U.S. Army leaders will allow soldiers who cannot pass the leg tuck event on the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) to do a plank exercise as a temporary alternative for building core strength. The Army ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is kicking out the leg tuck. On Monday, it ended its requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck — where they hang from a bar and pull their knees up near their ...

Soldiers perform leg tucks during practice for the Army Combat Fitness Test. (Spc. Samantha Hall/Army) The Army Combat Fitness Test will still become the service’s new PT test of record on Oct. 1, but ...

Soldiers will be taking an altered version of the new Army Combat Fitness Test in October, but the service is still delaying the use of ACFT scores for promotion considerations, according to the ...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Two financial management technicians deployed here with the Kaiserslautern, Germany, based 266th Finance Support Center have overcome their fears about the Army Combat Fitness ...

Variation is the key to positive changes when it comes to our fitness. Sometimes our bodies grow too familiar with the same movements or our growing strength needs more intensity and challenges.

Side Plank Tuck to 'T' Start in the side plank position with a dumbbell in your top hand, extended overhead. You should be looking at the dumbbell. As you bring the dumbbell down and tuck it under the ...

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