The Navy is nixing the postpartum “wellness” physical fitness assessment, or PFA, that new mothers in the fleet had been taking in recent years after giving birth, per the recommendation of the Navy ...

Yoga practitioners have long known the power of Plank Pose. Now the military is catching up. The Navy Physical Readiness Test (PRT) that service members have to pass now includes a one-minute forearm ...

SAN DIEGO (May 30, 2013) Sailors assigned to Southwest Regional Maintenance Center perform the two-minute push-up test as part of the fiscal 2013 cycle one Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA). The PFA ...

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 new software program that tracks Navy sailors’ physical fitness tests arrived just in time for this year’s testing season, according to the Navy. A delayed software delivery pushed the Physical ...

The Navy physical fitness assessment includes a body composition assessment (BCA) and physical readiness test (PRT). It is conducted twice each year for active-duty and reserve sailors. It also is ...

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Apprentice Esau Arellano, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Ralph Johnson, keeps physically fit while underway on Aug. 4 in the Arabian Gulf. (MC3 Anthony Collier/Navy) ...

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 Navy Recruiting District Philadelphia participate in the Navy’s bi-annual physical readiness test at Naval Supply Activity Philadelphia Fitness Center on Oct. 24, 2019. US Navy ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jim McNally was hoping to keep it a secret. After nearly four decades as a physical education ...