It is often difficult to get a clear picture of your overall health, so experts rely on charts, data, and other measurements to create a standard definition of health. One such measurement is body fat ...

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 ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

FORT EUSTIS, VA – The U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training (USACIMT), together with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), is leading the facilitation of a ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The Department of Defense recently updated its 20-year-old policy that establishes body composition and physical fitness standards for active-duty service members to ...

Hers reports that women over 40 should focus on strength training, cardio bursts, and multidirectional movements for improved ...

Soldiers have a new incentive to get a high score on the service’s new Army Fitness Test. Those soldiers who score at least 465 are eligible to be exempt from the service’s body fat standards, Army ...

Discover why sprint interval training rapidly improves VO₂max, mitochondrial health, insulin sensitivity, and body composition. Learn science-backed mechanisms, safe protocols, and practical ...

The core components of health-related fitness include cardiovascular and muscular endurance, flexibility, and your body’s ratio of fat compared to muscle and bone. It’s well known that being ...

Beingoverweight is already considered a metabolic risk factor, which can be overcome by increasing cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Acute exercise is known to induce changes in plasma hormones and ...