Think you can stomach the FBI’s sit-up test? The FBI accepts applications from people between 23 and 37 — though veterans may qualify for an age waiver. Besides a background check, applicants must ...

If you went to an American public school between 1966 and 2012, you probably have memories of sweating through the Presidential Physical Fitness Test – a gym class gauntlet that involved a mile run, ...

Remember the Presidential Fitness Test? You likely had to take one of these physical assessments in elementary, middle or high school — think running laps while your gym teacher holds a stopwatch and ...

The first test a soldier has to take to earn a Ranger tab just got harder — unless you really hate sit-ups. The Army announced Thursday a completely revamped physical fitness test for Ranger School, ...

(NEXSTAR) — Kids, lace up your sneakers and prepare to stretch: the Presidential Fitness Test is coming back. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reestablish the test, which ...

Sit-ups may seem old-school, but they remain one of the most straightforward and revealing measures of real-world core strength. In just a single minute, you can test your endurance, mobility, and ...

Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and plank poses, the U.S. military uses many exercises to test core strength.

Whether you loved it or loathed it as a kid, the exercises can still be a revealing measure of health — now that no one’s forcing you to do them. By Danielle Friedman If you went to an American public ...