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Navy will continue single physical fitness assessment cycle for 2024
The Navy departed from two annual PFA cycles in July 2021.
By Diana Stancy
No Corps-wide suspension of fitness tests or relaxing of grooming standards yet, but this air wing is axing training over COVID-19
“The Marine Corps is not currently considering a service-wide policy to cancel or codify the postponement of annual training requirements."
By Shawn Snow
New in 2020: Planks on the Marine PFT — and how the Corps will try to stay the most fit branch
The Corps has no plans to rest on its fitness laurels next year.
By Philip Athey
Esper to talk with SECNAV about the Navy’s PT program
The Military Health System’s August 2019 Medical Monthly Surveillance Report revealed an increasingly portly sea service.
Did lower back injuries drive the commandant’s decision on planks?
Abdominal crunches may have contributed to lower back pain being the number one musculoskeletal diagnosis across Camp Lejeune.
By Shawn Snow
Top Marine approves planks as an alternative to crunches
Holding a plank for four minutes and 20 seconds will net a Marine a top score on the PFT.
By Shawn Snow
Top Marine says hold tight on pending CFT changes to rest intervals
The commandant wants further study on the proposed CFT change.
By Shawn Snow
The Corps is considering planks as an alternative to crunches on the PFT
The Force Fitness Division plans to study if planks could be a better alternative to crunches on the PFT.
By Shawn Snow
New in 2019: The Corps’ fitness tests are getting harder for everyone ― time to get in shape
Here's what Marines can expect on the PFT and CFT starting in 2019.
By Shawn Snow
This is how NFL experience helped shape the Corps’ CFT and is building combat athletes
This year alone, the Corps has experienced a slew of changes borne out of ideas from the Force Fitness Division.
By Shawn Snow
If you’re huffing and puffing a third-class fitness test, your ratings just got a little harder
A score below a 150 will result in failure on both CFT and PFT.
By Shawn Snow