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The Marine Corps May Swap Crunches For Planks On PFT

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The Marine Corps is considering ditching crunches on the Physical Fitness Test in favor of planks, Shawn Snow of Marine Corps Times reported over the weekend.

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Marine Corps Fitness Tests Are Getting A Lot Harder. Here's What You Need To Know

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Editor’s Note: This article by Gina Harkins originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and veteran community.

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Here’s How Marines Fared On The New Physical Fitness Test

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This year, the Marine Corps set out to make Marines stronger, faster and generally more fit by raising the service’s physical fitness test standards, and it appears that they succeeded.

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Initial PFT Results Are In. Here’s How Marines Between Ages 17 And 39 Are Faring

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This year, some significant changes to the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test went into effect — tougher standards, new exercises, a revamped sliding grade scale based on age, and more stringent requirements for a top score. As Task & Purpose previously reported, the aim was to make the test more challenging — and the data, as well as feedback from Marines who recently ran the test, indicate that the service may have succeeded.

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EXCLUSIVE: Preliminary Results For The PFT Are In. Here’s What They Say About The Corps’ Youngest Marines

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The U.S. Marine Corps set out to make its Physical Fitness Test more challenging this year, and initial records obtained by Task & Purpose suggest they’ve succeeded.

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