U.S. Army’s New Fitness Test Ditches Gender-Neutral Scoring

Leg tucks are out. The plank is in. And gone is the gender- and age-neutral scoring when the U.S. Army’s new combat fitness test becomes compulsory this fall.

Even with the latest revisions, the Army is still banking on lean, mean fighting machines. But this time around, the largest U.S. military service doesn’t want to disadvantage any groups and kick out valuable soldiers because they couldn’t pass the new fitness test as it was initially envisioned.

The Army’s Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) will become the test of record for soldiers on Oct. 1, after undergoing some alterations as a result ...