Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A simple test that takes only seconds to complete can ...

For generations of U.S. schoolchildren, phrases like "shuttle run" and "sit-and-reach" likely conjure vivid memories of what was once a staple of American physical education: the Presidential Fitness ...

"Army Strong" is more than just a tagline — for soldiers, it’s a requirement for duty. The U.S. Army requires that all active-duty soldiers prove their physical ...

Whether you loved it or loathed it as a kid, the exercises can still be a revealing measure of health — now that no one’s forcing you to do them. By Danielle Friedman If you went to an American public ...

Borrowed from the Army’s fitness test, these moves build the kind of strength and conditioning that carries over to real life.

If you want to get an idea of your longevity without stepping foot in a doctor’s office, try the sit-rise test. A new study published in theEuropean Journal of Preventive Cardiology followed 4,282 ...

President Donald Trump wants to bring the Presidential Fitness Test back to public schools. For more than four decades, students across the nation were tasked with performing the test's multiple feats ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that the presidential fitness test, a hallmark of American physical education programs for more than half a century — and the bane of more than a few ...

At the time it was eliminated in 2012, the test included a one-mile run, sit-ups, a shuttle run, a sit-and-reach test, and ...

(NEXSTAR) — Kids, lace up your sneakers and prepare to stretch: the Presidential Fitness Test is coming back. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reestablish the test, which ...

These days, there's no shortage of tests available to anyone who wants to take a closer look at their health. And as a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the wellness and fitness space, I've ...

President Trump displays a signed executive order during Thursday's signing ceremony in the White House, surrounded by administration and professional athletes including golfer Bryson DeChambeau and ...