge, especially if you had been doing two minutes of ...

Why one trainer calls the plank variation "no joke." ...

As you straighten your arms, return to plank position bringing your left foot next to your right. If this is too difficult, instead of simulataneously doing a push-up and the knee-to-elbow touch, do a ...