The Navy unveiled its new physical fitness assessment cycle on Tuesday, requiring sailors to undergo two PFAs per calendar ...

The increase in fitness testing aligns with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push for increased physical standards across the ...

Sailors assigned to USS Blue Ridge perform planks during a physical readiness test (PRT) held at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Purdy Fitness Center, Oct. 13, 2021. (MCSN Trinity Benjamin/Navy) ...

Recruits perform sit-ups on Mar. 2 inside Freedom Hall at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Spencer Fling/Navy) The Navy will shake up its ...

Sailors have gotten a reprieve from fitness tests in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but leaders say they must get ready to perform the plank on upcoming tests. Chief of Naval Personnel ...

Sailors are getting new incentives to stay in shape. The Navy announced June 20 that those sailors who perform in the top tier of the service’s bi-annual physical readiness test will be exempt from ...

The long-awaited rules for the new plank and rowing events on the Navy's fitness test are out, and officials say sailors should be preparing for the biggest changes in years. Sailors cranking out as ...

Sailors in Hawaii volunteered for some extra physical training this month as part of a study that will help the Navy set scoring tables on new fitness test events. About 150 sailors spent several days ...

The Navy has a new message for tens of thousands of sailors who’ve struggled to work on their fitness: The service rolled out a sweeping grace policy for physically unsat sailors Dec. 21, announcing ...

Ms. Bikini Olympia is strong, but is she Navy strong? In a YouTube video by Austen Alexander, the active duty Navy sailor challenges three-time Ms. Bikini Olympia Ashley Kaltwasser to complete the U.S ...

Are two athletes who do CrossFit Navy-ready thanks to their intense training regimen in the box? Well, ready or not, they are about to find out. In a YouTube video by Austen Alexander, the active duty ...

Sailors have gotten a reprieve from fitness tests in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but leaders say they must get ready to perform the plank on upcoming tests. Chief of Naval Personnel ...