Kelsey Kryger, C.P.T.

The recent removal of the standing power throw from the Army's fitness test threatens to ... event challenges soldiers to hurl a 10-pound medicine ball backward over their head for distance.

Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at ... curve of the 10-pound medicine ball throw as not benefiting the ...

The Army is set to make sweeping changes to its fitness test, according to an ... an event requiring soldiers to hurl a 10-pound medicine ball backward over their heads. The event, often ridiculed ...

in which soldiers had to hurl a 10-pound medicine ball backwards over their heads. This evaluation tests the soldier’s technique over strength or endurance. The ongoing Army Combat Fitness Test ...

The U.S. Army announced an overhaul of its physical fitness test, including gender-neutral standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs. The new fitness test consists of a three-repetition maximum ...

Starting this summer, the Army will require female soldiers in combat roles to pass the same “sex-neutral” fitness test as ... to throw a 10-pound medicine ball over their heads and backward.

The US Army is set to introduce the Army Fitness Test (AFT ... The standing power throw — a medicine ball toss long ridiculed by soldiers for favouring taller participants and relying on ...

The U.S. Army is making changes to their physical fitness requirements for all soldiers ... which is an event requiring soldiers to hurl a 10-pound medicine ball backward over their heads.