You are about to take the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, a test that measures total body fitness. Within the last 48 hours, you have been given the opportunity to review the test events and ...

Benedict, who is also an Army Master Fitness Trainer, says the number one strategy to reduce the likelihood of injury with the ACFT is time. Many injuries are the result of doing too much, too soon.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct the Army Combat Fitness Test on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in October. (Sgt. Cody ...

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston deadlifts during his visit at Camp Herkus, Lithuania, May 3, 2022. (U.S. Army) The new fiscal year brings challenges both old and new for the Army ...

Bench press: 5-10 (dumbbell or barbell). ... This workout has a few of the challenging upper-body exercises of the Army CFT (ACFT) that work the grip, pulling muscles, core, ...

Changes to the Army Combat Fitness Test were announced on Friday as the service prepares to move into the second phase of implementing the new standard test. Throughout FY2019, 63 battalions ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — An Army major from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear — or CBRNE — Command aced the new Army Combat Fitness Test. Maj. Charles D. Foster, the ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released a directive exempting all soldiers scoring 540 points or more on the Army Combat Fitness Test from the body fat assessment, regardless of ...

Army units started seeing how well soldiers do with the ACFT beginning April 1. The tests and scoring for retention, graduation from basic training and evaluation reports begin Oct. 1, to give ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released a directive exempting all soldiers scoring 540 points or more on the Army Combat Fitness Test from the body fat assessment, regardless of ...