"Our results showed that core-stabilization exercises, if anything, decrease the risk that a Soldier will fail the sit-up component of the APFT," Childs said. In fact, passing rates among Soldiers ...

The sit-up score is part of the Army's Physical Fitness Test and the Army Weight Control Program. Participants are required to pass the Basic Training APFT to graduate boot camp and continue on ...

When the new Army combat fitness test (ACFT) was launched, weightlifters rejoiced, as did people who hated the sit-up test. Gone were the days of push-ups, sit-ups and two-mile run. Well ...

"I'm getting his APFT score card laminated to hang inside ... time would read letters and some of them were doing push-ups and sit-ups." Isley, focused on his basic training-legacy, joined those ...

The current Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) has measured the fitness of individual soldiers since 1980. It consists of three simple events. Soldiers must do as many sit-ups and push-ups as they can ...

Tired of doing sit ups? The Army is rolling out a whole new ... While those times are certainly slower than the scoring for the existing APFT, leaders are taking into account that soldiers are ...

“Of the many options is the replacement of the APFT with some form of an ... s understanding of the beloved push-up, and its controversial cousin, the sit-up. Rather than efficient measures ...