At first glance, doing a wall sit may look like a cinch. After all, your back is pressed against a wall so you’ve got solid support. But the exercise is surprisingly challenging­—and a great way to ...

Think you can stomach the FBI’s sit-up test? The FBI accepts applications from people between 23 and 37 — though veterans may qualify for an age waiver. Besides a background check, applicants must ...

Remember the Presidential Fitness Test? If you went to school between the 1960s and early 2010s, you probably faced this ...

Find out how many sit-ups after 55 signal a strong, healthy core and use this 60-second test to track your strength over time.

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 ...

Back-to-school season is nearing, and while your kids might be dreading homework and obeying their teachers' orders again, there's another surprise waiting in gym class. Trump is bringing back the ...

Failing a "sit-to-stand" or "sit-rise" test, which entails standing up from the floor with legs crossed, without using hands, arms, knees or side of the legs, means one has a higher likelihood of ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American children, a fixture of public schools for decades that gauged young people’s health and athleticism with ...

Depending on your age and core flexibility, you remember it well… the dreaded Sit and Reach test. For years many seemingly active and physically fit children often would be denied the ‘Presidential ...