Meeting Army Physical Fitness Tests

Physical fitness is a big part of life in the military. It’s required. To make sure our military force is mission ready, each service member — regardless of age, grade or duty assignment — is regularly tested. While there are some exceptions to the rule, you’ll have to prove your physical fitness regularly.

What to expect

Each service branch requires its own unique fitness test, but generally, they include:

• Pushups, between one and two minutes, timed
• Situps, between one and two minutes, timed
• A one and a half, two or three-mile timed run