The Navy is giving sailors three more months to complete mandatory physical fitness tests in 2023. The window for the formerly twice-a-year test, now just once annually, opens Navy-wide on Feb. 1 and ...

Sailors assigned to amphibious command ship Blue Ridge perform planks during a physical readiness test at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 13, 2021. (MCSN Trinity Benjamin/Navy) For the ...

Adding calisthenics between sets of speed and goal-pace running and swimming can be an effective way to combine muscle ...

Sailors’ careers will no longer be over if they fail back to back fitness tests, according to updated U.S. Navy policy. Now, instead of automatic marks on their annual evaluations, sailors’ fitness ...

What happens when elite CrossFit athletes take on the US Navy Physical Readiness Test? We put Helen and Elaine, two dedicated CrossFitters, through the exact same fitness test that every US Navy ...

A Navy Selected Reserve officer died earlier this month after collapsing during an annual physical readiness test, the Navy confirmed this week. Cmdr. Martin P. Schaefer was assigned to Navy Reserve ...

Navy SEAL and Navy SWCC training share a foundation rooted in rigorous training, water competency and high fitness standards. Many people ask about the differences between these Navy Special Warfare ...

“There’s still time to back out,” Lieutenant Commander Joseph Wood informs me with a grin. I’m standing opposite an assortment of heavy sand-filled “powerbags”, wooden boxes, dumbbells, kettlebells ...