The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

A soldier receives a 3-D body scan at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Oct. 18, 2021. The scan/study is part of a comprehensive body composition study examining the association between body composition and Soldier ...

A Soldier prepares for the dead lift event of the Army Combat Fitness Test Sept. 23, 2019, at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Thomas Brading/Army) The Army has set a timeline for reforms on how the service ...

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

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps will institute a sex-neutral scoring physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty, the service announced this week. “Our ...

Expert Dr. Salas-Whalen reveals that body composition testing, not just the number on your scale, is key to knowing whether ...

What is a BOD POD Body Composition Test? Body composition is a measurement of a person’s fat and fat free (lean) mass. Testing your body composition is a great way to set, monitor and achieve ...

Marines who fail a tape test for body-fat percentage will soon be allowed to take a different type of exam before being placed in a remediation program after results of a new study led the service’s ...